Hail, Tuscaloosa
- When
- March 9, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Tuscaloosa County, 5 mi S of Tuscaloosa
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 33.133, -87.567
Hail in Alabama, March 9, 2000
Three-quarter inch hail fell across the southern sections of Tuscaloosa. Golf ball size hail was reported in the Eastlake Subdivision.
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
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
Three-quarter inch hail fell across the southern sections of Tuscaloosa. Golf ball size hail was reported in the Eastlake Subdivision. Three-quarter inch hail also fell in Brookwood.
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:48 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Tuscaloosa
- When
- March 9, 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Tuscaloosa County, Tuscaloosa
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 33.200, -87.567
Hail, Tuscaloosa
- When
- March 9, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tuscaloosa County, Tuscaloosa
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 33.200, -87.567
Hail, Tuscaloosa
- When
- March 9, 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Tuscaloosa County, Brookwood
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 33.283, -87.283
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
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- Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 9 to 10, 2000
- Winter Storm in Michigan, March 9, 2000
- Damaging Winds in New York, March 9, 2000
- Winter Storm in Wisconsin, March 9, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 9, 2000
- Hail in New York, March 9, 2000
- Damaging Winds in New York, March 9, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, March 9, 2000
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: 5137306, 5137307, 5137368, 5137369.