Alabama storm reports for January 30, 2013

Name: NOAA storm reports, Alabama, January 30, 2013
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 36 wind reports and 1 tornado report in Alabama on January 30, 2013.

in Alabama; 37
Storm reports: About 5 miles from Huntsville, AL; 69 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 44 miles from Huntsville, AL; 1
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 30, 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

Wind36, most at 6 AM

Tornado1, most at 6 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
6:01 AM	EF1	About 44 miles from Huntsville, AL	6.42 mi long, 300 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
6:02 AM	58 mph	About 46 miles from Birmingham, AL
6:05 AM	69 mph	About 5 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:10 AM	60 mph	About 40 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:18 AM	58 mph	About 12 miles from Montgomery, AL
6:20 AM	60 mph	About 21 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:24 AM	60 mph	About 35 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:25 AM	58 mph	About 12 miles from Montgomery, AL
6:27 AM	60 mph	About 39 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:30 AM	60 mph	About 36 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:30 AM	60 mph	About 33 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:44 AM	58 mph	About 12 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
7:35 AM	52 mph	About 42 miles from Huntsville, AL

Show all 36 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
7:40 AM	58 mph	Near 32.49, -88.37, AL
7:48 AM	58 mph	About 41 miles from Montgomery, AL
8:06 AM	46 mph	About 24 miles from Chattanooga, TN
8:20 AM	58 mph	About 41 miles from Birmingham, AL
9:10 AM	58 mph	Near 33.63, -85.73, AL
9:12 AM	58 mph	Near 33.66, -85.71, AL
9:12 AM	60 mph	Near 31.82, -87.97, AL
10:28 AM	60 mph	Near 31.53, -87.80, AL
10:35 AM	58 mph	About 14 miles from Montgomery, AL
10:58 AM	58 mph	Near 33.43, -85.55, AL
11:07 AM	60 mph	About 45 miles from Montgomery, AL
11:10 AM	58 mph	Near 33.36, -85.72, AL
11:28 AM	58 mph	About 57 miles from Columbus, GA
11:39 AM	58 mph	Near 33.25, -85.45, AL
11:48 AM	58 mph	About 54 miles from Columbus, GA
11:48 AM	58 mph	About 24 miles from Montgomery, AL
11:50 AM	58 mph	About 46 miles from Montgomery, AL
1:10 PM	58 mph	About 30 miles from Columbus, GA
1:30 PM	58 mph	About 41 miles from Montgomery, AL
1:45 PM	63 mph	Near 31.28, -85.72, AL
2:38 PM	58 mph	Near 31.56, -85.25, AL
3:10 PM	63 mph	About 41 miles from Crestview, FL
3:20 PM	58 mph	Near 31.44, -85.64, AL
3:30 PM	63 mph	Near 31.26, -85.64, AL

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust
Huntsville, AL	None	69 mph
Montgomery, AL	None	58 mph
Tuscaloosa, AL	None	58 mph

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