Hail in Alabama, April 22, 2005

Name: Hail in Alabama, April 22, 2005
Start: 2005-04-22T21:23
End: 2005-04-22T21:25
Location: Alabama

April 22, 2005 · NWS MOB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 22, 8:05 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 8:05 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
905 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

.UPDATE...DARN NEAR EVERYTHING UPDATED TO HANDLE NEW SVR WATCH
(#198) IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT.

/16
&&

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)...SHAPING UP TO BE A BUSY
EVENING WEATHERWISE.  STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING INTO NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON PROGGED TO CONTINUE STEADY NW-SE
MOVEMENT ACROSS FCST AREA TONIGHT.  OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT...SPC
CONTINUES WITH A MODERATE RISK OF SVR THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH ARE
ALREADY OCCURRING JUST NORTH OF FCST AREA AT THIS TIME.  EXPECT
ACTIVITY TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVER OUR AREA THROUGH THE NEXT
COUPLE OF HOURS...IN FACT WE ARE JUST NOW SEEING SOME INITIATION OF
CORES ALOFT OVER INTERIOR SECTIONS OF OUR AREA AS OF THIS TYPING.
SPECIAL AREA UPPER AIR SOUNDINGS TAKEN EARLIER TODAY INDICATE
PRIMARILY UNIDIRECTIONAL SHEAR OVER THE REGION...SO WHILE AN
ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE...PRIMARY THREAT STILL LOOKS TO BE
DAMAGING WINDS.  ADDITIONALLY...WET BULB ZERO TEMPS ACROSS THE AREA
ARE IN THE 9-10 KFT RANGE...SO LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE LIKELY WITH
THE STRONGER STORMS THIS EVENING.  EXPECT THE FRONT TO BEGIN MOVING
INTO NORTHWESTERN ZONES BY AROUND 800 PM THIS EVENING...MOVING
ACROSS THE FCST AREA THROUGH ABOUT 200 AM SATURDAY...THEN CLEARING
THE AREA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PREDAWN HOURS SATURDAY...WITH
PCPN ENDING FROM NW-SE WITH FROPA.  BEHIND THIS COLD FRONT...COOLER
TEMPS FILTER SOUTHWARD INTO THE REGION FOR THE WEEKEND...WITH MOS
GUIDANCE SHOWING LOWS IN THE MID-UPPER 30S INLAND TO MID-UPPER 40S
CLOSER TO THE COAST.  DID NOT GO QUITE AS LOW WITH THESE MIN
TEMPS...STILL ABOVE GUIDANCE BUT SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN SURROUNDING
ZONES.  HIGHS ON SUNDAY LOOK TO BE AT LEAST 10 DEGREES COOLER THAN
NORMAL...WITH MANY AREAS NOT REACHING THE 70 DEGREE MARK.

/12
&&

.LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)...MADE NO CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS
PACKAGE...AS NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES NOTED IN THIS MORNINGS GFS RUN.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO DRIFT EAST ON MONDAY...WITH INCREASING
SOUTHERLY WINDS MONDAY AFTERNOON IN RESPONSE TO A DEEPENING LOW OVER
TEXAS. THE GFS KICKS THIS SYSTEM EASTWARD MONDAY NIGHT THRU EARLY
TUESDAY AND NOW DRAGS A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA LATE TUESDAY.
THE GFS HAS WAFFLED BACK AND FORTH ON BRINGING THIS FRONT THRU...SO
WILL NOT JUMP TOO HIGH WITH POPS JUST YET.  HOWEVER...DID INCREASE
POPS TO 40 PERCENT FOR TUESDAY...WHICH IS STILL SLIGHTLY BELOW
GUIDANCE.  THE FRONT PUSHES EAST BY WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH HIGH
PRESSURE DOMINATING THRU THURSDAY.

/12
&&

.MARINE...AS THE FRONT DROPS SOUTHWARD...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS
FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO TIGHTEN THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH SMALL
CRAFT CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT.  LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS
SHOULD BE EXPECTED AT TIMES TONIGHT AS A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE MARINE AREA.
STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL REQUIRE THE NEED
TO HANG ON TO SCA AT LEAST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS SATURDAY...WITH
A MODERATE OFFSHORE FLOW LIKELY CONTINUING AT SCEC LEVELS INTO
SUNDAY...BUT DECREASING THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK.

/12
&&

.FIRE WEATHER...HAVE ALREADY ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH OVER THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...AS MUCH
DRIER AIRMASS FILTERING INTO REGION IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT.  WILL
LIKELY BE UPGRADED TO RED FLAG WARNINGS FOR BOTH DAYS...ESPECIALLY
ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AS VERY LOW DEWPOINTS ADVECT SOUTHWARD.

