Hail in Alabama
Every hail event the National Weather Service has filed in Alabama, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
The most significant on the map
The most significant hail episodes in Alabama.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 8,096
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $23 million
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, April 27, 2011A powerful storm system crossed the Southeast United States on Wednesday, April 27, 2011, resulting in a large and deadly tornado outbreak.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, April 3, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, April 27, 2011A powerful storm system roared across the Southeast United States on Wednesday, April 27, 2011. In the wake of this system, hundreds of people were left injured and/or homeless, along with approximately 100 people who lost their lives in the northern Alabama area alone.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, November 15, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, March 27, 1994A tornado began about one mile south-southwest of Ragland in St. Clair County at 1055 CST and traveled northeast at between 45 and 55 miles an hour crossing the Alabama/Georgia border about five miles northeast of Rock Run in Cherokee County.
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, April 15, 1956
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, April 4, 1977
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, May 27, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, March 1, 2007Severe thunderstorms developed ahead of a warm front over the Florida Panhandle and moved northeast across southeast Alabama and into extreme southwest Georgia during the afternoon hours of March 1.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, February 16, 1995A small tornado touched down about six miles east of Hamilton along U.S. Highway 278. The tornado travelled on a track just slightly north of east for about six miles running along and crossing U.S. Highway 278 twice.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, May 3, 1984
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, November 18, 1957
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, January 12, 2023Numerous strong to severe thunderstorms impacted Central Alabama during the morning and afternoon hours of Thursday, January 12th, 2023. Several supercell thunderstorms spawned multiple tornadoes which caused significant damage in many areas.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Alabama, February 6, 2008The WFO Huntsville County Warning Area experienced the worst tornado outbreak in 19 years on February 6, 2008.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Alabama, March 25, 2021A potent storm system affected Central Alabama on Thursday, March 25th. A highly-sheared environment combined with increasing instability produced numerous tornadic thunderstorms.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, March 29, 1991
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Alabama, April 15, 2011A potent storm system, which wreaked havoc across the eastern half of the United States on April 14-16, produced a significant and historic tornado outbreak across Central Alabama on April 15. Forty tornadoes, 30 of which touched down in Central Alabama, occurred in the state.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, May 18, 1995A supercell thunderstorm moved out of Mississippi into Colbert County producing numerous reports of large hail. A small tornado touched down about two miles east of the Muscle Shoals airport (MSL) and moved on a path about six and one-half miles in length.
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, March 26 to 28, 2011A stalled boundary sagged southward into North Central Alabama on Saturday, March 26, and became a focus for convection ahead of an approaching storm system.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, November 29 to 30, 2016A tornado outbreak occurred during the evening hours of the 29th into the early morning hours of the 30th. A very mild and unstable air mass was in place along with a strong southwesterly upper level jet.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, April 5, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, April 15 to 16, 2011Numerous supercell thunderstorms developed in the late morning through the evening hours across Mississippi and Alabama.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, February 17, 2008A broken squall line, sparked by an advancing cold front and strong upper level storm, caused severe thunderstorms and tornadoes across Central Alabama.
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, April 1, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, May 19, 1973
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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.