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Alabama storm reports for April 12, 2020

NOAA recorded 2 hail reports, 110 wind reports and 27 tornado reports in Alabama on April 12, 2020.

in Alabama
139
Storm reports
About 48 miles from Birmingham, AL
1.75 in
Largest hail
About 36 miles from Birmingham, AL
81 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 19 miles from Birmingham, AL
27
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 April 12, 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

Hail2, most at 5 PM

Wind110, most at 9 PM

Tornado27, most at 9 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
4:01 PMEF0About 40 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL1.51 mi long, 200 yd wide
4:18 PMEF0About 26 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL5.45 mi long, 300 yd wide
4:34 PMEF0About 28 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL1.79 mi long, 350 yd wide
4:41 PMEF1About 27 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL6.14 mi long, 600 yd wide
5:04 PMEF1About 24 miles from Birmingham, AL8.98 mi long, 950 yd wide
5:14 PMEF2About 19 miles from Birmingham, AL6.91 mi long, 940 yd wide
5:44 PMEF0About 25 miles from Birmingham, AL0.47 mi long, 125 yd wide
5:47 PMEF1About 27 miles from Birmingham, AL3.84 mi long, 225 yd wide
5:50 PMEF2About 31 miles from Birmingham, AL5.56 mi long, 500 yd wide
6:04 PMEF1About 42 miles from Birmingham, AL0.78 mi long, 115 yd wide
6:08 PMEF1About 49 miles from Birmingham, AL5.52 mi long, 525 yd wide
6:10 PMEF2About 46 miles from Birmingham, AL21.74 mi long, 440 yd wide
Show all 27 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
6:14 PMEF2About 55 miles from Birmingham, AL12.19 mi long, 875 yd wide
8:12 PMEF1About 45 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL2.9 mi long, 1000 yd wide
8:33 PMEF1About 4 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL9.86 mi long, 230 yd wide
8:51 PMEF1About 35 miles from Birmingham, AL2.97 mi long, 200 yd wide
9:00 PMEF1About 38 miles from Birmingham, AL5.42 mi long, 300 yd wide
9:03 PMEF1Near 31.71, -88.32, AL0.41 mi long, 100 yd wide
9:11 PMEF1About 39 miles from Huntsville, AL0.35 mi long, 70 yd wide
9:12 PMEF2About 40 miles from Huntsville, AL2.5 mi long, 350 yd wide
9:16 PMEF1Near 31.80, -88.13, AL0.77 mi long, 100 yd wide
9:27 PMEF1About 35 miles from Huntsville, AL4.97 mi long, 200 yd wide
9:41 PMEF1Near 32.04, -87.66, AL8.05 mi long, 1000 yd wide
9:50 PMEF1About 26 miles from Chattanooga, TN7.54 mi long, 350 yd wide
10:14 PMEF1About 40 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL2.42 mi long, 350 yd wide
10:22 PMEF0About 55 miles from Huntsville, AL3.56 mi long, 110 yd wide
10:27 PMEF0About 41 miles from Montgomery, AL3.8 mi long, 400 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Birmingham, ALNone64 mph0
Huntsville, ALNone60 mph0
Montgomery, ALNone58 mph0
Tuscaloosa, ALNone58 mph1

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