Thunderstorm Wind, Chilton
- When
- May 16, 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- Chilton County
- Coordinates
- 32.980, -86.750
Tornado and Hail in Alabama, May 16, 1988
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Escambia
- When
- May 16, 4:03 PM CST
- Where
- Escambia County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.120, -87.070
Tornado, Pickens
- When
- May 16, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Pickens County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.230, -88.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- May 16, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Coordinates
- 34.130, -87.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Limestone
- When
- May 16, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Limestone County
- Coordinates
- 34.930, -86.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Limestone
- When
- May 16, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Limestone County
- Coordinates
- 34.770, -86.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- May 16, 10:25 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.970, -86.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- May 16, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 34.800, -86.620
What these are
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 16, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 16, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, May 16, 1988
- Hail in Georgia, May 16, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 16, 1988
- Hail in Maryland, May 16, 1988
- Hail in Texas, May 16, 1988
- Hail in Tennessee, May 16, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 16, 1988
- Hail in West Virginia, May 16, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, May 16, 1988
- Tornado in Florida, May 16, 1988
More
Every storm in Alabama in 1988Every state in 1988This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Alabama, 1988Warnings in Alabama, May 1988
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: 9978144, 9978145, 9978146, 9978147, 9978148, 9978149, 9978150, 9978151.