Alabama storm reports for April 4, 2017

Name: NOAA storm reports, Alabama, April 4, 2017
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 22 hail reports and 8 wind reports in Alabama on April 4, 2017.

in Alabama; 30
Storm reports: About 46 miles from Columbus, GA; 2.5 in
Largest hail: Near 31.30, -85.78, AL; 58 mph
Highest gust: 0
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
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
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 4, 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

Hail22, most at 5 AM

Wind8, most at 6 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Size	Where
12:50 AM	1.0 in	About 56 miles from Crestview, FL
1:00 AM	1.25 in	Near 31.28, -85.71, AL
1:09 AM	1.75 in	Near 31.33, -85.60, AL
1:37 AM	1.75 in	Near 31.64, -85.57, AL
1:45 AM	1.5 in	Near 31.66, -85.50, AL
2:14 AM	2.5 in	About 46 miles from Columbus, GA
2:26 AM	2.5 in	About 54 miles from Columbus, GA
2:58 AM	1.75 in	About 34 miles from Columbus, GA
3:45 AM	1.75 in	About 19 miles from Columbus, GA
3:48 AM	1.75 in	About 13 miles from Columbus, GA
3:50 AM	1.0 in	About 31 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
3:54 AM	1.75 in	About 10 miles from Columbus, GA

Show all 22 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
4:22 AM	1.0 in	About 18 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
4:40 AM	1.0 in	About 34 miles from Birmingham, AL
5:30 AM	1.0 in	Near 33.62, -85.76, AL
5:34 AM	1.75 in	About 56 miles from Birmingham, AL
5:42 AM	1.75 in	About 60 miles from Birmingham, AL
5:46 AM	1.0 in	About 47 miles from Columbus, GA
5:47 AM	1.25 in	About 51 miles from Columbus, GA
6:20 AM	1.75 in	Near 33.33, -85.68, AL
6:20 AM	1.75 in	Near 33.31, -85.75, AL
6:25 AM	1.0 in	Near 34.09, -85.46, AL

Time	Gust	Where
12:55 AM	58 mph	Near 31.30, -85.78, AL
1:15 AM	58 mph	Near 31.47, -85.52, AL
1:40 AM	58 mph	Near 31.60, -85.63, AL
4:15 AM	58 mph	About 13 miles from Montgomery, AL
5:27 AM	58 mph	About 56 miles from Birmingham, AL
6:16 AM	58 mph	Near 33.36, -85.71, AL
6:20 AM	58 mph	Near 33.37, -85.71, AL
6:33 AM	58 mph	Near 33.35, -85.64, AL

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Montgomery, AL	None	58 mph	0

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