Hail, Autauga
- When
- April 2, 5:36 PM CST to 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Autauga County, Prattville
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 32.467, -86.483
Hail and Lightning Strike in Alabama, April 2, 2000
Dime to nickel size hail fell across extreme southern Autauga County near Prattville. Around the same time, a young girl was struck by lightning just southeast of Prattville, but was not severely injured.
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
- 1
- Property damage
- $5,000
- 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 to nickel size hail fell across extreme southern Autauga County near Prattville. Around the same time, a young girl was struck by lightning just southeast of Prattville, but was not severely injured.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, Autauga
- When
- April 2, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Autauga County, Prattville
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 32.535, -86.643 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado in Alabama, April 2, 2000
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 2, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 2, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, April 2 to 3, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 2, 2000
- Hail in Alabama, April 2, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 2, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 2, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 2, 2000
More
Every storm in Alabama in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, April 2000
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: 5140643, 5140642.