Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 27, 1994
Start: 1994-04-27T13:30
End: 1994-04-27T17:57
Location: Alabama

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 12 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $160,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 12

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 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Lawrence

When: April 27, 1:30 PM CST
Where: Lawrence County, Moulton
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 34.522, -87.311 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail ranging from pea-size to one inch fell on Wolf Springs area about 13 miles northwest of Moulton. A tractor shed and a barn were damaged and a garage door was blown in by thunderstorm winds in the Loozier area about 10 miles northwest of Moulton.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence

When: April 27, 1:35 PM CST
Where: Lawrence County, Moulton
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 34.522, -87.311 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail ranging from pea-size to one inch fell on Wolf Springs area about 13 miles northwest of Moulton. A tractor shed and a barn were damaged and a garage door was blown in by thunderstorm winds in the Loozier area about 10 miles northwest of Moulton.

Hail, Lauderdale

When: April 27, 1:45 PM CST
Where: Lauderdale County, Florence
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.901, -87.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorms dumped heavy rain and three-quarter inch hail on the Florence area. The Florence Country Club suffered substantial damage when high winds uprooted about nine trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lauderdale

When: April 27, 1:45 PM CST
Where: Lauderdale County, Florence
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 34.901, -87.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorms dumped heavy rain and three-quarter inch hail on the Florence area. The Florence Country Club suffered substantial damage when high winds uprooted about nine trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee

When: April 27, 3:30 PM CST to 4:05 PM CST
Where: Cherokee County, North & Central
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 34.176, -85.604 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees and power lines were downed across north and central Cherokee County when thunderstorms moved through the area. A double-wide mobile home located on Weiss Lake was blown off its foundation and a mobile home in Alexis (9 east of Centre) had the roof blown off. A mobile home lost its roof in strong winds in Sand Rock, about eight miles northwest of Center.

Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee

When: April 27, 4:00 PM CST
Where: Cherokee County, Sand Rock
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 34.176, -85.604 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees and power lines were downed across north and central Cherokee County when thunderstorms moved through the area. A double-wide mobile home located on Weiss Lake was blown off its foundation and a mobile home in Alexis (9 east of Centre) had the roof blown off. A mobile home lost its roof in strong winds in Sand Rock, about eight miles northwest of Center.

Hail, Cullman

When: April 27, 4:08 PM CST
Where: Cullman County, Eva
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.132, -86.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dime- to quarter-size hail was reported near Berlin, about six miles east of Cullman.

Hail, Cullman

When: April 27, 4:16 PM CST
Where: Cullman County, Cullman
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 34.132, -86.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dime- to quarter-size hail was reported near Berlin, about six miles east of Cullman.

Thunderstorm Wind, Blount

When: April 27, 4:32 PM CST
Where: Blount County, Blountsville
Coordinates: 33.981, -86.567 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were reported blown down at the intersection of U. S. 278 and Highway 79 about nine miles northeast of Blountsville.

Hail, Blount

When: April 27, 4:35 PM CST
Where: Blount County, Blountsville
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 33.981, -86.567 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

One inch hail was reported in Blountsville in northern Blount County.

Hail, Cullman

When: April 27, 4:44 PM CST
Where: Cullman County, Cullman
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.132, -86.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dime- to quarter-size hail was reported near Berlin, about six miles east of Cullman.

Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson

When: April 27, 5:57 PM CST
Where: Jefferson County, Birmingham
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 33.554, -86.896 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees and power lines were reported down in the Cahaba Heights section of Birmingham.

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 10314336, 10314337, 10314264, 10314265, 10314709, 10314127, 10314684, 10314685, 10314531, 10314532, 10314686, 10314204.