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Alabama storm reports for March 17, 2021

NOAA recorded 2 hail reports, 6 wind reports and 24 tornado reports in Alabama on March 17, 2021.

in Alabama
32
Storm reports
About 22 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
2.5 in
Largest hail
About 30 miles from Huntsville, AL
70 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 40 miles from Montgomery, AL
24
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

  • 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 17, 2021 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 12 PM

Wind6, most at 9 PM

Tornado24, most at 2 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
12:31 PMEF0Near 32.41, -88.24, AL0.35 mi long, 70 yd wide
12:32 PMEF2About 40 miles from Montgomery, AL5.08 mi long, 1000 yd wide
12:57 PMEF1About 60 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL9.78 mi long, 475 yd wide
1:24 PMEF1About 33 miles from Montgomery, AL2.87 mi long, 150 yd wide
1:56 PMEF1About 36 miles from Montgomery, AL3.04 mi long, 500 yd wide
2:03 PMEF0About 54 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL0.83 mi long, 175 yd wide
2:12 PMEF1About 26 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL22.03 mi long, 550 yd wide
2:22 PMEF1Near 32.07, -87.90, AL2.77 mi long, 500 yd wide
2:29 PMEF0About 44 miles from Birmingham, AL0.13 mi long, 25 yd wide
3:09 PMEF1About 9 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL0.53 mi long, 150 yd wide
3:25 PMEF1About 14 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL3.51 mi long, 650 yd wide
3:54 PMEF1About 14 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL5.81 mi long, 650 yd wide
Show all 24 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
4:11 PMEF0Near 32.28, -87.43, AL1.07 mi long, 75 yd wide
4:30 PMEF1About 13 miles from Birmingham, AL2.77 mi long, 650 yd wide
4:54 PMEF0Near 32.09, -87.87, AL1.75 mi long, 75 yd wide
4:56 PMEF0About 10 miles from Birmingham, AL3.46 mi long, 660 yd wide
5:12 PMEF2About 35 miles from Montgomery, AL5.84 mi long, 400 yd wide
5:43 PMEF1About 31 miles from Birmingham, AL12.89 mi long, 300 yd wide
8:35 PMEF0About 26 miles from Montgomery, AL0.13 mi long, 75 yd wide
9:31 PMEF1About 35 miles from Huntsville, AL8.47 mi long, 150 yd wide
10:43 PMEF0About 19 miles from Montgomery, AL0.3 mi long, 140 yd wide
4:08 AMEF1About 52 miles from Montgomery, AL0.52 mi long, 150 yd wide
5:27 AMEF1Near 31.21, -85.55, AL5.24 mi long, 150 yd wide
5:49 AMEF0Near 31.30, -85.38, AL2.08 mi long, 50 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Birmingham, ALNoneNone2
Tuscaloosa, ALNoneNone3

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