/12
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MOBILE      58  74  43  69 /  60  10   0   0
PENSACOLA   60  74  46  67 /  60  20   0   0
DESTIN      60  72  49  67 /  60  20   0   0
EVERGREEN   57  68  38  60 /  60  10   0   0
WAYNESBORO  54  70  40  64 /  60  10   0   0
CAMDEN      56  68  40  60 /  60  10   0   0

&&

.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT GMZ630-650-670.
FL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT GMZ655-675.
     FIRE WEATHER WATCH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FLZ001>006-008.
MS...NONE.

&&

12/SHEPHERD

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 22, 12:30 PM CST, 8 hours 53 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
130 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

ALZ051>060-MSZ067-075-076-230400-
BUTLER-CHOCTAW-CLARKE-CONECUH-COVINGTON-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-GREENE-
MONROE-PERRY-WASHINGTON-WAYNE-WILCOX-
130 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND THE EXTREME WESTERN PORTION OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST TODAY AND
TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE DEEP SOUTH LATER
TODAY AND PASS THROUGH THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. AHEAD OF THE
FRONT...THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN A MOIST AND
INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS. ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS
POSSIBLE...THE FORECAST TEMPERATURE...DEWPOINT AND WIND PROFILES WITH
HEIGHT SUGGEST THE MAIN THREAT FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

WITH LATE NIGHT FRONTAL PASSAGE...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHIFTS
SOUTH AND EAST OUT OF THE AREA BY AROUND SUNRISE SATURDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS FORECAST SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS HIGH
PRESSURE DOMINATES.

THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE AREA WILL BE A FRONT THAT
MOVES EASTWARD OUT OF EAST TEXAS LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY MORNING.
THIS SYSTEM LOOKS TO BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
AREA THEN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD REMAIN ON ALERT FOR
POSSIBLE ACTIVATION TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ALZ061>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ078-079-230400-
BALDWIN COASTAL-BALDWIN INLAND-ESCAMBIA COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND-
GEORGE-MOBILE COASTAL-MOBILE INLAND-OKALOOSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA INLAND-
SANTA ROSA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-STONE-
130 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST TODAY AND
TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE DEEP SOUTH LATER
TODAY AND PASS THROUGH THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. AHEAD OF THE
FRONT...THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN A MOIST AND
INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS. ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS
POSSIBLE...THE FORECAST TEMPERATURE...DEWPOINT AND WIND PROFILES WITH
HEIGHT SUGGEST THE MAIN THREAT FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

WITH LATE NIGHT FRONTAL PASSAGE...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHIFTS
SOUTH AND EAST OUT OF THE AREA BY AROUND SUNRISE SATURDAY MORNING.

DUE TO A MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW AND A FORECAST OUTGOING TIDE TODAY...
A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS FORECAST FOR AREA BEACHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS FORECAST SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS HIGH
PRESSURE DOMINATES.

THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE AREA WILL BE A FRONT THAT
MOVES EASTWARD OUT OF EAST TEXAS LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY MORNING.
THIS SYSTEM LOOKS TO BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
AREA THEN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD REMAIN ON ALERT FOR
POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 22, 7:03 PM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
803 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0715 PM     HAIL             BOTHWELL                31.33N 88.75W
04/22/2005  0.75 INCH        GREENE             MS   PUBLIC

0720 PM     HAIL             ALBERTA                 32.23N 87.41W
04/22/2005  1.00 INCH        WILCOX             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

0745 PM     LIGHTNING        MILLRY                  31.63N 88.31W
04/22/2005                   WASHINGTON         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            RESULTED IN STRUCTURE FIRE

0750 PM     HAIL             CLARA                   31.58N 88.70W
04/22/2005  0.88 INCH        WAYNE              MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

JFP

Special weather statement, Apr 22, 7:51 PM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
851 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-230230-
MOBILE BAY-BALDWIN COASTAL-BALDWIN INLAND-BUTLER-CHOCTAW-CLARKE-
CONECUH-COVINGTON-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-ESCAMBIA COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND-
GEORGE-GREENE-MOBILE COASTAL-MOBILE INLAND-MONROE-OKALOOSA COASTAL-
OKALOOSA INLAND-PERRY-SANTA ROSA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-STONE-
WASHINGTON-WAYNE-WILCOX-
900 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 198 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT. INCLUDED IN
THIS WATCH ARE:

IN ALABAMA...

BALDWIN              BUTLER              CHOCTAW
CLARKE               CONECUH             COVINGTON
CRENSHAW             ESCAMBIA            MOBILE
MONROE               PERRY

IN FLORIDA...

ESCAMBIA             SANTA ROSA          OKALOOSA

IN MISSISSIPPI...

GEORGE               GREENE              PERRY
STONE                WAYNE

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... AND WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH.

