Alabama storm reports for December 17, 2016

Name: NOAA storm reports, Alabama, December 17, 2016
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

Nov 30, 2016

NOAA recorded 10 wind reports and 2 tornado reports in Alabama on December 17, 2016.

in Alabama; 12
Storm reports: Near 34.87, -87.87, AL; 75 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF0, near 34.82, -88.08, 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 December 17, 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

Wind10, most at 12 AM

Tornado2, most at 11 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
11:37 PM	EF0	Near 34.82, -88.08, AL	0.62 mi long, 87 yd wide
12:42 AM	EF0	Near 34.38, -88.07, AL	0.97 mi long, 75 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
11:39 AM	60 mph	Near 34.88, -88.08, AL
11:38 PM	60 mph	Near 34.98, -87.99, AL
11:43 PM	60 mph	Near 34.98, -87.99, AL
11:45 PM	75 mph	Near 34.87, -87.87, AL
12:00 AM	60 mph	Near 34.91, -87.79, AL
12:05 AM	60 mph	Near 34.89, -87.83, AL
12:06 AM	60 mph	Near 34.89, -87.87, AL
12:29 AM	69 mph	Near 34.91, -87.79, AL
12:48 AM	60 mph	About 58 miles from Huntsville, AL
2:15 AM	70 mph	About 19 miles from Huntsville, AL

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