Alabama storm reports for March 27, 2021

Name: NOAA storm reports, Alabama, March 27, 2021
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 9 hail reports, 34 wind reports and 1 tornado report in Alabama on March 27, 2021.

in Alabama; 44
Storm reports: About 19 miles from Huntsville, AL; 1.75 in
Largest hail: About 33 miles from Huntsville, AL; 87 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 35 miles from Huntsville, AL; 1
Tornado reports

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
Surveyed wind damage

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
Surveyed wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on March 27, 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

Hail9, most at 5 PM

Wind34, most at 5 AM

Tornado1, most at 5 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
5:38 AM	EF1	About 35 miles from Huntsville, AL	2.11 mi long, 100 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
4:29 PM	1.0 in	About 31 miles from Birmingham, AL
4:34 PM	1.0 in	About 32 miles from Birmingham, AL
5:01 PM	0.88 in	About 40 miles from Birmingham, AL
5:12 PM	1.0 in	About 9 miles from Birmingham, AL
5:13 PM	1.0 in	About 38 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:58 PM	1.75 in	About 19 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:03 PM	1.0 in	About 20 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:15 PM	1.5 in	About 20 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:17 PM	1.5 in	About 19 miles from Huntsville, AL

Time	Gust	Where
4:57 PM	60 mph	About 40 miles from Birmingham, AL
4:57 PM	60 mph	About 41 miles from Birmingham, AL
4:59 PM	69 mph	About 11 miles from Birmingham, AL
5:02 PM	60 mph	About 39 miles from Birmingham, AL
5:40 PM	60 mph	About 19 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:45 PM	60 mph	About 18 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:56 PM	60 mph	About 16 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:00 PM	60 mph	About 4 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:03 PM	49 mph	About 20 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:03 PM	60 mph	About 5 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:25 PM	60 mph	About 20 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:32 PM	70 mph	About 33 miles from Huntsville, AL

Show all 34 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
3:05 AM	81 mph	Near 34.48, -87.72, AL
3:10 AM	49 mph	Near 34.52, -87.72, AL
3:15 AM	60 mph	About 54 miles from Huntsville, AL
3:22 AM	49 mph	About 16 miles from Huntsville, AL
3:28 AM	58 mph	About 45 miles from Huntsville, AL
4:09 AM	60 mph	About 2 miles from Huntsville, AL
4:17 AM	49 mph	About 5 miles from Huntsville, AL
4:18 AM	58 mph	About 56 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
4:19 AM	49 mph	About 12 miles from Huntsville, AL
4:25 AM	58 mph	About 53 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
5:17 AM	49 mph	About 41 miles from Birmingham, AL
5:27 AM	60 mph	About 36 miles from Birmingham, AL
5:33 AM	81 mph	About 36 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:37 AM	49 mph	About 34 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:37 AM	60 mph	About 35 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:38 AM	49 mph	About 36 miles from Birmingham, AL
5:42 AM	60 mph	About 35 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:46 AM	49 mph	About 36 miles from Chattanooga, TN
6:04 AM	60 mph	About 32 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:06 AM	87 mph	About 33 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:29 AM	85 mph	About 47 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:35 AM	49 mph	About 53 miles from Huntsville, 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	1.0 in	69 mph	0
Huntsville, AL	None	60 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.