Hail, Sumter
- When
- April 23, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Sumter County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.480, -88.320
Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 23, 1988
8 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
8 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Marengo
- When
- April 23, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Marengo County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.520, -87.830
Hail, Hale
- When
- April 23, 11:08 AM CST
- Where
- Hale County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.700, -87.580
Hail, Dallas
- When
- April 23, 11:35 AM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.400, -87.020
Hail, Choctaw
- When
- April 23, 12:10 PM CST
- Where
- Choctaw County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.080, -88.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Autauga
- When
- April 23, 12:25 PM CST
- Where
- Autauga County
- Coordinates
- 32.470, -86.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Tallapoosa
- When
- April 23, 12:35 PM CST
- Where
- Tallapoosa County
- Coordinates
- 33.050, -85.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Tallapoosa
- When
- April 23, 12:35 PM CST
- Where
- Tallapoosa County
- Coordinates
- 32.950, -85.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Clarke
- When
- April 23, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Clarke County
- Coordinates
- 31.970, -87.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Randolph
- When
- April 23, 1:40 PM CST
- Where
- Randolph County
- Coordinates
- 33.300, -85.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Randolph
- When
- April 23, 1:40 PM CST
- Where
- Randolph County
- Coordinates
- 33.150, -85.350
Hail, Tuscaloosa
- When
- April 23, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Tuscaloosa County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.300, -87.530
Hail, Bibb
- When
- April 23, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Bibb County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.000, -87.100
Hail, Sumter
- When
- April 23, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sumter County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.430, -88.380
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 23, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, April 23, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 23, 1988
- Hail in Tennessee, April 23, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 23, 1988
- Hail in Michigan, April 23, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, April 23, 1988
- Hail in Virginia, April 23, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 23, 1988
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 9975866, 9975867, 9975868, 9975869, 9975870, 9975871, 9975872, 9975873, 9975874, 9975875, 9975876, 9975877, 9975878, 9975879.