Hail, Mobile
- When
- April 14, 3:50 PM CST to 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Mobile County, Irvington to Tillmans Corner
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.500, -88.230
Hail in Alabama, April 14, 1996
Dime size hail was reported at several locations in south Mobile county. The hail was generally south of I-10 and was reported between 350 and 410 pm.
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
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS MOB wrote it up.
Dime size hail was reported at several locations in south Mobile county. The hail was generally south of I-10 and was reported between 350 and 410 pm. The hail was reported in Irvington and the Tillmans Corner areas.
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 20 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:48 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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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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: 5543607.