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Alabama storm reports for April 26, 2011

NOAA recorded 1 hail report, 49 wind reports and 26 tornado reports in Alabama on April 26, 2011.

in Alabama
76
Storm reports
About 31 miles from Huntsville, AL
0.88 in
Largest hail
About 18 miles from Birmingham, AL
90 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 20 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
26
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 26, 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 5 AM

Wind49, most at 6 AM

Tornado26, most at 6 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
4:01 AMEF1Near 34.94, -88.06, AL9.19 mi long, 200 yd wide
4:19 AMEF1Near 34.81, -87.88, AL1.82 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:27 AMEF2About 36 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL14.36 mi long, 1232 yd wide
4:41 AMEF3About 20 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL22.46 mi long, 704 yd wide
5:03 AMEF1About 28 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL7.28 mi long, 176 yd wide
5:17 AMEF3About 10 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL20.26 mi long, 200 yd wide
5:18 AMEF3About 28 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL18.9 mi long, 375 yd wide
5:48 AMEF2About 31 miles from Birmingham, AL30.32 mi long, 880 yd wide
5:50 AMEF1About 11 miles from Birmingham, AL3.39 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:53 AMEF2About 21 miles from Birmingham, AL3.23 mi long, 200 yd wide
5:54 AMEF2About 7 miles from Birmingham, AL7.76 mi long, 200 yd wide
6:12 AMEF1About 42 miles from Birmingham, AL14.83 mi long, 200 yd wide
Show all 26 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
6:16 AMEF2About 23 miles from Birmingham, AL3.84 mi long, 200 yd wide
6:20 AMEF1About 33 miles from Huntsville, AL11.04 mi long, 75 yd wide
6:24 AMEF1About 34 miles from Huntsville, AL6.37 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:30 AMEF2About 29 miles from Huntsville, AL19.97 mi long, 880 yd wide
6:30 AMEF1About 39 miles from Huntsville, AL4.58 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:30 AMEF1About 36 miles from Huntsville, AL3.39 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:30 AMEF1About 37 miles from Huntsville, AL5.69 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:35 AMEF1About 33 miles from Huntsville, AL4.93 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:35 AMEF1About 28 miles from Huntsville, AL0.32 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:43 AMEF0About 29 miles from Huntsville, AL2.76 mi long, 75 yd wide
6:45 AMEF1About 35 miles from Huntsville, AL4.83 mi long, 200 yd wide
6:45 AMEF1About 31 miles from Huntsville, AL6.89 mi long, 300 yd wide
6:49 AMEF1About 31 miles from Huntsville, AL1.55 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:58 AMEF1About 41 miles from Huntsville, AL27.85 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, ALNone90 mph2
Tuscaloosa, ALNone78 mph1

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