Hail, Marion
- When
- April 29, 12:30 PM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County, 6 mi WNW of Hamilton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 34.137, -87.887 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 29, 1996
Three quarter inch hail was reported at Hamilton at 12:30 CST. Thunderstorm wind downed trees along County Road 35 between Hamilton and Bexar.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Crop damage
- $2,000
- Events
- 2
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 BMX wrote it up.
Three quarter inch hail was reported at Hamilton at 12:30 CST. Thunderstorm wind downed trees along County Road 35 between Hamilton and Bexar.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- April 29, 12:30 PM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County, 6 mi WNW of Hamilton
- Measured
- 1 kt (1 mph)
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Coordinates
- 34.137, -87.887 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, April 29, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, April 29, 1996
- Frost and Freeze in Colorado, April 29, 1996
- Flooding in Indiana, April 29 to 30, 1996
- Flooding in Indiana, April 29 to 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 29, 1996
- Tornado in Mississippi, April 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 29, 1996
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 29, 1996
- Flash Flood in Illinois, April 29, 1996
More
Every storm in Alabama in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, April 1996
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: 5548595, 5725429.