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Alabama storm reports for January 21, 2017

NOAA recorded 8 hail reports, 26 wind reports and 10 tornado reports in Alabama on January 21, 2017.

in Alabama
44
Storm reports
About 9 miles from Mobile, AL
2.0 in
Largest hail
In Mobile, AL
81 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 10 miles from Montgomery, AL
10
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

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on January 21, 2017 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

Hail8, most at 10 PM

Wind26, most at 8 AM

Tornado10, most at 8 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
7:55 AMEF1About 10 miles from Montgomery, AL0.68 mi long, 200 yd wide
7:55 AMEF1About 13 miles from Montgomery, AL1.53 mi long, 450 yd wide
7:57 AMEF0About 11 miles from Montgomery, AL0.21 mi long, 90 yd wide
8:48 AMEF1About 34 miles from Columbus, GA2.84 mi long, 100 yd wide
8:49 AMEF0About 35 miles from Columbus, GA2.38 mi long, 150 yd wide
8:55 AMEF1About 40 miles from Montgomery, AL37.34 mi long, 400 yd wide
8:56 AMEF0About 28 miles from Columbus, GA1.07 mi long, 150 yd wide
9:00 AMEF0About 30 miles from Columbus, GA0.83 mi long, 150 yd wide
9:08 AMEF0About 20 miles from Columbus, GA0.12 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:19 AMEF1About 14 miles from Columbus, GA0.92 mi long, 300 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Mobile, AL2.0 in81 mph0
Birmingham, ALNone75 mph0
Daphne, ALNone81 mph0
Montgomery, ALNone58 mph3

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