Alabama storm reports for November 5, 2018

Name: NOAA storm reports, Alabama, November 5, 2018
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 7 wind reports and 4 tornado reports in Alabama on November 5, 2018.

in Alabama; 11
Storm reports: About 43 miles from Huntsville, AL; 70 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, near 34.98, -87.81, AL; 4
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 5, 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

Wind7, most at 11 PM

Tornado4, most at 2 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
11:16 PM	EF1	Near 34.98, -87.81, AL	6.67 mi long, 200 yd wide
12:18 AM	EF0	Near 34.57, -87.73, AL	1.18 mi long, 75 yd wide
2:17 AM	EF1	About 37 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL	1.01 mi long, 115 yd wide
2:35 AM	EF1	About 29 miles from Huntsville, AL	3.88 mi long, 215 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
11:12 PM	49 mph	Near 34.96, -87.81, AL
11:13 PM	49 mph	Near 34.86, -87.81, AL
11:17 PM	49 mph	Near 35.00, -87.77, AL
11:25 PM	49 mph	Near 34.91, -88.06, AL
11:40 PM	40 mph	About 50 miles from Huntsville, AL
11:47 PM	70 mph	About 43 miles from Huntsville, AL
12:02 AM	60 mph	About 58 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.