Hail, Chambers
- When
- May 7, 8:45 PM CST to 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Chambers County, Five Pts
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.017, -85.333
Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 7, 2003
Several trees were blown down from Five Points to near Valley. Penny size hail was also reported with this storm.
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
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 happened
The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.
Several trees were blown down from Five Points to near Valley. Penny size hail was also reported with this storm.
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 Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 7, 7:55 PM CST, 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 7, 7:55 PM CST, 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 855 PM CDT WED MAY 07 2003 UPDATED ZONES BASED ON THE CURRENT RADAR. LOWERED POPS IN SOME LOCATIONS AND CLEARED SOME COUNTIES FROM TORNADO WATCH 291. .BHM...TORNADO WATCH FOR COUNTIES 38...45...47...48 UNTIL 06Z.
Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 12:51 PM CST, 7 hours 54 minutes before
ALZ011>015-017>050-072045- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 151 PM CDT WED MAY 07 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE (THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT)... SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD LAST INTO THE EVENING HOURS WITH LONG LIVED TORNADIC SUPERCELLS MARCHING ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE ALSO THREATS...ALONG WITH POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)... AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL GRADUALLY BUILD IN FROM THE SOUTH OVER THE REST OF THE WEEK. THIS WILL MOVE THE AREA OF POTENTIAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NORTHWARD OUT OF ALABAMA FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...AT THIS TIME NO WIDESPREAD OR ORGANIZED AREAS OF SEVERE STORMS AREA EXPECTED ON THOSE DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL AND STORM SPOTTERS HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 7, 5:19 PM CST, 3 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
619 PM CDT WED MAY 07 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0609 PM 3 S WEDOWEE AL FUNNEL CLOUD
05/07/03 RANDOLPH REPORTED BY RANDOLPH
COUNTY EMA.Local storm report, May 7, 5:21 PM CST, 3 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
621 PM CDT WED MAY 07 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0609 PM 3 S WEDOWEE AL FUNNEL CLOUD
05/07/03 RANDOLPH REPORTED BY RANDOLPH
COUNTY EMA.Local storm report, May 7, 5:48 PM CST, 2 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
648 PM CDT WED MAY 07 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0540 PM MYRTLEWOOD AL TORNADO
05/07/03 MARENGO POSSIBLE TORNADO.
REPORTED BY MARENGO
COUNTY EMA.
0642 PM WADLEY AL TORNADO
05/07/03 RANDOLPH TORNADO ON THE GROUND
EAST OF WADLEY. REPORTED
BY RANDOLPH COUNTY EMA.Special weather statement, May 7, 5:49 PM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes before
ALZ012>013-015-017>050-080200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA 649 PM CDT WED MAY 07 2003 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 288... BLOUNT...CALHOUN...CHEROKEE...CLEBURNE...ETOWAH... FAYETTE...JEFFERSON...LAMAR...PICKENS...ST CLAIR... TUSCALOOSA...WALKER... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES REMAIN IN TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 288 WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM... AUTAUGA...BARBOUR...BIBB...BULLOCK...CHAMBERS... CHILTON...CLAY...COOSA...DALLAS...ELMORE... GREENE...HALE...LEE...LOWNDES...MACON... MARENGO...MONTGOMERY...PERRY...PIKE...RANDOLPH... RUSSELL...SHELBY...SUMTER...TALLADEGA...TALLAPOOSA...
Special weather statement, May 7, 7:30 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
ALZ038-045>050-080600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA 830 PM CDT WED MAY 07 2003 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 291... BARBOUR...BULLOCK...PIKE... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES REMAIN IN TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 291 WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM... CHAMBERS...LEE...MACON...RUSSELL...
Local storm report, May 7, 7:45 PM CST, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
845 PM CDT WED MAY 07 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0640 PM GOODWATER AL FUNNEL CLOUD
05/07/03 COOSA REPORTED BY COOSA COUNTY
EMA.
0655 PM HACKNEYVILLE AL FUNNEL CLOUD
05/07/03 TALLAPOOSA REPORTED BY TALLAPOOSA
COUNTY EMA.
0659 PM NEW SITE AL FUNNEL CLOUD
05/07/03 TALLAPOOSA REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
0705 PM ROANOKE AL WIND DAMAGE
05/07/03 RANDOLPH TREES AND POWERLINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY
RANDOLPH COUNTY EMA.
0729 PM MARCOOT AL FUNNEL CLOUD
05/07/03 CHAMBERS COUNTY ROAD 62. REPORTED
BY CHAMBERS COUNTY 911.
0742 PM RIVER VIEW AL 0.75 IN HAIL
05/07/03 CHAMBERS PENNY SIZE HAIL.
REPORTED BY CHAMBERS
COUNTY EMA.The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Chambers
- When
- May 7, 8:45 PM CST to 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Chambers County, Five Pts
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.017, -85.333
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
- Flash Flood in Alabama, May 7 to 8, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 7 to 8, 2003
- Flooding in Alabama, May 7 to 10, 2003
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Mississippi, May 7, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, May 7, 2003
- Flash Flood in Alabama, May 7 to 8, 2003
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in Alabama, May 7 to 8, 2003
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in Alabama, May 7 to 8, 2003
- Tornadoes in Alabama, May 7, 2003
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, May 7, 2003
- Flash Flood in Alabama, May 7, 2003
- Flash Flood in Alabama, May 7 to 8, 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: 5360779, 5360780.