Hail, St. Clair
- When
- March 6, 3:39 PM CST to 3:47 PM CST
- Where
- St. Clair County, Springville to 3 mi of Springville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.780, -86.500
Hail in Alabama, March 6, 1996
Clair-Blount County line between Remlap and Springville. 5 miles west-northwest of Springville into Springville.
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
- 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 BMX wrote it up.
Dime-sized hail was reported on the St.Clair-Blount County line between Remlap and Springville. Golfball-sized hail was reported from about 2.5 miles west-northwest of Springville into Springville.
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
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- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 6, 1996
- Tornado in Alabama, March 6, 1996
- Tornado in Alabama, March 6, 1996
- Tornado in Alabama, March 6, 1996
- Tornado in Florida, March 6, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 6, 1996
- Tornado in Georgia, March 6, 1996
- Tornado in Georgia, March 6, 1996
More
Every storm in Alabama in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, March 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: 5546543.