Alabama storm reports for November 18, 2017

Name: NOAA storm reports, Alabama, November 18, 2017
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 44 wind reports and 2 tornado reports in Alabama on November 18, 2017.

in Alabama; 46
Storm reports: About 7 miles from Huntsville, AL; 81 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, near 34.59, -87.74, 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 November 18, 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

Wind44, most at 5 PM

Tornado2, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
5:01 PM	EF1	Near 34.59, -87.74, AL	1.71 mi long, 200 yd wide
5:18 PM	EF1	About 45 miles from Huntsville, AL	4.33 mi long, 300 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
4:30 PM	49 mph	Near 34.89, -87.91, AL
4:42 PM	70 mph	Near 34.76, -88.02, AL
4:50 PM	49 mph	Near 34.59, -87.80, AL
4:50 PM	49 mph	Near 34.67, -87.87, AL
4:56 PM	70 mph	Near 34.54, -87.74, AL
4:56 PM	70 mph	About 60 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:00 PM	49 mph	About 57 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:00 PM	70 mph	About 58 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:00 PM	70 mph	About 58 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:00 PM	70 mph	About 54 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:05 PM	49 mph	About 58 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:05 PM	60 mph	About 51 miles from Huntsville, AL

Show all 44 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
5:06 PM	49 mph	About 60 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:08 PM	70 mph	About 50 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:09 PM	60 mph	About 49 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:10 PM	49 mph	About 52 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:10 PM	60 mph	About 52 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:12 PM	70 mph	About 46 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:12 PM	49 mph	About 50 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:35 PM	60 mph	About 24 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:42 PM	60 mph	About 24 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:43 PM	75 mph	About 41 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:46 PM	60 mph	About 16 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:46 PM	60 mph	About 11 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:48 PM	60 mph	About 21 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:48 PM	49 mph	About 21 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:52 PM	60 mph	About 12 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:52 PM	60 mph	About 19 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:00 PM	60 mph	About 37 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:02 PM	81 mph	About 7 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:02 PM	58 mph	About 7 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:12 PM	60 mph	About 36 miles from Chattanooga, TN
6:36 PM	60 mph	About 21 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:36 PM	60 mph	About 28 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:40 PM	60 mph	About 40 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:42 PM	60 mph	About 27 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:47 PM	75 mph	About 37 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:48 PM	60 mph	About 31 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:48 PM	60 mph	About 30 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:48 PM	60 mph	About 32 miles from Huntsville, AL
7:00 PM	60 mph	About 32 miles from Huntsville, AL
7:07 PM	60 mph	About 43 miles from Huntsville, AL
7:12 PM	60 mph	About 36 miles from Chattanooga, TN
7:13 PM	49 mph	About 38 miles from Chattanooga, TN

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Huntsville, AL	None	81 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.