Hail, Baldwin
- When
- April 25, 7:35 PM CST to 7:37 PM CST
- Where
- Baldwin County, Stapleton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 30.733, -87.783
Hail in Alabama, April 25, 2003
1 hail, 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
- 1
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 Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 25, 5:41 PM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 5:41 PM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 641 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2003 UPDATED THE ZONES TO ADD TORNADO WATCH WORDING. 21/MONTANEZ .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 4:18 AM CST, 15 hours 17 minutes before
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-251700- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 518 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) AS A SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES SLOWLY EAST OUT OF EAST TEXAS TODAY...ALONG WITH COLD TEMPERATURES HIGH IN THE ATMOSPHERE SWINGING ACROSS...THE MOIST AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE FRONT IS FORECAST TO BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE THROUGH THE DAY. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS OUTLOOKED THE AREA UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION TODAY...THE MAIN THREAT IN STORMS THAT INTENSIFY TO SEVERE LEVELS LOOKS TO BE DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT ENDS TONIGHT AS THE FRONT MOVES EAST THROUGH THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY) NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND STORM SPOTTER OFFICIALS FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS IS EXPECTED TO BE REQUIRED TODAY OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. /10
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 3:30 PM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes before
ALZ051>055-MSZ067-075-076-079-252300- THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 430 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2003 ...THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 600 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR ALBERTA IN CHOCTAW COUNTY TO NORTH OF BUTLER TO JUST NORTH OF NEW AUGUSTA. THIS LINE WAS DRIFTING SOUTH AND SHOULD BE FROM NEAR CAMDEN TO WAYNESBORO TO BEAUMONT BY 530 PM. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL BE REGULAR MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS. PEOPLE PLANNING ON OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS EVENING SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY FOR APPROACHING STORMS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR AND PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE COVER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 25, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, April 25, 2003
- Flood in Alaska, April 25 to 30, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 25, 2003
- Hail in Alabama, April 25, 2003
- Hail in Mississippi, April 25, 2003
- Tornado in Alabama, April 25, 2003
- Tornado in Florida, April 25, 2003
- Hail in Alabama, April 25, 2003
- Tornadoes in Alabama, April 25, 2003
- Strong Wind in Alabama, April 25, 2003
- Tornado in Florida, April 25, 2003
More
Every storm in Alabama in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, April 2003
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: 5349825.