Hail, Jefferson
- When
- December 16, 2:50 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Forestdale
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.583, -86.850
Dime size hail fell in Forestdale.
Hail in Alabama, December 16, 2000
3 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
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:49 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- December 16, 2:55 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Birmingham
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.517, -86.817
Golf ball size hail was reported in downtown Birmingham.
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- December 16, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Tarrant
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 33.567, -86.750
Dime size hail or larger was observed in Tarrant and Fultondale.
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.
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More
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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: 5159900, 5159983, 5159984.