Hail, Montgomery
- When
- March 20, 1:05 AM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Hope Hull
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.270, -86.350
Hail in Alabama, March 20, 1998
Half dollar size hail was reported in Hope Hull, golf ball size hail was reported near Dannelley Field, nickel size hail was reported in downtown Montgomery, and dime size hail was reported near Mt Meigs.
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
- $4,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
Half dollar size hail was reported in Hope Hull, golf ball size hail was reported near Dannelley Field, nickel size hail was reported in downtown Montgomery, and dime size hail was reported near Mt Meigs.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Montgomery
- When
- March 20, 1:25 AM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Montgomery
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -86.300
Hail, Montgomery
- When
- March 20, 1:28 AM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Montgomery
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -86.300
Hail, Montgomery
- When
- March 20, 1:43 AM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Mt Meigs
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.370, -86.100
What these are
- 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
- Tornadoes in Georgia, March 20, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, March 20, 1998
- Tornadoes in North Carolina, March 20, 1998
- Tornado in North Carolina, March 20, 1998
- Tornado in North Carolina, March 20, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Virginia, March 20, 1998
- Flood in Florida, March 20 to 31, 1998
- Storm Surge in Ohio, March 20 to 21, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 20, 1998
- Flood in Florida, March 20, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, March 20 to 21, 1998
- Tornado in North Carolina, March 20, 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: 5632763, 5632764, 5632765, 5632766.