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Alabama storm reports for April 15, 2011

NOAA recorded 23 hail reports, 18 wind reports and 43 tornado reports in Alabama on April 15, 2011.

in Alabama
84
Storm reports
Near 32.25, -87.95, AL
4.25 in
Largest hail
About 52 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
75 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 20 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
43
Tornado reports
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 April 15, 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

Hail23, most at 5 PM

Wind18, most at 6 PM

Tornado43, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
11:20 AMEF1About 50 miles from Mobile, AL3.28 mi long, 500 yd wide
11:24 AMEF0Near 31.93, -88.47, AL0.12 mi long, 50 yd wide
11:26 AMEF0Near 31.88, -88.42, AL4.65 mi long, 100 yd wide
11:48 AMEF1Near 32.03, -88.25, AL16.71 mi long, 200 yd wide
12:04 PMEF2Near 31.55, -88.28, AL0.9 mi long, 150 yd wide
3:03 PMEF2About 51 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL4.5 mi long, 200 yd wide
3:06 PMEF1Near 31.69, -87.22, AL0.76 mi long, 100 yd wide
3:14 PMEF3About 20 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL18.37 mi long, 500 yd wide
3:33 PMEF2About 35 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL2.2 mi long, 700 yd wide
3:53 PMEF2Near 32.44, -88.33, AL8.92 mi long, 200 yd wide
4:00 PMEF1About 25 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL21.77 mi long, 1760 yd wide
4:35 PMEF2About 49 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL8.73 mi long, 325 yd wide
Show all 43 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
4:44 PMEF2About 45 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL24.1 mi long, 880 yd wide
4:59 PMEF0About 20 miles from Birmingham, AL1.37 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:04 PMEF3Near 32.19, -88.01, AL15.33 mi long, 800 yd wide
5:11 PMEF2Near 31.62, -87.26, AL0.86 mi long, 150 yd wide
5:19 PMEF2Near 32.31, -87.93, AL5.4 mi long, 575 yd wide
5:29 PMEF2Near 31.72, -87.09, AL22.27 mi long, 300 yd wide
5:35 PMEF2Near 32.29, -87.74, AL10.87 mi long, 600 yd wide
5:44 PMEF1About 25 miles from Birmingham, AL4.38 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:00 PMEF0About 57 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL4.65 mi long, 150 yd wide
6:12 PMEF2Near 32.01, -88.33, AL38.81 mi long, 800 yd wide
6:25 PMEF2About 48 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL0.8 mi long, 500 yd wide
7:05 PMEF1About 47 miles from Montgomery, AL0.1 mi long, 75 yd wide
7:23 PMEF0About 14 miles from Montgomery, AL2.73 mi long, 75 yd wide
7:48 PMEF1About 55 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL0.18 mi long, 100 yd wide
8:04 PMEF1About 52 miles from Montgomery, AL1.64 mi long, 250 yd wide
8:48 PMEF1About 26 miles from Montgomery, AL7.88 mi long, 200 yd wide
8:56 PMEF1About 25 miles from Montgomery, AL13.42 mi long, 200 yd wide
9:06 PMEF0About 23 miles from Montgomery, AL4.43 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:20 PMEF2Near 31.48, -87.68, AL0.35 mi long, 200 yd wide
9:25 PMEF1About 35 miles from Montgomery, AL3.19 mi long, 75 yd wide
9:27 PMEF0About 26 miles from Montgomery, AL0.35 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:29 PMEF1About 33 miles from Montgomery, AL3.01 mi long, 800 yd wide
9:29 PMEF2About 33 miles from Montgomery, AL9.98 mi long, 800 yd wide
10:05 PMEF0About 31 miles from Mobile, AL1.24 mi long, 80 yd wide
10:26 PMEF2Near 31.71, -87.15, AL3.23 mi long, 400 yd wide
10:47 PMEF3About 24 miles from Montgomery, AL9.29 mi long, 400 yd wide
11:15 PMEF2About 42 miles from Montgomery, AL3.32 mi long, 400 yd wide
11:17 PMEF2About 24 miles from Montgomery, AL20.75 mi long, 1320 yd wide
11:38 PMEF1About 49 miles from Crestview, FL10.23 mi long, 150 yd wide
11:43 PMEF1About 42 miles from Montgomery, AL6.64 mi long, 200 yd wide
12:08 AMEF2About 36 miles from Crestview, FL22.95 mi long, 300 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Birmingham, ALNone49 mph0
Montgomery, ALNoneNone1

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