Alabama storm reports for November 16, 2011

Name: NOAA storm reports, Alabama, November 16, 2011
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 20 wind reports and 5 tornado reports in Alabama on November 16, 2011.

in Alabama; 25
Storm reports: About 24 miles from Montgomery, AL; 75 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF2, near 32.36, -88.09, AL; 5
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 November 16, 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

Wind20, most at 11 AM

Tornado5, most at 7 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
7:07 AM	EF2	Near 32.36, -88.09, AL	1.5 mi long, 600 yd wide
7:32 AM	EF0	About 55 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL	2.75 mi long, 250 yd wide
9:00 AM	EF0	Near 31.90, -87.75, AL	0.25 mi long, 50 yd wide
11:08 AM	EF1	About 4 miles from Montgomery, AL	0.88 mi long, 75 yd wide
11:52 AM	EF2	About 38 miles from Montgomery, AL	61.51 mi long, 880 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
8:27 AM	60 mph	About 31 miles from Huntsville, AL
9:07 AM	70 mph	About 8 miles from Huntsville, AL
9:15 AM	64 mph	About 5 miles from Huntsville, AL
9:15 AM	74 mph	About 4 miles from Huntsville, AL
9:17 AM	60 mph	About 8 miles from Huntsville, AL
10:33 AM	75 mph	About 24 miles from Montgomery, AL
10:40 AM	58 mph	About 22 miles from Montgomery, AL
10:43 AM	60 mph	About 15 miles from Montgomery, AL
11:01 AM	60 mph	About 3 miles from Montgomery, AL
11:02 AM	60 mph	In Montgomery, AL
11:06 AM	60 mph	About 3 miles from Montgomery, AL
11:10 AM	60 mph	About 5 miles from Montgomery, AL

Show all 20 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
11:22 AM	60 mph	About 25 miles from Montgomery, AL
11:27 AM	60 mph	About 18 miles from Montgomery, AL
11:32 AM	58 mph	About 19 miles from Montgomery, AL
11:39 AM	58 mph	About 32 miles from Montgomery, AL
2:50 PM	58 mph	Near 31.04, -85.09, AL
2:55 PM	58 mph	Near 31.16, -85.10, AL
2:55 PM	58 mph	Near 31.19, -85.23, AL
2:55 PM	58 mph	Near 31.25, -85.31, AL

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Huntsville, AL	None	74 mph	0
Montgomery, AL	None	60 mph	1

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