Hail, Bibb
- When
- May 18, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Bibb County, 6 mi N of Centerville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.030, -87.130
Quarter size hail was reported 6 miles north of the intersection between SR 5 and US 82.
Hail in Alabama, May 18, 1999
1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- 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.
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 37 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:15 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornado in Florida, May 18, 1999
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, May 18, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in Pennsylvania, May 18 to 19, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 18, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 18, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 18, 1999
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, May 18, 1999
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, May 18, 1999
- Tornado and Waterspouts in Florida, May 18 to 31, 1999
- Tornado and Waterspouts in Florida, May 18 to 30, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, May 18, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 18, 1999
More
Every storm in Alabama in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, May 1999
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: 5696042.