Alabama storm reports for March 31, 2020

Name: NOAA storm reports, Alabama, March 31, 2020
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 35 wind reports and 5 tornado reports in Alabama on March 31, 2020.

in Alabama; 40
Storm reports: About 55 miles from Montgomery, AL; 81 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF2, about 53 miles from Columbus, GA; 5
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 March 31, 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

Wind35, most at 9 AM

Tornado5, most at 10 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
10:23 AM	EF0	About 19 miles from Montgomery, AL	3.33 mi long, 190 yd wide
10:33 AM	EF0	About 31 miles from Montgomery, AL	0.14 mi long, 80 yd wide
10:34 AM	EF0	About 37 miles from Montgomery, AL	1.61 mi long, 80 yd wide
10:51 AM	EF0	About 41 miles from Montgomery, AL	0.83 mi long, 180 yd wide
11:34 AM	EF2	About 53 miles from Columbus, GA	29.97 mi long, 350 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
7:25 AM	58 mph	About 3 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
7:37 AM	58 mph	About 14 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
7:55 AM	58 mph	About 19 miles from Birmingham, AL
7:57 AM	58 mph	About 12 miles from Birmingham, AL
8:06 AM	58 mph	About 14 miles from Birmingham, AL
8:08 AM	58 mph	About 17 miles from Birmingham, AL
8:08 AM	58 mph	About 21 miles from Birmingham, AL
8:13 AM	58 mph	About 9 miles from Birmingham, AL
8:18 AM	58 mph	Near 32.05, -87.72, AL
8:25 AM	70 mph	Near 31.92, -87.73, AL
8:43 AM	58 mph	About 37 miles from Birmingham, AL
9:06 AM	58 mph	About 57 miles from Birmingham, AL

Show all 35 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
9:16 AM	81 mph	About 55 miles from Montgomery, AL
9:18 AM	58 mph	Near 33.25, -85.67, AL
9:25 AM	60 mph	Near 31.52, -87.33, AL
9:28 AM	58 mph	Near 33.30, -85.47, AL
9:31 AM	58 mph	Near 33.37, -85.38, AL
9:44 AM	58 mph	About 52 miles from Columbus, GA
9:45 AM	58 mph	About 31 miles from Montgomery, AL
9:55 AM	60 mph	About 28 miles from Montgomery, AL
10:07 AM	60 mph	About 31 miles from Montgomery, AL
10:09 AM	60 mph	About 43 miles from Montgomery, AL
10:09 AM	60 mph	About 43 miles from Montgomery, AL
10:13 AM	60 mph	About 41 miles from Montgomery, AL
10:15 AM	60 mph	About 47 miles from Montgomery, AL
10:33 AM	58 mph	About 48 miles from Montgomery, AL
10:36 AM	60 mph	About 49 miles from Crestview, FL
10:55 AM	58 mph	About 58 miles from Crestview, FL
11:00 AM	60 mph	About 19 miles from Daphne, AL
11:09 AM	58 mph	Near 31.47, -85.95, AL
11:15 AM	58 mph	Near 31.42, -85.89, AL
11:27 AM	63 mph	Near 31.46, -85.64, AL
11:31 AM	58 mph	Near 31.55, -85.46, AL
11:45 AM	58 mph	Near 31.56, -85.25, AL
12:37 PM	58 mph	Near 31.04, -85.41, AL

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Birmingham, AL	None	58 mph	0
Tuscaloosa, AL	None	58 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.