Thunderstorm Wind, Coosa
- When
- March 24, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Coosa County
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 32.936, -86.248 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A house fire in the Rockford area was attributed to lightning.
Tornado and Hail in Alabama, March 24, 1994
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $1.6 million
- Crop damage
- $150,000
- Events
- 6
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
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Marion
- When
- March 24, 1:47 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.137, -87.887 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Golf ball-size hail was reported by Alabama State Troopers between Hamilton and Guin on U.S. Highway 78.
Thunderstorm Wind, Bibb
- When
- March 24, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Bibb County, Pondville
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 32.999, -87.126 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A mobile home in the Brent area was destroyed by thunderstorm wind. Two barns in the Ridgeville community, about two miles southwest of Brent, had roof damage and a number of trees were blown down in the area.
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- March 24, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 34.137, -87.887 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
About two miles north of Winfield near County 63 and 129, two mobile homes were destroyed and a third was turned over. Trees and power lines were down in the area including major damage to a house six miles north of Winfield when trees fell on it.
Thunderstorm Wind, Bibb
- When
- March 24, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Bibb County, Brent
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 32.999, -87.126 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A mobile home in the Brent area was destroyed by thunderstorm wind. Two barns in the Ridgeville community, about two miles southwest of Brent, had roof damage and a number of trees were blown down in the area.
Tornado, Chambers
- When
- March 24, 6:04 PM CST to 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Chambers County, Lafayette
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 12 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 32.914, -85.392 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A barn was demolished, a roof blown off a porch, damage to two houses, and numerous trees blown down in Chambers County. The damage occurred in an area running west to east south of Highway 50 from about three miles east of the Highway 50/county line to the Chambers County Public Lake.
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.
- 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
- Hail in Arkansas, March 24, 1994
- Hail in Texas, March 24, 1994
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, March 24, 1994
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 24, 1994
- Hail in Ohio, March 24, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 24, 1994
- Hail in Indiana, March 24, 1994
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in California, March 24, 1994
- Hail in Michigan, March 24, 1994
More
Every storm in Alabama in 1994Every state in 1994This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Alabama, 1994Warnings in Alabama, March 1994
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: 10314595, 10314020, 10314470, 10314021, 10314471, 10314669.