Alabama storm reports for October 2, 2014

Name: NOAA storm reports, Alabama, October 2, 2014
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 5 wind reports and 2 tornado reports in Alabama on October 2, 2014.

in Alabama; 7
Storm reports: Near 34.75, -87.97, AL; 60 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF0, about 3 miles from Huntsville, AL; 2
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 October 2, 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

Wind5, most at 1 AM

Tornado2, most at 3 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
3:12 AM	EF0	About 3 miles from Huntsville, AL	0.7 mi long, 250 yd wide
4:02 AM	EF0	About 36 miles from Huntsville, AL	0.48 mi long, 75 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
1:20 AM	60 mph	Near 34.75, -87.97, AL
1:25 AM	60 mph	About 58 miles from Huntsville, AL
1:42 AM	60 mph	About 57 miles from Huntsville, AL
2:25 AM	60 mph	About 18 miles from Huntsville, AL
3:47 AM	60 mph	About 23 miles from Huntsville, 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	1

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