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Alabama storm reports for December 16, 2019

NOAA recorded 2 hail reports, 56 wind reports and 12 tornado reports in Alabama on December 16, 2019.

in Alabama
70
Storm reports
About 9 miles from Huntsville, AL
1.25 in
Largest hail
About 54 miles from Huntsville, AL
70 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, near 34.64, -87.73, AL
12
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 December 16, 2019 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

Hail2, most at 5 PM

Wind56, most at 5 PM

Tornado12, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
4:50 PMEF1Near 34.70, -87.87, AL0.68 mi long, 75 yd wide
4:52 PMEF2Near 34.64, -87.73, AL8.18 mi long, 250 yd wide
5:08 PMEF2About 42 miles from Huntsville, AL18.46 mi long, 370 yd wide
5:20 PMEF1About 38 miles from Huntsville, AL2.9 mi long, 500 yd wide
5:30 PMEF1About 24 miles from Huntsville, AL9.47 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:54 PMEF1About 7 miles from Huntsville, AL1.25 mi long, 25 yd wide
6:05 PMEF0About 12 miles from Huntsville, AL3.16 mi long, 37 yd wide
8:07 PMEF2Near 32.42, -87.98, AL5.95 mi long, 350 yd wide
9:03 PMEF0About 32 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL5.35 mi long, 300 yd wide
9:49 PMEF0About 33 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL3.12 mi long, 200 yd wide
10:00 PMEF1About 35 miles from Birmingham, AL2.6 mi long, 300 yd wide
10:07 PMEF0About 31 miles from Birmingham, AL2.29 mi long, 200 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Huntsville, AL1.25 in62 mph2

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