Alabama storm reports for March 2, 2012

Name: NOAA storm reports, Alabama, March 2, 2012
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 97 hail reports, 23 wind reports and 12 tornado reports in Alabama on March 2, 2012.

in Alabama; 132
Storm reports: Near 34.73, -87.88, AL; 2.75 in
Largest hail: Near 34.00, -88.18, AL; 81 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF3, about 16 miles from Huntsville, AL; 12
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 2, 2012 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

Hail97, most at 4 PM

Wind23, most at 6 PM

Tornado12, most at 10 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
9:10 AM	EF3	About 16 miles from Huntsville, AL	33.99 mi long, 250 yd wide
10:06 AM	EF2	About 12 miles from Huntsville, AL	7.26 mi long, 220 yd wide
10:08 AM	EF1	About 31 miles from Huntsville, AL	0.93 mi long, 100 yd wide
1:55 PM	EF0	About 26 miles from Huntsville, AL	2.73 mi long, 50 yd wide
3:26 PM	EF0	About 22 miles from Huntsville, AL	4.97 mi long, 75 yd wide
3:39 PM	EF1	About 18 miles from Huntsville, AL	2.59 mi long, 150 yd wide
5:01 PM	EF0	About 45 miles from Crestview, FL	0.46 mi long, 25 yd wide
5:53 PM	EF1	About 35 miles from Montgomery, AL	17.64 mi long, 400 yd wide
6:17 PM	EF0	About 60 miles from Crestview, FL	0.07 mi long, 25 yd wide
9:15 PM	EF1	About 52 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL	18.9 mi long, 700 yd wide
10:01 PM	EF2	About 30 miles from Montgomery, AL	28.25 mi long, 700 yd wide
10:40 PM	EF2	About 40 miles from Montgomery, AL	34.04 mi long, 1000 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
8:58 AM	1.0 in	About 25 miles from Huntsville, AL
9:08 AM	1.75 in	About 18 miles from Huntsville, AL
9:58 AM	1.75 in	About 22 miles from Huntsville, AL
10:05 AM	1.75 in	About 12 miles from Huntsville, AL
2:00 PM	1.0 in	About 22 miles from Huntsville, AL
2:07 PM	1.0 in	Near 34.69, -88.11, AL
2:15 PM	2.75 in	Near 34.73, -87.88, AL
2:18 PM	1.75 in	Near 34.76, -87.97, AL
2:30 PM	1.0 in	Near 34.74, -87.89, AL
2:35 PM	1.0 in	About 57 miles from Huntsville, AL
2:35 PM	1.25 in	About 57 miles from Huntsville, AL
2:35 PM	0.75 in	About 58 miles from Huntsville, AL

