Alabama storm reports for April 19, 2015

Name: NOAA storm reports, Alabama, April 19, 2015
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 5 hail reports, 33 wind reports and 6 tornado reports in Alabama on April 19, 2015.

in Alabama; 44
Storm reports: About 33 miles from Huntsville, AL; 1.75 in
Largest hail: About 49 miles from Crestview, FL; 63 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 40 miles from Montgomery, AL; 6
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 19, 2015 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

Hail5, most at 5 PM

Wind33, most at 8 AM

Tornado6, most at 8 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
7:19 AM	EF1	About 40 miles from Montgomery, AL	1.15 mi long, 150 yd wide
8:38 AM	EF0	Near 34.18, -85.78, AL	3.52 mi long, 200 yd wide
8:43 AM	EF1	About 33 miles from Columbus, GA	0.44 mi long, 188 yd wide
8:46 AM	EF1	Near 31.51, -85.31, AL	2.1 mi long, 300 yd wide
9:17 AM	EF1	About 18 miles from Columbus, GA	7.61 mi long, 425 yd wide
1:45 AM	EF0	About 15 miles from Huntsville, AL	0.76 mi long, 100 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
5:10 PM	1.0 in	About 37 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:10 PM	1.75 in	About 33 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:13 PM	1.25 in	About 37 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:24 PM	0.75 in	About 36 miles from Huntsville, AL
2:35 AM	1.0 in	About 37 miles from Huntsville, AL

Time	Gust	Where
8:30 AM	58 mph	Near 34.17, -85.77, AL
8:35 AM	58 mph	Near 33.89, -85.82, AL
8:40 AM	63 mph	About 49 miles from Crestview, FL
8:42 AM	58 mph	Near 31.33, -85.81, AL
8:55 AM	58 mph	Near 31.47, -85.64, AL
8:57 AM	58 mph	Near 31.56, -85.25, AL
8:57 AM	58 mph	Near 31.56, -85.25, AL
9:00 AM	58 mph	Near 31.47, -85.62, AL
9:00 AM	58 mph	Near 31.44, -85.65, AL
9:00 AM	58 mph	Near 31.39, -85.66, AL
9:15 AM	58 mph	Near 31.57, -85.10, AL
9:54 AM	58 mph	Near 31.03, -85.39, AL

Show all 33 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
9:58 AM	63 mph	Near 31.05, -85.30, AL
10:02 AM	58 mph	Near 31.07, -85.25, AL
10:07 AM	58 mph	Near 31.15, -85.17, AL
3:57 PM	58 mph	About 5 miles from Birmingham, AL
4:25 PM	60 mph	About 14 miles from Huntsville, AL
4:25 PM	58 mph	About 18 miles from Birmingham, AL
4:29 PM	60 mph	About 4 miles from Huntsville, AL
4:32 PM	58 mph	About 21 miles from Birmingham, AL
12:37 AM	58 mph	Near 34.26, -88.13, AL
12:53 AM	60 mph	Near 34.39, -87.72, AL
1:15 AM	60 mph	About 44 miles from Huntsville, AL
1:25 AM	60 mph	About 29 miles from Huntsville, AL
1:42 AM	60 mph	About 18 miles from Huntsville, AL
1:49 AM	49 mph	About 19 miles from Huntsville, AL
2:01 AM	60 mph	About 5 miles from Huntsville, AL
2:11 AM	60 mph	About 28 miles from Huntsville, AL
2:11 AM	60 mph	About 21 miles from Huntsville, AL
2:11 AM	49 mph	About 17 miles from Huntsville, AL
2:20 AM	60 mph	About 30 miles from Huntsville, AL
2:52 AM	60 mph	About 39 miles from Huntsville, AL
3:02 AM	60 mph	About 45 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
Birmingham, AL	None	58 mph	0
Huntsville, AL	None	60 mph	1

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