Thunderstorm Wind, Colbert
- When
- May 20, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Colbert County
- Coordinates
- 34.620, -87.850
Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 20, 1990
9 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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
- None recorded
- 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
9 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lamar
- When
- May 20, 9:03 AM CST
- Where
- Lamar County
- Coordinates
- 33.820, -86.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Walker
- When
- May 20, 9:35 AM CST
- Where
- Walker County
- Coordinates
- 33.880, -87.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- May 20, 10:42 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 33.520, -86.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Cullman
- When
- May 20, 10:43 AM CST
- Where
- Cullman County
- Coordinates
- 34.150, -86.870
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Clair
- When
- May 20, 10:50 AM CST
- Where
- St. Clair County
- Coordinates
- 33.680, -86.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Etowah
- When
- May 20, 11:18 AM CST
- Where
- Etowah County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.020, -86.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Elmore
- When
- May 20, 12:55 PM CST
- Where
- Elmore County
- Coordinates
- 32.680, -86.300
Hail, Tuscaloosa
- When
- May 20, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Tuscaloosa County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.200, -87.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Cullman
- When
- May 20, 7:28 PM CST
- Where
- Cullman County
- Coordinates
- 34.250, -86.870
Hail, Montgomery
- When
- May 20, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -86.300
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 20, 1990
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 20, 1990
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, May 20, 1990
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 20, 1990
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 20, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 20, 1990
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 20, 1990
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, May 20, 1990
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 20, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 20, 1990
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 20, 1990
- Tornadoes in Wyoming, May 20, 1990
More
Every storm in Alabama in 1990Every state in 1990This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, May 1990
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: 9981998, 9981999, 9982356, 9982357, 9982573, 9982574, 9982575, 9982576, 9982577, 9982578, 9982579.