Thunderstorm Wind, Dekalb
- When
- August 20, 12:35 PM CST
- Where
- Dekalb County
- Coordinates
- 34.350, -86.000
Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 20, 1990
13 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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
- 1
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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
13 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cullman
- When
- August 20, 12:40 PM CST
- Where
- Cullman County
- Coordinates
- 34.250, -86.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- August 20, 1:39 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.580, -86.880
Hail, Blount
- When
- August 20, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Blount County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.980, -86.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- August 20, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 33.820, -86.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Walker
- When
- August 20, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Walker County
- Coordinates
- 33.730, -87.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- August 20, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.320, -86.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- August 20, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 33.100, -86.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- August 20, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Coordinates
- 33.600, -87.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Bibb
- When
- August 20, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Bibb County
- Coordinates
- 32.950, -87.130
Hail, Covington
- When
- August 20, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Covington County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.280, -86.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Lowndes
- When
- August 20, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lowndes County
- Coordinates
- 32.050, -86.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Marengo
- When
- August 20, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Marengo County
- Coordinates
- 32.520, -87.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Baldwin
- When
- August 20, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Baldwin County
- Coordinates
- 30.480, -87.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Mobile
- When
- August 20, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Mobile County
- Coordinates
- 30.370, -88.120
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 20, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, August 20, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 20, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 20, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 20, 1990
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 20, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Idaho, August 20, 1990
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 20, 1990
- Hail in New Mexico, August 20, 1990
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 20, 1990
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: 9983761, 9983762, 9983763, 9983764, 9983765, 9983766, 9983767, 9983768, 9983769, 9983770, 9983771, 9983772, 9983773, 9983774, 9983775.