Hail, Washington
- When
- April 22, 2:15 PM CST to 2:16 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County, Chatom
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.470, -88.250
Dime size hail fell in Chatom.
Hail and Lightning Strike in Alabama, April 22, 1997
2 hail, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- $2,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:14 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, Washington
- When
- April 22, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County, Chatom
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 31.408, -88.208 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning struck near the courthouse in Chatom. Several radios and computers in the courthouse suffered damage as a result of the strike.
Hail, Choctaw
- When
- April 22, 3:40 PM CST to 3:41 PM CST
- Where
- Choctaw County, Butler
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $750
- Coordinates
- 32.080, -88.220
Golfball to dime size hail fell around the Butler area. Several people reported damage to their windshields as a result of the hail.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado in South Carolina, April 22, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in South Carolina, April 22, 1997
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: 5593008, 5593009, 5593010.