Alabama storm reports for January 12, 2023

Name: NOAA storm reports, Alabama, January 12, 2023
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 11 hail reports, 42 wind reports and 16 tornado reports in Alabama on January 12, 2023.

in Alabama; 69
Storm reports: About 16 miles from Birmingham, AL; 1.75 in
Largest hail: About 55 miles from Crestview, FL; 90 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF3, about 30 miles from Montgomery, AL; 16
Tornado reports

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

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 12, 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

Hail11, most at 7 AM

Wind42, most at 3 PM

Tornado16, most at 12 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
8:05 AM	EF2	Near 34.17, -87.59, AL	9.18 mi long, 425 yd wide
8:09 AM	EF1	About 43 miles from Huntsville, AL	30.32 mi long, 325 yd wide
9:24 AM	EF2	About 59 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL	12.87 mi long, 440 yd wide
9:54 AM	EF2	About 35 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL	39.02 mi long, 675 yd wide
10:47 AM	EF2	About 44 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL	21.9 mi long, 500 yd wide
11:30 AM	EF1	About 34 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL	17.34 mi long, 500 yd wide
12:04 PM	EF2	About 56 miles from Montgomery, AL	23.22 mi long, 950 yd wide
12:15 PM	EF2	About 25 miles from Mobile, AL	11.65 mi long, 200 yd wide
12:40 PM	EF3	About 30 miles from Montgomery, AL	82.31 mi long, 1500 yd wide
1:54 PM	EF0	About 47 miles from Crestview, FL	0.94 mi long, 100 yd wide
2:08 PM	EF2	About 45 miles from Columbus, GA	20.74 mi long, 1600 yd wide
2:24 PM	Not rated	About 47 miles from Crestview, FL	4.58 mi long, 200 yd wide

Show all 16 tornado reports

Time	Rating	Where	Path
2:46 PM	EF1	About 56 miles from Crestview, FL	0.35 mi long, 80 yd wide
3:25 PM	EF1	Near 31.63, -85.67, AL	10.96 mi long, 900 yd wide
3:38 PM	EF0	About 40 miles from Chattanooga, TN	2.34 mi long, 70 yd wide
3:45 PM	EF1	Near 31.68, -85.39, AL	7.07 mi long, 150 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
7:25 AM	1.5 in	Near 34.83, -87.96, AL
7:31 AM	1.0 in	Near 34.86, -87.81, AL
7:37 AM	1.0 in	Near 34.93, -87.79, AL
10:14 AM	1.0 in	About 58 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
11:15 AM	1.0 in	About 20 miles from Birmingham, AL
11:26 AM	1.75 in	About 16 miles from Birmingham, AL
12:40 PM	1.25 in	About 40 miles from Birmingham, AL
12:41 PM	1.5 in	Near 31.64, -88.30, AL
1:35 PM	1.0 in	About 39 miles from Montgomery, AL
1:35 PM	1.0 in	About 44 miles from Montgomery, AL
2:11 PM	1.0 in	About 50 miles from Columbus, GA

Time	Gust	Where
8:44 AM	62 mph	About 15 miles from Huntsville, AL
9:16 AM	70 mph	About 24 miles from Huntsville, AL
9:41 AM	60 mph	About 37 miles from Huntsville, AL
9:55 AM	70 mph	About 38 miles from Huntsville, AL
9:56 AM	70 mph	About 37 miles from Huntsville, AL
10:02 AM	70 mph	About 42 miles from Huntsville, AL
10:10 AM	70 mph	About 31 miles from Chattanooga, TN
12:41 PM	58 mph	About 32 miles from Montgomery, AL
1:15 PM	60 mph	About 48 miles from Daphne, AL
1:27 PM	58 mph	About 27 miles from Montgomery, AL
1:40 PM	90 mph	About 55 miles from Crestview, FL
1:42 PM	81 mph	About 51 miles from Crestview, FL

Show all 42 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
1:44 PM	58 mph	About 45 miles from Montgomery, AL
2:05 PM	62 mph	About 8 miles from Montgomery, AL
2:13 PM	58 mph	About 25 miles from Montgomery, AL
2:18 PM	70 mph	About 45 miles from Crestview, FL
2:28 PM	58 mph	About 30 miles from Columbus, GA
2:30 PM	70 mph	About 50 miles from Crestview, FL
2:35 PM	81 mph	About 54 miles from Crestview, FL
2:38 PM	81 mph	About 51 miles from Crestview, FL
2:40 PM	60 mph	About 52 miles from Crestview, FL
2:59 PM	75 mph	About 57 miles from Montgomery, AL
3:01 PM	75 mph	About 57 miles from Montgomery, AL
3:01 PM	75 mph	About 56 miles from Montgomery, AL
3:03 PM	58 mph	About 57 miles from Montgomery, AL
3:04 PM	75 mph	About 56 miles from Montgomery, AL
3:06 PM	75 mph	About 56 miles from Montgomery, AL
3:13 PM	75 mph	About 57 miles from Montgomery, AL
3:13 PM	75 mph	About 58 miles from Montgomery, AL
3:14 PM	58 mph	About 56 miles from Montgomery, AL
3:18 PM	75 mph	Near 31.56, -85.77, AL
3:21 PM	75 mph	About 60 miles from Montgomery, AL
3:21 PM	75 mph	Near 31.58, -85.68, AL
3:33 PM	75 mph	Near 31.60, -85.53, AL
3:50 PM	75 mph	Near 31.63, -85.28, AL
4:02 PM	58 mph	About 56 miles from Columbus, GA
5:03 PM	63 mph	Near 31.35, -85.32, AL
5:27 PM	58 mph	About 49 miles from Crestview, FL
5:50 PM	58 mph	About 58 miles from Crestview, FL
5:57 PM	58 mph	Near 31.15, -85.54, AL
5:57 PM	58 mph	Near 31.10, -85.57, AL
6:07 PM	58 mph	Near 31.13, -85.46, AL

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Montgomery, AL	None	62 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.