Hail, Chambers
- When
- April 8, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Chambers County, 3 mi N of Lafayette
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- $6,000
- Coordinates
- 32.950, -85.380
Hail in Alabama, April 8, 1998
Golf ball size hail was reported in Buffalo, in the central part of the county. Hail the size of quarters was reported in Five Points.
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
- $15,000
- Crop damage
- $8,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.
Golf ball size hail was reported in Buffalo, in the central part of the county. Hail the size of quarters was reported in Five Points. Dime size hail was reported in Fredonia in the eastern part of the county.
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:26 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Chambers
- When
- April 8, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Chambers County, 8 mi NNE of Lafayette
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 33.000, -85.330
Hail, Chambers
- When
- April 8, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Chambers County, 9 mi NE of Lafayette
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.000, -85.270
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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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: 5637659, 5637660, 5637661.