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Alabama storm reports for April 27, 2011

NOAA recorded 21 hail reports, 16 wind reports and 33 tornado reports in Alabama on April 27, 2011.

in Alabama
70
Storm reports
Near 34.14, -87.98, AL
4.0 in
Largest hail
About 39 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
81 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF5, near 34.10, -88.15, AL
33
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 27, 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

Hail21, most at 9 AM

Wind16, most at 4 PM

Tornado33, most at 11 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
7:10 AMEF2About 42 miles from Chattanooga, TN5.75 mi long, 200 yd wide
7:18 AMEF1About 37 miles from Chattanooga, TN4.05 mi long, 50 yd wide
11:15 AMEF0About 27 miles from Huntsville, AL7.19 mi long, 150 yd wide
11:20 AMEF1About 23 miles from Huntsville, AL8.95 mi long, 75 yd wide
11:23 AMEF0About 20 miles from Huntsville, AL4.06 mi long, 50 yd wide
11:30 AMEF1About 11 miles from Huntsville, AL4.7 mi long, 200 yd wide
11:35 AMEF1About 9 miles from Huntsville, AL3.09 mi long, 100 yd wide
11:39 AMEF1About 8 miles from Huntsville, AL20.61 mi long, 200 yd wide
11:50 AMEF1About 8 miles from Huntsville, AL7.6 mi long, 500 yd wide
11:55 AMEF0About 16 miles from Huntsville, AL3.51 mi long, 100 yd wide
2:40 PMEF4About 40 miles from Birmingham, AL46.88 mi long, 880 yd wide
3:05 PMEF5Near 34.10, -88.15, AL132 mi long, 2200 yd wide
Show all 33 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
3:40 PMEF4About 38 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL127.8 mi long, 1408 yd wide
4:01 PMEF4About 40 miles from Huntsville, AL46.98 mi long, 1260 yd wide
4:40 PMEF1About 10 miles from Huntsville, AL1.42 mi long, 75 yd wide
4:43 PMEF4About 27 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL80.68 mi long, 2600 yd wide
4:53 PMEF1About 14 miles from Huntsville, AL14.62 mi long, 75 yd wide
5:05 PMEF4About 42 miles from Chattanooga, TN20.24 mi long, 1320 yd wide
5:10 PMEF3About 60 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL31.84 mi long, 1320 yd wide
5:30 PMEF3About 53 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL72.13 mi long, 1760 yd wide
6:06 PMEF3About 43 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL7.96 mi long, 880 yd wide
6:19 PMEF5About 45 miles from Huntsville, AL33.66 mi long, 1320 yd wide
6:28 PMEF4About 17 miles from Birmingham, AL97.33 mi long, 1760 yd wide
6:50 PMEF1About 27 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL8.62 mi long, 300 yd wide
7:09 PMEF0About 32 miles from Huntsville, AL1.19 mi long, 100 yd wide
7:32 PMEF1About 31 miles from Birmingham, AL5.41 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:12 PMEF4About 19 miles from Montgomery, AL44.18 mi long, 880 yd wide
8:15 PMEF1About 26 miles from Birmingham, AL8.59 mi long, 200 yd wide
8:50 PMEF1About 49 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL4.24 mi long, 100 yd wide
9:05 PMEF2About 53 miles from Chattanooga, TN6.47 mi long, 250 yd wide
9:19 PMEF1About 43 miles from Columbus, GA5.24 mi long, 150 yd wide
9:29 PMEF1About 43 miles from Columbus, GA5.01 mi long, 100 yd wide
9:48 PMEF0About 34 miles from Montgomery, AL1.91 mi long, 50 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Huntsville, AL1.75 in81 mph6

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