Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- October 25, 9:55 AM CST
- Where
- Marion County, Hamilton
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Property damage
- $12,000
- Coordinates
- 34.130, -87.980
Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, October 25, 1997
A super-cell thunderstorm moved over Marion, Winston and Cullman counties with damaging wind and large hail. In Hamilton the wind knocked a tree on a house and knocked down several power lines.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $115,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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.
A super-cell thunderstorm moved over Marion, Winston and Cullman counties with damaging wind and large hail. In Hamilton the wind knocked a tree on a house and knocked down several power lines. In Winston county, large hail was reported across the entire county and trees and power lines were downed in Haleyville and Ash Ridge. In Double Springs the hail was one inch deep. In and around the city of Cullman hail up to the size of baseballs was reported which did significant damage to cars in the area. Several large trees were downed onto homes and cars.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
9 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Marion
- When
- October 25, 10:07 AM CST
- Where
- Marion County, Hamilton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 34.130, -87.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Winston
- When
- October 25, 10:32 AM CST
- Where
- Winston County, Haleyville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 34.230, -87.620
Hail, Winston
- When
- October 25, 10:32 AM CST
- Where
- Winston County, Haleyville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 34.230, -87.620
Hail, Winston
- When
- October 25, 10:43 AM CST
- Where
- Winston County, Ashridge
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 34.230, -87.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Winston
- When
- October 25, 10:43 AM CST
- Where
- Winston County, Ashridge
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 34.230, -87.470
Hail, Winston
- When
- October 25, 10:58 AM CST
- Where
- Winston County, Double Spgs
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 34.150, -87.400
Hail, Winston
- When
- October 25, 11:05 AM CST
- Where
- Winston County, Grayson
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 34.280, -87.320
Hail, Winston
- When
- October 25, 11:17 AM CST
- Where
- Winston County, Addison
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 34.200, -87.180
Hail, Winston
- When
- October 25, 11:18 AM CST
- Where
- Winston County, Arley
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 34.070, -87.220
Hail, Cullman
- When
- October 25, 11:33 AM CST
- Where
- Cullman County, Jones Chapel
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 34.220, -87.050
Hail, Cullman
- When
- October 25, 11:42 AM CST to 11:50 AM CST
- Where
- Cullman County, Cullman
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $65,000
- Coordinates
- 34.180, -86.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Cullman
- When
- October 25, 11:47 AM CST
- Where
- Cullman County, Cullman
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 34.180, -86.830
What these are
- 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.
- 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
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Oklahoma, October 25, 1997
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- Winter Storm in Nebraska, October 25 to 26, 1997
- Blizzard in Colorado, October 25 to 26, 1997
- Blizzard in Kansas, October 25 to 26, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, October 25 to 26, 1997
- Winter Storm in Kansas, October 25 to 26, 1997
- Tornado in Mississippi, October 25, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, October 25, 1997
- Tornadoes in Alabama, October 25, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, October 25, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, October 25, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5616450, 5616451, 5616452, 5616453, 5616454, 5616455, 5616456, 5616457, 5616458, 5616459, 5616460, 5616461, 5616462.