Hail, Dallas
- When
- May 24, 10:45 AM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -87.020
Tornado and Hail in Alabama, May 24, 1988
18 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
- 22
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
18 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Elmore
- When
- May 24, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Elmore County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.620, -86.400
Hail, Monroe
- When
- May 24, 11:35 AM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.550, -87.330
Hail, Montgomery
- When
- May 24, 11:48 AM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -86.300
Hail, Clarke
- When
- May 24, 11:50 AM CST
- Where
- Clarke County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.670, -87.780
Hail, Monroe
- When
- May 24, 12:17 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.530, -87.520
Hail, Butler
- When
- May 24, 12:35 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.880, -86.630
Hail, Montgomery
- When
- May 24, 12:40 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.130, -86.350
Hail, Monroe
- When
- May 24, 12:43 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.580, -87.270
Hail, Choctaw
- When
- May 24, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Choctaw County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.770, -88.330
Hail, Butler
- When
- May 24, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.870, -86.830
Hail, Clarke
- When
- May 24, 1:10 PM CST
- Where
- Clarke County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.700, -87.780
Hail, Bullock
- When
- May 24, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Bullock County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.150, -85.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Bullock
- When
- May 24, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Bullock County
- Coordinates
- 31.970, -85.650
Hail, Mobile
- When
- May 24, 2:48 PM CST
- Where
- Mobile County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.080, -88.230
Hail, Choctaw
- When
- May 24, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Choctaw County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.780, -88.330
Hail, Choctaw
- When
- May 24, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Choctaw County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.080, -88.250
Hail, Escambia
- When
- May 24, 4:03 PM CST
- Where
- Escambia County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.250, -87.130
Hail, Escambia
- When
- May 24, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Escambia County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.220, -87.430
Tornado, Marengo
- When
- May 24, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marengo County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -87.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Coffee
- When
- May 24, 5:12 PM CST
- Where
- Coffee County
- Coordinates
- 31.380, -85.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Houston
- When
- May 24, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Houston County
- Coordinates
- 31.180, -85.230
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.
- 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
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, May 24, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 24, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 24, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 24, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Florida, May 24, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 24, 1988
- Hail in Massachusetts, May 24, 1988
- Damaging Wind in New Hampshire, May 24, 1988
- Hail in Montana, May 24, 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: 9978157, 9978158, 9978159, 9978160, 9978161, 9978162, 9978163, 9978164, 9978165, 9978166, 9978167, 9978168, 9978169, 9978170, 9978171, 9978172, 9978173, 9978174, 9978175, 9978176, 9978177, 9978178.