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Alabama storm reports for May 8, 2024

NOAA recorded 5 hail reports, 21 wind reports and 14 tornado reports in Alabama on May 8, 2024.

in Alabama
40
Storm reports
About 15 miles from Huntsville, AL
1.75 in
Largest hail
About 26 miles from Huntsville, AL
87 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 31 miles from Huntsville, 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

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on May 8, 2024 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

Hail5, most at 8 PM

Wind21, most at 10 PM

Tornado14, most at 10 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
8:11 PMEF1About 30 miles from Huntsville, AL4.77 mi long, 90 yd wide
8:23 PMEF3About 31 miles from Huntsville, AL3.76 mi long, 228 yd wide
8:45 PMEF1About 22 miles from Huntsville, AL3.47 mi long, 225 yd wide
9:07 PMEF0About 5 miles from Huntsville, AL1.73 mi long, 95 yd wide
9:28 PMEF2About 6 miles from Huntsville, AL9.51 mi long, 550 yd wide
10:13 PMEF0About 26 miles from Huntsville, AL2.28 mi long, 106 yd wide
10:32 PMEF0About 5 miles from Huntsville, AL3.53 mi long, 145 yd wide
10:34 PMEF0About 35 miles from Huntsville, AL2.09 mi long, 200 yd wide
10:40 PMEF1About 7 miles from Huntsville, AL4.35 mi long, 200 yd wide
10:57 PMEF3About 45 miles from Chattanooga, TN12.34 mi long, 880 yd wide
12:02 AMEF1About 45 miles from Chattanooga, TN1.96 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:31 AMEF1About 27 miles from Huntsville, AL0.3 mi long, 108 yd wide
4:37 AMEF1About 34 miles from Huntsville, AL1.06 mi long, 170 yd wide
5:08 AMEF1About 43 miles from Chattanooga, TN6.06 mi long, 241 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Huntsville, AL1.0 in64 mph4

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