Alabama storm reports for March 31, 2021

Name: NOAA storm reports, Alabama, March 31, 2021
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 1 hail report, 23 wind reports and 1 tornado report in Alabama on March 31, 2021.

in Alabama; 25
Storm reports: Near 31.98, -88.35, AL; 1.0 in
Largest hail: Near 31.64, -87.68, AL; 60 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF0, about 25 miles from Birmingham, 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

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 31, 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

Hail1, most at 1 PM

Wind23, most at 4 PM

Tornado1, most at 8 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
8:15 AM	EF0	About 25 miles from Birmingham, AL	0.21 mi long, 65 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
1:32 PM	60 mph	Near 31.64, -87.68, AL
3:15 PM	60 mph	Near 31.64, -87.15, AL
3:40 PM	60 mph	About 57 miles from Montgomery, AL
3:40 PM	60 mph	About 56 miles from Crestview, FL
3:45 PM	60 mph	About 41 miles from Montgomery, AL
3:45 PM	60 mph	About 54 miles from Montgomery, AL
3:50 PM	60 mph	About 46 miles from Montgomery, AL
3:50 PM	60 mph	About 53 miles from Montgomery, AL
4:06 PM	60 mph	About 53 miles from Montgomery, AL
4:16 PM	60 mph	About 55 miles from Crestview, FL
4:18 PM	60 mph	About 55 miles from Crestview, FL
4:20 PM	60 mph	About 55 miles from Montgomery, AL

Show all 23 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
4:21 PM	58 mph	About 57 miles from Montgomery, AL
4:27 PM	58 mph	Near 31.50, -86.01, AL
4:27 PM	58 mph	About 60 miles from Montgomery, AL
4:29 PM	58 mph	About 55 miles from Crestview, FL
4:29 PM	58 mph	About 56 miles from Crestview, FL
4:32 PM	58 mph	Near 31.49, -85.95, AL
4:37 PM	58 mph	Near 31.48, -85.95, AL
5:00 PM	58 mph	Near 31.33, -85.60, AL
5:07 PM	58 mph	Near 31.47, -85.46, AL
5:15 PM	58 mph	Near 31.32, -85.47, AL
5:30 PM	58 mph	Near 31.29, -85.37, AL

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