Alabama, 1994

Hail in Alabama, May 3, 1994

May 3, 1994 · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Mobile

When
May 3, 8:00 AM CST
Where
Mobile County, Mobile
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
30.685, -88.197 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Lightning struck a tree next to the cafeteria at the Eight Mile Elementary School causing a good deal of damage to the school and slightly injuring three students. The three students received minor shocks while using an electric pencil sharpener. The lightning strike damaged electrical equipment in the school as well as breaking 22 windows. Golf ball-size hail was reported near the Mobile Regional Airport located west of the center of Mobile.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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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: 10313838.