Hail in Alabama, April 17, 1998

Name: Hail in Alabama, April 17, 1998
Start: 1998-04-17T18:00
End: 1998-04-17T18:01
Location: Alabama

April 17, 1998 · NWS MOB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: $2,000
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.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Conecuh

When: April 17, 6:00 PM CST to 6:01 PM CST
Where: Conecuh County, Repton
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: $2,000
Coordinates: 31.400, -87.250

Baseball size hail fell along U S Highway 84 from the Monroe and Conecuh county line to just east of Repton. Vehicles in this area had damage to windshields and pings in their exterior. Many homes suffered roof damage and windows that were facing west were broken out. The storm that produced this large hail event had earlier produced large hail in parts of Monroe county.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 5642717.