Alabama storm reports for April 11, 2013

Name: NOAA storm reports, Alabama, April 11, 2013
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 18 wind reports and 9 tornado reports in Alabama on April 11, 2013.

in Alabama; 27
Storm reports: About 30 miles from Birmingham, AL; 75 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF2, about 33 miles from Montgomery, AL; 9
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 April 11, 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

Wind18, most at 3 PM

Tornado9, most at 4 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
2:45 PM	EF1	About 47 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL	5.49 mi long, 500 yd wide
2:57 PM	EF1	About 50 miles from Birmingham, AL	2.63 mi long, 250 yd wide
3:10 PM	EF1	About 52 miles from Birmingham, AL	1.17 mi long, 300 yd wide
3:26 PM	EF1	About 43 miles from Huntsville, AL	0.38 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:18 PM	EF1	About 34 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL	20.16 mi long, 800 yd wide
4:20 PM	EF1	About 6 miles from Huntsville, AL	6.58 mi long, 300 yd wide
4:32 PM	EF1	About 10 miles from Huntsville, AL	1.34 mi long, 75 yd wide
5:29 PM	EF1	About 11 miles from Mobile, AL	0.81 mi long, 75 yd wide
8:34 PM	EF2	About 33 miles from Montgomery, AL	5.09 mi long, 200 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
2:30 PM	69 mph	About 46 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
2:54 PM	63 mph	About 36 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
3:03 PM	58 mph	Near 32.20, -88.07, AL
3:30 PM	60 mph	About 39 miles from Huntsville, AL
3:30 PM	60 mph	About 41 miles from Birmingham, AL
3:54 PM	58 mph	About 39 miles from Birmingham, AL
4:48 PM	69 mph	About 30 miles from Birmingham, AL
4:55 PM	75 mph	About 30 miles from Birmingham, AL
5:00 PM	58 mph	About 60 miles from Atlanta, GA
5:15 PM	63 mph	About 54 miles from Atlanta, GA
7:20 PM	63 mph	About 12 miles from Montgomery, AL
7:28 PM	58 mph	About 4 miles from Montgomery, AL

Show all 18 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
8:47 PM	58 mph	About 37 miles from Crestview, FL
9:29 PM	58 mph	Near 31.11, -85.61, AL
9:30 PM	63 mph	About 39 miles from Columbus, GA
9:30 PM	58 mph	Near 31.44, -85.64, AL
10:02 PM	58 mph	Near 31.58, -85.27, AL
10:05 PM	63 mph	Near 31.22, -85.39, 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	None	2
Mobile, AL	None	None	1
Montgomery, AL	None	63 mph	0

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