Tornado, Jackson
- When
- May 9, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 14 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.830, -85.900
Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, May 9, 1988
5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 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
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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
5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Dekalb
- When
- May 9, 6:33 PM CST
- Where
- Dekalb County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.770, -85.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Limestone
- When
- May 9, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Limestone County
- Coordinates
- 34.800, -86.980
Hail, Cullman
- When
- May 9, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Cullman County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.150, -86.870
Hail, Walker
- When
- May 9, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Walker County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.750, -87.050
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- May 9, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.600, -86.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Etowah
- When
- May 9, 7:43 PM CST
- Where
- Etowah County
- Coordinates
- 34.030, -86.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- May 9, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 33.550, -86.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- May 9, 9:35 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Coordinates
- 33.170, -86.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Tallapoosa
- When
- May 9, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Tallapoosa County
- Coordinates
- 32.950, -85.970
Hail, Coosa
- When
- May 9, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Coosa County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.050, -86.380
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, May 9, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 9, 1988
- Hail in Texas, May 9, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 9, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 9, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 9, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 9, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 9, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 9, 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: 9975901, 9975902, 9975903, 9975904, 9975905, 9975906, 9975907, 9975908, 9975909, 9975910, 9975911.