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Alabama storm reports for January 3, 2023

NOAA recorded 2 hail reports, 22 wind reports and 14 tornado reports in Alabama on January 3, 2023.

in Alabama
38
Storm reports
About 2 miles from Montgomery, AL
1.0 in
Largest hail
About 40 miles from Birmingham, AL
81 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 21 miles from Montgomery, AL
14
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; gust estimates from NOAA URMA; 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
  • Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
  • 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 January 3, 2023 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. Gust lines are estimates: the highest gust of the day in NOAA's hourly 2.5 km wind analysis (URMA), which fills in between weather stations. They aren't measurements at any building.

Reports by hour

Hail2, most at 2 PM

Wind22, most at 12 PM

Tornado14, most at 1 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
10:48 AMEF1Near 34.54, -87.89, AL0.6 mi long, 70 yd wide
11:21 AMEF1About 59 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL8.84 mi long, 275 yd wide
12:10 PMEF1About 39 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL0.15 mi long, 100 yd wide
12:41 PMEF0About 38 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL2.82 mi long, 100 yd wide
1:18 PMEF0About 24 miles from Montgomery, AL3.18 mi long, 60 yd wide
1:39 PMEF1About 40 miles from Birmingham, AL2.46 mi long, 250 yd wide
1:42 PMEF2About 21 miles from Montgomery, AL9.06 mi long, 800 yd wide
2:31 PMEF0About 47 miles from Birmingham, AL6.41 mi long, 300 yd wide
3:17 PMEF0Near 33.35, -85.65, AL1.11 mi long, 150 yd wide
3:27 PMEF0About 51 miles from Columbus, GA4.4 mi long, 500 yd wide
2:59 AMEF1About 42 miles from Montgomery, AL3.77 mi long, 125 yd wide
3:00 AMEF1About 4 miles from Montgomery, AL1.87 mi long, 130 yd wide
3:23 AMEF0About 20 miles from Montgomery, AL0.67 mi long, 75 yd wide
4:07 AMEF0About 34 miles from Columbus, GA1.11 mi long, 100 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Montgomery, AL1.0 inNone1
Huntsville, ALNone70 mph0

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