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Alabama storm reports for May 17, 2025

NOAA recorded 4 hail reports and 20 wind reports in Alabama on May 17, 2025.

in Alabama
24
Storm reports
About 13 miles from Birmingham, AL
1.25 in
Largest hail
About 10 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
100 mph
Highest gust
0
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
  • 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 17, 2025 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

Hail4, most at 6 AM

Wind20, most at 6 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeSizeWhere
5:59 AM1.0 inAbout 15 miles from Birmingham, AL
6:01 AM1.25 inAbout 13 miles from Birmingham, AL
6:09 AM1.25 inAbout 12 miles from Birmingham, AL
6:34 AM1.25 inAbout 30 miles from Birmingham, AL

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Birmingham, AL1.25 in64 mph0
Tuscaloosa, ALNone100 mph0

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