Alabama storm reports for July 21, 2018

Name: NOAA storm reports, Alabama, July 21, 2018
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 12 hail reports, 6 wind reports and 1 tornado report in Alabama on July 21, 2018.

in Alabama; 19
Storm reports: Near 33.52, -85.64, AL; 3.0 in
Largest hail: Near 31.29, -85.13, AL; 58 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF0, about 30 miles from Columbus, GA; 1
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 July 21, 2018 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

Hail12, most at 4 PM

Wind6, most at 6 PM

Tornado1, 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
5:43 PM	EF0	About 30 miles from Columbus, GA	5.73 mi long, 500 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
4:15 PM	3.0 in	Near 33.52, -85.64, AL
4:22 PM	2.5 in	Near 33.49, -85.65, AL
4:30 PM	2.0 in	Near 33.70, -85.52, AL
4:32 PM	1.0 in	About 58 miles from Atlanta, GA
4:48 PM	1.75 in	Near 33.31, -85.49, AL
4:48 PM	1.0 in	Near 33.37, -85.40, AL
5:10 PM	1.0 in	About 55 miles from Columbus, GA
5:25 PM	2.75 in	Near 33.43, -85.49, AL
5:35 PM	1.5 in	About 27 miles from Columbus, GA
6:20 PM	1.75 in	About 13 miles from Columbus, GA
6:28 PM	1.0 in	About 20 miles from Columbus, GA
6:28 PM	1.75 in	About 17 miles from Columbus, GA

Time	Gust	Where
10:35 AM	58 mph	Near 31.29, -85.13, AL
6:14 PM	58 mph	About 16 miles from Columbus, GA
6:52 PM	58 mph	About 18 miles from Columbus, GA
12:45 AM	58 mph	About 59 miles from Crestview, FL
1:48 AM	58 mph	Near 31.15, -85.49, AL
1:50 AM	58 mph	Near 31.13, -85.48, AL

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