Hail, Jefferson
- When
- August 24, 12:25 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Birmingham
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 33.520, -86.820
Hail in Alabama, August 24, 1996
Hail ranging in size from peas to dimes was reported at McDonald Chapel in the extreme western portion of Birmingham.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- $10,000
- 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 BMX wrote it up.
Hail ranging in size from peas to dimes was reported at McDonald Chapel in the extreme western portion of Birmingham.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Wildfire in Oregon, August 24 to 31, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Rhode Island, August 24, 1996
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, August 24, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, August 24, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 24, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, August 24, 1996
- Lightning Strike in New York, August 24, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 24, 1996
- Flash Flood in Texas, August 24, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 24, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 24, 1996
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, August 24, 1996
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: 5568076.