Alabama storm reports for February 5, 2020

Name: NOAA storm reports, Alabama, February 5, 2020
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 1 hail report, 40 wind reports and 3 tornado reports in Alabama on February 5, 2020.

in Alabama; 44
Storm reports: About 16 miles from Birmingham, AL; 1.0 in
Largest hail: About 47 miles from Huntsville, AL; 70 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF2, about 25 miles from Birmingham, AL; 3
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 February 5, 2020 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

Hail1, most at 3 PM

Wind40, most at 5 PM

Tornado3, 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
5:18 PM	EF1	Near 34.66, -88.13, AL	1.32 mi long, 60 yd wide
1:57 AM	EF2	About 25 miles from Birmingham, AL	9.91 mi long, 700 yd wide
2:13 AM	EF1	About 56 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL	1.29 mi long, 400 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
1:48 PM	63 mph	About 46 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
5:12 PM	49 mph	Near 34.73, -88.11, AL
5:14 PM	49 mph	Near 34.72, -88.10, AL
5:24 PM	49 mph	Near 34.77, -87.96, AL
5:41 PM	49 mph	Near 34.83, -87.76, AL
5:41 PM	60 mph	About 58 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:41 PM	49 mph	About 58 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:41 PM	49 mph	About 58 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:41 PM	49 mph	About 59 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:41 PM	49 mph	About 59 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:45 PM	49 mph	Near 34.93, -87.74, AL
5:45 PM	60 mph	Near 34.90, -87.79, AL

Show all 40 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
5:48 PM	49 mph	Near 34.89, -87.73, AL
5:48 PM	49 mph	Near 34.86, -87.74, AL
5:48 PM	49 mph	Near 34.89, -87.73, AL
5:52 PM	60 mph	About 57 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:53 PM	49 mph	About 57 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:54 PM	49 mph	About 56 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:54 PM	49 mph	About 51 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:54 PM	49 mph	About 50 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:56 PM	49 mph	About 46 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:57 PM	60 mph	About 45 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:58 PM	49 mph	About 47 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:58 PM	70 mph	About 47 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:01 PM	49 mph	About 44 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:01 PM	60 mph	About 44 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:02 PM	60 mph	About 42 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:02 PM	49 mph	About 44 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:04 PM	49 mph	About 58 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:50 PM	49 mph	About 58 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:51 PM	60 mph	About 58 miles from Huntsville, AL
7:02 PM	49 mph	About 58 miles from Huntsville, AL
7:06 PM	49 mph	About 58 miles from Huntsville, AL
11:21 PM	49 mph	Near 34.66, -88.12, AL
11:52 PM	58 mph	Near 32.43, -88.38, AL
1:47 AM	58 mph	About 55 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
2:14 AM	58 mph	About 49 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
2:40 AM	58 mph	About 25 miles from Birmingham, AL
2:42 AM	58 mph	About 23 miles from Birmingham, AL
3:55 AM	60 mph	Near 31.90, -87.82, AL

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