Alabama storm reports for March 9, 2011

Name: NOAA storm reports, Alabama, March 9, 2011
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 1 hail report, 21 wind reports and 3 tornado reports in Alabama on March 9, 2011.

in Alabama; 25
Storm reports: About 29 miles from Mobile, AL; 1.0 in
Largest hail: About 19 miles from Mobile, AL; 81 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF2, about 10 miles from Mobile, AL; 3
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on March 9, 2011 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot.

Reports by hour

Hail1, most at 7 AM

Wind21, most at 9 AM

Tornado3, most at 8 AM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
8:31 AM	EF1	About 18 miles from Mobile, AL	0.18 mi long, 80 yd wide
8:37 AM	EF2	About 10 miles from Mobile, AL	0.91 mi long, 100 yd wide
9:17 AM	EF2	About 9 miles from Daphne, AL	2.05 mi long, 350 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
6:04 AM	58 mph	About 49 miles from Montgomery, AL
8:02 AM	70 mph	About 28 miles from Mobile, AL
8:48 AM	81 mph	About 19 miles from Mobile, AL
9:12 AM	60 mph	About 38 miles from Crestview, FL
9:27 AM	60 mph	About 38 miles from Crestview, FL
9:29 AM	60 mph	About 39 miles from Crestview, FL
9:30 AM	60 mph	About 37 miles from Crestview, FL
9:30 AM	60 mph	About 34 miles from Crestview, FL
9:30 AM	60 mph	About 39 miles from Pensacola, FL
9:32 AM	60 mph	About 39 miles from Crestview, FL
9:35 AM	60 mph	About 35 miles from Crestview, FL
9:40 AM	60 mph	About 39 miles from Crestview, FL

Show all 21 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
9:50 AM	63 mph	About 54 miles from Montgomery, AL
9:59 AM	58 mph	About 55 miles from Montgomery, AL
10:05 AM	63 mph	About 53 miles from Montgomery, AL
10:15 AM	63 mph	Near 31.60, -85.72, AL
10:21 AM	58 mph	About 56 miles from Montgomery, AL
10:45 AM	75 mph	Near 31.63, -85.41, AL
11:10 AM	58 mph	Near 31.60, -85.17, AL
11:10 AM	58 mph	Near 31.57, -85.10, AL
11:15 AM	58 mph	Near 31.57, -85.25, AL

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Daphne, AL	None	None	1
Mobile, AL	None	None	1

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.