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Alabama storm reports for April 28, 2014

NOAA recorded 9 hail reports, 28 wind reports and 27 tornado reports in Alabama on April 28, 2014.

in Alabama
64
Storm reports
About 24 miles from Huntsville, AL
2.75 in
Largest hail
About 11 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
98 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 32 miles from Huntsville, AL
27
Tornado reports
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
  • Surveyed wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on April 28, 2014 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

Hail9, most at 5 PM

Wind28, most at 10 PM

Tornado27, most at 12 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
3:56 PMEF1Near 34.52, -87.75, AL3.19 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:47 PMEF3About 32 miles from Huntsville, AL15.56 mi long, 600 yd wide
5:38 PMEF0Near 34.19, -88.00, AL7.72 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:50 PMEF1About 17 miles from Huntsville, AL8.91 mi long, 100 yd wide
7:35 PMEF1About 46 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL6.97 mi long, 350 yd wide
8:18 PMEF1About 30 miles from Chattanooga, TN6.13 mi long, 100 yd wide
8:40 PMEF1About 31 miles from Birmingham, AL2.39 mi long, 150 yd wide
9:30 PMEF1Near 32.42, -88.27, AL1.03 mi long, 150 yd wide
9:39 PMEF3About 39 miles from Birmingham, AL8.88 mi long, 350 yd wide
9:59 PMEF1About 13 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL12.47 mi long, 1500 yd wide
10:00 PMEF1About 16 miles from Birmingham, AL8.78 mi long, 800 yd wide
10:13 PMEF2About 13 miles from Birmingham, AL5.46 mi long, 1800 yd wide
Show all 27 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
10:55 PMEF1About 19 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL4.46 mi long, 675 yd wide
11:00 PMEF1About 23 miles from Birmingham, AL7.62 mi long, 913 yd wide
11:16 PMEF2About 16 miles from Birmingham, AL5.14 mi long, 600 yd wide
11:22 PMEF1About 31 miles from Birmingham, AL7.81 mi long, 1000 yd wide
12:15 AMEF1Near 31.58, -87.76, AL0.31 mi long, 200 yd wide
12:24 AMEF2About 24 miles from Birmingham, AL14.6 mi long, 1300 yd wide
12:32 AMEF3About 51 miles from Huntsville, AL11.73 mi long, 600 yd wide
12:54 AMEF2About 50 miles from Huntsville, AL2.47 mi long, 200 yd wide
1:06 AMEF2About 53 miles from Huntsville, AL11.71 mi long, 200 yd wide
1:17 AMEF1About 51 miles from Huntsville, AL6.28 mi long, 200 yd wide
1:28 AMEF0About 47 miles from Huntsville, AL2.42 mi long, 75 yd wide
1:36 AMEF1About 44 miles from Chattanooga, TN10.2 mi long, 200 yd wide
2:23 AMEF1About 50 miles from Chattanooga, TN1.05 mi long, 200 yd wide
3:25 AMEF0About 35 miles from Columbus, GA1.74 mi long, 75 yd wide
3:56 AMEF3About 21 miles from Columbus, GA11.45 mi long, 1200 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Mobile, AL1.0 in58 mph0
Birmingham, ALNoneNone1
Tuscaloosa, ALNone98 mph1

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