Alabama storm reports for March 31, 2016

Name: NOAA storm reports, Alabama, March 31, 2016
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 9 hail reports, 12 wind reports and 7 tornado reports in Alabama on March 31, 2016.

in Alabama; 28
Storm reports: About 36 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL; 1.25 in
Largest hail: Near 31.97, -87.80, AL; 70 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF2, about 21 miles from Huntsville, AL; 7
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 March 31, 2016 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 8 PM

Wind12, most at 6 PM

Tornado7, most at 7 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
6:43 PM	EF1	About 41 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL	2.88 mi long, 350 yd wide
7:03 PM	EF1	About 42 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL	3.72 mi long, 650 yd wide
7:27 PM	EF1	About 44 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL	3.7 mi long, 500 yd wide
8:05 PM	EF0	About 29 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL	1.88 mi long, 400 yd wide
9:42 PM	EF1	About 26 miles from Birmingham, AL	0.32 mi long, 275 yd wide
9:54 PM	EF2	About 21 miles from Huntsville, AL	9.55 mi long, 200 yd wide
12:19 AM	EF0	About 29 miles from Columbus, GA	2.09 mi long, 50 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
12:08 PM	1.0 in	About 39 miles from Crestview, FL
6:44 PM	1.0 in	Near 32.01, -87.98, AL
7:04 PM	1.25 in	About 36 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
7:06 PM	1.0 in	About 34 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
8:35 PM	1.0 in	About 35 miles from Birmingham, AL
8:35 PM	1.25 in	About 4 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
8:50 PM	1.0 in	About 38 miles from Huntsville, AL
8:59 PM	1.0 in	About 31 miles from Huntsville, AL
8:59 PM	1.0 in	About 37 miles from Huntsville, AL

Time	Gust	Where
11:15 AM	69 mph	About 52 miles from Daphne, AL
11:24 AM	69 mph	About 41 miles from Daphne, AL
2:12 PM	58 mph	About 40 miles from Crestview, FL
2:13 PM	60 mph	About 24 miles from Crestview, FL
6:15 PM	60 mph	Near 31.87, -88.30, AL
6:50 PM	58 mph	About 39 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
6:59 PM	70 mph	Near 31.97, -87.80, AL
7:00 PM	70 mph	Near 31.95, -87.77, AL
7:08 PM	58 mph	About 38 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
7:51 PM	58 mph	About 51 miles from Birmingham, AL
8:02 PM	70 mph	Near 31.95, -87.73, AL
9:48 PM	58 mph	About 28 miles from Montgomery, AL

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Tuscaloosa, AL	1.25 in	None	0

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