Alabama storm reports for May 9, 2024

Name: NOAA storm reports, Alabama, May 9, 2024
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 16 hail reports, 43 wind reports and 2 tornado reports in Alabama on May 9, 2024.

in Alabama; 61
Storm reports: About 27 miles from Birmingham, AL; 4.5 in
Largest hail: Near 31.81, -87.32, AL; 100 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF2, near 31.71, -87.06, AL; 2
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 May 9, 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

Hail16, most at 7 PM

Wind43, most at 3 AM

Tornado2, most at 2 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
2:03 AM	EF2	Near 31.71, -87.06, AL	24.24 mi long, 1200 yd wide
4:02 AM	EF0	Near 31.12, -85.36, AL	4.43 mi long, 125 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
8:08 AM	1.75 in	About 36 miles from Montgomery, AL
6:35 PM	1.0 in	About 41 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
6:40 PM	1.0 in	About 48 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
6:45 PM	0.75 in	About 52 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
7:00 PM	1.0 in	About 33 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
7:03 PM	1.75 in	About 39 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
7:14 PM	2.75 in	About 38 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
7:20 PM	2.0 in	About 37 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
8:00 PM	0.88 in	About 6 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
8:30 PM	1.75 in	About 11 miles from Birmingham, AL
8:51 PM	2.0 in	About 24 miles from Birmingham, AL
8:54 PM	4.5 in	About 27 miles from Birmingham, AL

Show all 16 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
12:51 AM	1.5 in	About 15 miles from Montgomery, AL
1:21 AM	2.5 in	About 24 miles from Montgomery, AL
2:56 AM	1.0 in	Near 31.31, -85.49, AL
3:46 AM	1.0 in	About 40 miles from Crestview, FL

Time	Gust	Where
8:12 AM	58 mph	About 26 miles from Birmingham, AL
8:19 AM	49 mph	About 26 miles from Birmingham, AL
8:42 AM	60 mph	About 14 miles from Birmingham, AL
8:44 AM	60 mph	About 32 miles from Birmingham, AL
8:45 AM	58 mph	Near 34.21, -85.76, AL
9:02 AM	64 mph	About 30 miles from Birmingham, AL
9:14 AM	60 mph	About 44 miles from Birmingham, AL
9:49 AM	60 mph	Near 33.31, -85.76, AL
10:00 AM	68 mph	Near 33.31, -85.49, AL
5:43 PM	58 mph	About 23 miles from Birmingham, AL
7:48 PM	60 mph	About 5 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
8:36 PM	58 mph	About 29 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL

Show all 43 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
8:41 PM	58 mph	About 42 miles from Birmingham, AL
8:58 PM	58 mph	About 34 miles from Birmingham, AL
9:19 PM	76 mph	About 25 miles from Montgomery, AL
9:22 PM	60 mph	About 19 miles from Montgomery, AL
9:27 PM	60 mph	About 25 miles from Montgomery, AL
9:52 PM	64 mph	About 31 miles from Montgomery, AL
10:00 PM	64 mph	About 33 miles from Montgomery, AL
10:54 PM	58 mph	About 55 miles from Columbus, GA
12:30 AM	70 mph	Near 32.09, -88.21, AL
1:05 AM	64 mph	Near 32.02, -87.77, AL
1:20 AM	60 mph	About 60 miles from Montgomery, AL
1:29 AM	70 mph	Near 31.70, -87.78, AL
1:48 AM	100 mph	Near 31.81, -87.32, AL
1:52 AM	70 mph	Near 31.78, -87.25, AL
2:51 AM	60 mph	About 56 miles from Crestview, FL
2:51 AM	60 mph	About 43 miles from Montgomery, AL
3:01 AM	58 mph	About 55 miles from Crestview, FL
3:06 AM	62 mph	About 37 miles from Montgomery, AL
3:06 AM	60 mph	About 16 miles from Mobile, AL
3:11 AM	61 mph	About 4 miles from Mobile, AL
3:15 AM	71 mph	About 17 miles from Daphne, AL
3:15 AM	60 mph	About 19 miles from Daphne, AL
3:20 AM	60 mph	About 6 miles from Daphne, AL
3:24 AM	58 mph	Near 31.61, -85.70, AL
3:30 AM	60 mph	About 55 miles from Columbus, GA
3:34 AM	58 mph	Near 31.57, -85.55, AL
3:40 AM	58 mph	About 55 miles from Crestview, FL
3:41 AM	60 mph	About 19 miles from Daphne, AL
3:45 AM	58 mph	About 60 miles from Crestview, FL
3:50 AM	60 mph	About 19 miles from Daphne, AL
3:55 AM	58 mph	Near 31.15, -85.53, AL

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust
Birmingham, AL	1.75 in	60 mph
Tuscaloosa, AL	0.88 in	60 mph
Daphne, AL	None	61 mph
Mobile, AL	None	61 mph

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