Special weather statement, Apr 22, 7:51 PM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO ALABAMA COUNTIES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
851 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-230230-
MOBILE BAY-BALDWIN COASTAL-BALDWIN INLAND-BUTLER-CHOCTAW-CLARKE-
CONECUH-COVINGTON-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-ESCAMBIA COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND-
GEORGE-GREENE-MOBILE COASTAL-MOBILE INLAND-MONROE-OKALOOSA COASTAL-
OKALOOSA INLAND-PERRY-SANTA ROSA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-STONE-
WASHINGTON-WAYNE-WILCOX-
900 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 198 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT. INCLUDED IN
THIS WATCH ARE:

IN ALABAMA...

BALDWIN              BUTLER              CHOCTAW
CLARKE               CONECUH             COVINGTON
CRENSHAW             ESCAMBIA            MOBILE
MONROE               WASHINGTON          WILCOX

IN FLORIDA...

ESCAMBIA             SANTA ROSA          OKALOOSA

IN MISSISSIPPI...

GEORGE               GREENE              PERRY
STONE                WAYNE

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... AND WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH.

Local storm report, Apr 22, 9:09 PM CST, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1009 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0825 PM     TSTM WND DMG     URIAH                   31.31N 87.50W
04/22/2005                   MONROE             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 59...DOWNING POWER LINES AND
            DAMAGING A CAR.

0830 PM     HAIL             3 E CITRONELLE          31.09N 88.19W
04/22/2005  1.75 INCH        MOBILE             AL   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

0855 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LUVERNE                 31.72N 86.26W
04/22/2005                   CRENSHAW           AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN IN LUVERNE AND OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF
            THE COUNTY.

0926 PM     HAIL             BAY MINETTE             30.88N 87.77W
04/22/2005  1.00 INCH        BALDWIN            AL   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            HAIL COVERING THE GROUND AT THE FIRE STATION

&&

JFP

Local storm report, Apr 22, 9:14 PM CST, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1014 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0830 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 NW HIGHLAND HOME      32.01N 86.39W
04/22/2005                   CRENSHAW           AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TREES PARTIALLY COVERING HIGHWAY 31 ALONG THE COUNTY LINE
            ONE MILE NORTH OF CLEARVIEW.

&&

JFP

Local storm report, Apr 22, 9:19 PM CST, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1019 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0615 PM     HAIL             HIGHLAND HOME           31.95N 86.31W
04/22/2005  1.75 INCH        CRENSHAW           AL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            LASTED 10 MINUTES...COVERING THE GROUND. AUTOMOBILES
            DAMAGED.

0621 PM     HAIL             HIGHLAND HOME           31.95N 86.31W
04/22/2005  1.75 INCH        CRENSHAW           AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

0635 PM     HAIL             STRENGTHFORD            31.61N 88.88W
04/22/2005  1.75 INCH        WAYNE              MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0636 PM     HAIL             BRADLEYTON              31.90N 86.24W
04/22/2005  1.75 INCH        CRENSHAW           AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LEAVES REPORTEDLY STRIPPED FROM TREES BY LARGE HAIL

0655 PM     HAIL             WAYNESBORO              31.67N 88.65W
04/22/2005  0.88 INCH        WAYNE              MS   PUBLIC

0657 PM     HAIL             RICHTON                 31.35N 88.94W
04/22/2005  1.75 INCH        PERRY              MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0715 PM     HAIL             BOTHWELL                31.33N 88.75W
04/22/2005  0.75 INCH        GREENE             MS   PUBLIC

0720 PM     HAIL             ALBERTA                 32.23N 87.41W
04/22/2005  1.00 INCH        WILCOX             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

0745 PM     LIGHTNING        MILLRY                  31.63N 88.31W
04/22/2005                   WASHINGTON         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            RESULTED IN STRUCTURE FIRE

0750 PM     HAIL             CLARA                   31.58N 88.70W
04/22/2005  0.88 INCH        WAYNE              MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

0825 PM     TSTM WND DMG     URIAH                   31.31N 87.50W
04/22/2005                   MONROE             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 59...DOWNING POWER LINES AND
            DAMAGING A CAR.

0830 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 NW HIGHLAND HOME      32.01N 86.39W
04/22/2005                   CRENSHAW           AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TREES PARTIALLY COVERING HIGHWAY 31 ALONG THE COUNTY LINE
            ONE MILE NORTH OF CLEARVIEW.

0830 PM     HAIL             3 E CITRONELLE          31.09N 88.19W
04/22/2005  1.75 INCH        MOBILE             AL   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

0855 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LUVERNE                 31.72N 86.26W
04/22/2005                   CRENSHAW           AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN IN LUVERNE AND OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF
            THE COUNTY.

0926 PM     HAIL             BAY MINETTE             30.88N 87.77W
04/22/2005  1.00 INCH        BALDWIN            AL   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            HAIL COVERING THE GROUND AT THE FIRE STATION

&&

JACKC

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1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Baldwin

When: April 22, 9:23 PM CST to 9:25 PM CST
Where: Baldwin County, Bay Minette
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 30.883, -87.783

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Alabama in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Alabama, April 2005

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: 5443464.