Hail, Shelby
- When
- March 19, 11:37 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County, 6 mi NW of Chelsea
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.400, -86.700
Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 19, 1998
Dime size hail was reported in Inverness. A downburst destroyed the Racetrac gas station at US 280 and AL 119.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $380,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 size hail was reported in Inverness. A downburst destroyed the Racetrac gas station at US 280 and AL 119. There were also several windows blown out and some construction trucks were overturned.
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 26 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:39 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- March 19, 11:45 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County, 6 mi NW of Chelsea
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Property damage
- $380,000
- Coordinates
- 33.400, -86.700
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Florida, March 19, 1998
- Flash Flood in Florida, March 19 to 20, 1998
- Flood in Florida, March 19 to 27, 1998
- Flood in Florida, March 19 to 24, 1998
- Flash Flood in Florida, March 19 to 20, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 19, 1998
- Flood in Florida, March 19 to 25, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, March 19, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, March 19, 1998
- Flood in Florida, March 19 to 31, 1998
- Flood in Florida, March 19 to 24, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, March 19, 1998
More
Every storm in Alabama in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, March 1998
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: 5632542, 5632752.