Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- May 5, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County, Countywide
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.430, -87.870
Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 5, 1999
Nickel size hail fell 10 miles west of Russellville. Several reports of dime size hail and wind gust up to 57 miles an hour were also received from across the county.
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
- $3,000
- 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.
Nickel size hail fell 10 miles west of Russellville. Several reports of dime size hail and wind gust up to 57 miles an hour were also received from across the county.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Franklin
- When
- May 5, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County, 10 mi W of Russellville
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 34.520, -87.920
What these are
- 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.
- 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 Tennessee, May 5, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Tennessee, May 5 to 9, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Tennessee, May 5, 1999
- Tornado in Indiana, May 5, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, May 5, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, May 5 to 6, 1999
- Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, May 5, 1999
- Tornado in Indiana, May 5, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Georgia, May 5 to 6, 1999
- Tornado in Illinois, May 5, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in Louisiana, May 5, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 5, 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: 5695392, 5695939.