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Alabama storm reports for May 20, 2025

NOAA recorded 41 hail reports, 74 wind reports and 17 tornado reports in Alabama on May 20, 2025.

in Alabama
132
Storm reports
About 37 miles from Huntsville, AL
3.75 in
Largest hail
About 8 miles from Huntsville, AL
94 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 16 miles from Huntsville, AL
17
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 20, 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

Hail41, most at 6 PM

Wind74, most at 5 PM

Tornado17, most at 6 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
12:03 PMEF1Near 34.90, -88.01, AL1.78 mi long, 80 yd wide
5:10 PMEF1About 49 miles from Huntsville, AL17.15 mi long, 575 yd wide
5:51 PMNot ratedAbout 26 miles from Huntsville, AL2.19 mi long, 25 yd wide
6:09 PMEF2About 16 miles from Huntsville, AL13.15 mi long, 125 yd wide
6:09 PMEF1About 31 miles from Huntsville, AL0.87 mi long, 65 yd wide
6:11 PMEF1About 19 miles from Huntsville, AL2.76 mi long, 160 yd wide
6:51 PMEF1About 7 miles from Huntsville, AL8.68 mi long, 280 yd wide
6:52 PMEF1About 26 miles from Huntsville, AL11.02 mi long, 540 yd wide
7:07 PMEF2About 17 miles from Huntsville, AL7.25 mi long, 400 yd wide
7:14 PMEF1About 25 miles from Huntsville, AL10.46 mi long, 275 yd wide
8:46 PMEF1About 20 miles from Huntsville, AL3.39 mi long, 150 yd wide
8:47 PMEF0About 40 miles from Huntsville, AL6.09 mi long, 105 yd wide
Show all 17 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
9:33 PMEF1About 48 miles from Huntsville, AL6 mi long, 700 yd wide
9:49 PMEF1About 58 miles from Huntsville, AL0.37 mi long, 250 yd wide
11:38 PMEF1About 54 miles from Birmingham, AL3.52 mi long, 1000 yd wide
12:28 AMEF1About 56 miles from Atlanta, GA1.97 mi long, 550 yd wide
3:58 AMEF1About 21 miles from Montgomery, AL4.98 mi long, 900 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Huntsville, AL2.75 in94 mph1

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