Alabama storm reports for May 26, 2024

Name: NOAA storm reports, Alabama, May 26, 2024
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 3 hail reports, 38 wind reports and 2 tornado reports in Alabama on May 26, 2024.

in Alabama; 43
Storm reports: About 7 miles from Huntsville, AL; 1.0 in
Largest hail: About 14 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL; 75 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 59 miles from Chattanooga, TN; 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 26, 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

Hail3, most at 2 AM

Wind38, most at 2 AM

Tornado2, most at 4 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
4:27 AM	EF1	About 59 miles from Chattanooga, TN	3.41 mi long, 550 yd wide
6:52 AM	EF1	Near 33.48, -85.44, AL	3.17 mi long, 350 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
2:19 AM	60 mph	About 17 miles from Huntsville, AL
2:21 AM	49 mph	About 33 miles from Huntsville, AL
2:22 AM	60 mph	About 19 miles from Huntsville, AL
2:22 AM	49 mph	About 34 miles from Huntsville, AL
2:27 AM	49 mph	About 18 miles from Huntsville, AL
2:42 AM	60 mph	About 32 miles from Chattanooga, TN
2:43 AM	60 mph	About 32 miles from Chattanooga, TN
2:43 AM	60 mph	About 35 miles from Chattanooga, TN
2:43 AM	64 mph	About 33 miles from Chattanooga, TN
2:44 AM	60 mph	About 32 miles from Chattanooga, TN
2:44 AM	60 mph	About 33 miles from Chattanooga, TN
2:44 AM	60 mph	About 32 miles from Chattanooga, TN

Show all 38 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
2:44 AM	60 mph	About 33 miles from Chattanooga, TN
2:52 AM	56 mph	About 27 miles from Chattanooga, TN
2:54 AM	56 mph	About 25 miles from Chattanooga, TN
2:56 AM	55 mph	About 23 miles from Chattanooga, TN
3:08 AM	49 mph	About 38 miles from Huntsville, AL
3:23 AM	60 mph	About 33 miles from Chattanooga, TN
3:30 AM	45 mph	About 17 miles from Huntsville, AL
3:44 AM	55 mph	About 47 miles from Huntsville, AL
4:09 AM	60 mph	About 40 miles from Huntsville, AL
4:09 AM	49 mph	About 45 miles from Huntsville, AL
4:09 AM	70 mph	About 40 miles from Huntsville, AL
4:31 AM	70 mph	Near 34.26, -85.64, AL
4:55 AM	58 mph	About 50 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
5:01 AM	60 mph	About 17 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
5:08 AM	75 mph	About 14 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
5:14 AM	75 mph	About 18 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
5:30 AM	75 mph	About 27 miles from Birmingham, AL
5:31 AM	70 mph	About 24 miles from Birmingham, AL
5:35 AM	64 mph	About 29 miles from Birmingham, AL
5:37 AM	64 mph	About 19 miles from Birmingham, AL
5:52 AM	60 mph	About 57 miles from Birmingham, AL
5:57 AM	60 mph	About 40 miles from Birmingham, AL
5:57 AM	60 mph	About 29 miles from Birmingham, AL
5:57 AM	60 mph	About 16 miles from Birmingham, AL
6:15 AM	60 mph	About 58 miles from Birmingham, AL
6:40 AM	60 mph	Near 33.43, -85.43, AL

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Huntsville, AL	1.0 in	None	0
Tuscaloosa, AL	None	75 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.

Time	Size	Where
2:17 AM	0.75 in	About 20 miles from Huntsville, AL
2:47 AM	0.75 in	About 7 miles from Huntsville, AL
2:47 AM	1.0 in	About 7 miles from Huntsville, AL