Hail, Marshall
- When
- April 25, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County, Guntersville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.333, -86.250
Quarter size hail reported.
Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 25, 2003
4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Huntsville, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 25, 3:31 PM CST, 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 3:31 PM CST, 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 250 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2003 DID A QUICK UPDATE TO REMOVE LIMESTONE...LAWRENCE...MORGAN AND CULLMAN COUNTIES FROM TORNADO WATCH. NO MENTION OF PCPN IN ZONES FOR TONIGHT...EXCEPT LOW POP IN ERN ZONES. WATCHING WRAP AROUND PCPN ON AREA RADARS AND STLT. ATTM WILL KEEP CURRENT POPS IN ZONES AS IS. .HUN...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR MADISON...JACKSON...MARSHALL...AND DEKALB TIL 6 PM. SHUMWAY
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 2:36 PM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
ALZ001>010-016-260230- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 336 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)... A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...MAINLY TO THE EAST OF I-65. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE THE MAIN THREAT...BUT LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DRIER WEATHER WILL RETURN TO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY OVER THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT EXPECTED TONIGHT. SCHAUB
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 12:03 PM CST, 4 hours 2 minutes before
ALZ009-010-251835- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 103 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2003 AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH EASTERN JACKSON AND NORTHEAST DE KALB COUNTIES THROUGH 130 PM. AT 1 PM CDT...THE STORMS EXTENDED SOUTHEAST FROM NEAR STEVENSON....TO IDER. THE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH ALABAMA UNTIL 6 PM CDT. TROUTMAN
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 2:06 PM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
ALZ001>003-252030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 306 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2003 ...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR LAUDERDALE... COLBERT AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES... THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN THESE COUNTIES HAS DIMINISHED. TROUTMAN
Local storm report, Apr 25, 3:16 PM CST, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
416 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0405 PM GUNTERSVILLE AL 1.00 IN HAIL
04/25/03 MARSHALL REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0405 PM ALDER SPRINGS AL 0.75 IN HAIL
04/25/03 MARSHALL REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.Special weather statement, Apr 25, 3:18 PM CST, 47 minutes before
ALZ004-005-007-016-252150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 418 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2003 ...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR LIMESTONE...LAWRENCE... MORGAN AND CULLMAN COUNTIES... THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN THESE COUNTIES HAS DIMINISHED. TROUTMAN
Local storm report, Apr 25, 3:37 PM CST, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
437 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0415 PM ALBERTVILLE AL 1.00 IN HAIL
04/25/03 MARSHALL REPORTED BY WAVU/WQSB
RADIO STATION.Special weather statement, Apr 25, 4:03 PM CST, 2 minutes before
ALZ001>010-016-252300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 503 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2003 ...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MADISON AND MARSHALL COUNTIES. THE TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR DEKALB AND JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 6 PM. SHUMWAY
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:03 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Marshall
- When
- April 25, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County, Albertville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 34.267, -86.217
Quarter size hail reported by WAVU/WQSB radio station.
Thunderstorm Wind, Dekalb
- When
- April 25, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dekalb County, Dawson
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) estimated sustained
- Reported by
- UTILITY COMPANY
- Coordinates
- 34.300, -85.933
Large tree and few power lines down. Reported by Marshall/De Kalb Electric Co-op.
Hail, Dekalb
- When
- April 25, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Dekalb County, Crossville
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.283, -86.000
Nickel size hail reported.
Hail, Dekalb
- When
- April 25, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dekalb County, 3 mi N of Crossville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.333, -86.000
Golf ball size hail reported.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail in Mississippi, April 25, 2003
- Tornado in Alabama, April 25, 2003
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- Strong Wind in Alabama, April 25, 2003
- Tornado in Florida, April 25, 2003
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5352046, 5352048, 5352047, 5352049, 5352050.