Alabama storm reports for January 29, 2013

Name: NOAA storm reports, Alabama, January 29, 2013
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 1 hail report, 17 wind reports and 3 tornado reports in Alabama on January 29, 2013.

in Alabama; 21
Storm reports: Near 34.14, -87.99, AL; 0.75 in
Largest hail: About 48 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL; 90 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 40 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL; 3
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 January 29, 2013 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 4 AM

Wind17, most at 4 AM

Tornado3, most at 5 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
5:18 AM	EF1	About 40 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL	6.5 mi long, 500 yd wide
5:42 AM	EF0	About 48 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL	4.9 mi long, 200 yd wide
5:50 AM	EF1	About 49 miles from Birmingham, AL	10.39 mi long, 1000 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
2:57 AM	64 mph	Near 34.76, -88.02, AL
3:18 AM	60 mph	Near 34.90, -87.80, AL
3:39 AM	60 mph	Near 34.54, -88.06, AL
3:45 AM	60 mph	Near 34.53, -88.01, AL
3:52 AM	60 mph	About 57 miles from Huntsville, AL
3:54 AM	60 mph	Near 34.49, -87.85, AL
4:05 AM	64 mph	About 51 miles from Huntsville, AL
4:11 AM	60 mph	Near 34.35, -87.96, AL
4:15 AM	64 mph	About 36 miles from Huntsville, AL
4:47 AM	75 mph	About 29 miles from Huntsville, AL
4:50 AM	60 mph	About 18 miles from Huntsville, AL
4:50 AM	60 mph	About 17 miles from Huntsville, AL

Show all 17 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
5:21 AM	69 mph	About 49 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:30 AM	64 mph	About 34 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:30 AM	64 mph	About 39 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:41 AM	69 mph	About 28 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:41 AM	90 mph	About 48 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL

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