Show all 97 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
2:35 PM	1.75 in	About 57 miles from Huntsville, AL
2:45 PM	1.0 in	About 59 miles from Huntsville, AL
3:00 PM	1.0 in	About 23 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
3:00 PM	1.75 in	About 41 miles from Huntsville, AL
3:05 PM	1.0 in	About 57 miles from Huntsville, AL
3:23 PM	0.75 in	About 43 miles from Huntsville, AL
3:42 PM	0.75 in	About 36 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
3:45 PM	1.25 in	About 20 miles from Huntsville, AL
3:48 PM	0.88 in	Near 34.03, -88.17, AL
3:48 PM	1.75 in	About 12 miles from Huntsville, AL
3:55 PM	1.0 in	About 55 miles from Birmingham, AL
3:59 PM	1.75 in	About 17 miles from Huntsville, AL
4:00 PM	1.75 in	About 17 miles from Huntsville, AL
4:03 PM	0.75 in	About 17 miles from Huntsville, AL
4:03 PM	1.25 in	About 19 miles from Huntsville, AL
4:05 PM	1.0 in	About 19 miles from Huntsville, AL
4:06 PM	1.75 in	About 22 miles from Huntsville, AL
4:09 PM	1.0 in	About 19 miles from Huntsville, AL
4:18 PM	1.0 in	About 21 miles from Huntsville, AL
4:20 PM	1.75 in	About 25 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
4:23 PM	1.0 in	About 35 miles from Birmingham, AL
4:32 PM	1.0 in	Near 34.20, -87.63, AL
4:37 PM	1.0 in	About 26 miles from Birmingham, AL
4:38 PM	0.88 in	About 8 miles from Huntsville, AL
4:39 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.88, -88.07, AL
4:40 PM	1.5 in	Near 31.97, -87.53, AL
4:45 PM	1.0 in	About 19 miles from Birmingham, AL
4:45 PM	1.75 in	About 25 miles from Birmingham, AL
4:45 PM	1.0 in	About 5 miles from Huntsville, AL
4:49 PM	1.0 in	About 8 miles from Huntsville, AL
4:50 PM	0.75 in	About 8 miles from Huntsville, AL
4:50 PM	0.75 in	About 8 miles from Huntsville, AL
4:56 PM	1.0 in	About 25 miles from Birmingham, AL
5:04 PM	0.75 in	About 11 miles from Birmingham, AL
5:12 PM	1.0 in	About 27 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:37 PM	1.0 in	About 25 miles from Birmingham, AL
5:49 PM	1.0 in	About 36 miles from Chattanooga, TN
5:52 PM	1.0 in	About 33 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:00 PM	0.88 in	About 34 miles from Birmingham, AL
6:12 PM	0.88 in	Near 34.00, -88.18, AL
6:18 PM	1.0 in	About 56 miles from Birmingham, AL
6:19 PM	0.88 in	About 38 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:27 PM	1.0 in	About 38 miles from Birmingham, AL
6:30 PM	1.0 in	Near 33.81, -85.76, AL
6:30 PM	1.25 in	About 33 miles from Chattanooga, TN
6:41 PM	1.25 in	About 44 miles from Birmingham, AL
6:42 PM	1.0 in	About 23 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
6:45 PM	1.0 in	About 35 miles from Birmingham, AL
6:46 PM	1.0 in	About 55 miles from Birmingham, AL
6:46 PM	1.75 in	About 25 miles from Birmingham, AL
6:46 PM	1.0 in	About 54 miles from Birmingham, AL
6:49 PM	0.88 in	Near 32.46, -88.11, AL
6:49 PM	1.0 in	About 44 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:52 PM	0.75 in	About 58 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:54 PM	1.0 in	About 17 miles from Birmingham, AL
6:58 PM	1.0 in	About 41 miles from Huntsville, AL
7:00 PM	1.25 in	About 28 miles from Birmingham, AL
7:00 PM	1.75 in	About 13 miles from Birmingham, AL
7:04 PM	1.0 in	About 9 miles from Birmingham, AL
7:04 PM	1.25 in	About 10 miles from Birmingham, AL
7:04 PM	1.0 in	About 58 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
7:04 PM	1.75 in	About 10 miles from Birmingham, AL
7:09 PM	0.88 in	About 6 miles from Birmingham, AL
7:10 PM	1.0 in	About 37 miles from Huntsville, AL
7:15 PM	1.0 in	About 57 miles from Huntsville, AL
7:17 PM	0.75 in	About 8 miles from Birmingham, AL
7:24 PM	1.75 in	About 14 miles from Birmingham, AL
7:33 PM	1.0 in	About 22 miles from Birmingham, AL
7:34 PM	1.0 in	About 25 miles from Birmingham, AL
7:35 PM	1.75 in	About 12 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
7:37 PM	1.0 in	About 12 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
7:43 PM	0.88 in	Near 34.15, -85.67, AL
7:45 PM	1.0 in	About 51 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
7:50 PM	1.0 in	About 10 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
8:07 PM	1.75 in	About 14 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
8:13 PM	1.0 in	About 48 miles from Birmingham, AL
8:21 PM	1.75 in	About 22 miles from Birmingham, AL
8:23 PM	2.0 in	About 20 miles from Birmingham, AL
8:25 PM	1.75 in	About 40 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
8:28 PM	1.0 in	About 38 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
8:33 PM	0.75 in	About 21 miles from Birmingham, AL
8:49 PM	1.0 in	About 50 miles from Huntsville, AL
9:12 PM	0.88 in	About 41 miles from Huntsville, AL
9:35 PM	1.0 in	About 45 miles from Huntsville, AL
11:00 PM	1.0 in	Near 34.10, -85.73, AL

Time	Gust	Where
2:14 PM	60 mph	Near 34.75, -87.98, AL
2:14 PM	60 mph	Near 34.71, -87.98, AL
3:11 PM	60 mph	About 36 miles from Huntsville, AL
3:13 PM	58 mph	About 42 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
4:23 PM	58 mph	About 35 miles from Birmingham, AL
5:30 PM	63 mph	Near 31.40, -85.89, AL
6:12 PM	81 mph	Near 34.00, -88.18, AL
6:23 PM	58 mph	Near 34.10, -88.00, AL
6:30 PM	60 mph	Near 34.14, -87.98, AL
6:46 PM	58 mph	About 23 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
6:55 PM	63 mph	Near 32.44, -88.37, AL
6:55 PM	70 mph	About 58 miles from Atlanta, GA

Show all 23 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
6:57 PM	58 mph	Near 32.49, -88.30, AL
8:07 PM	58 mph	About 35 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
8:13 PM	63 mph	About 46 miles from Birmingham, AL
9:17 PM	60 mph	About 42 miles from Huntsville, AL
10:32 PM	64 mph	About 53 miles from Birmingham, AL
10:40 PM	58 mph	About 13 miles from Birmingham, AL
10:44 PM	58 mph	About 56 miles from Birmingham, AL
10:50 PM	58 mph	About 11 miles from Birmingham, AL
10:51 PM	63 mph	Near 34.06, -85.81, AL
11:04 PM	58 mph	Near 32.44, -88.37, AL
11:50 PM	58 mph	About 58 miles from Atlanta, GA

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Birmingham, AL	1.75 in	58 mph	0
Huntsville, AL	1.75 in	None	1
Tuscaloosa, AL	1.75 in	None	0

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