Hail, Shelby
- When
- April 2, 7:27 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County, Helena
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 33.300, -86.850
Penny size hail was reported in Helena.
Hail in Alabama, April 2, 2000
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), 16 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:24 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
- Tornadoes in Alabama, April 2, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, April 2, 2000
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 2, 2000
- 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: 5140645.