Hail in Alabama, March 26, 2005

Name: Hail in Alabama, March 26, 2005
Start: 2005-03-26T21:45
End: 2005-03-26T21:50
Location: Alabama

March 26, 2005 · NWS MOB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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.

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Tropical storms and surge
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Wind
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Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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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 Mar 26, 9:10 PM CST, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 9:10 PM CST, 35 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
910 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

.UPDATE...JUST UPDATED ZONES TO REFLECT NEW TORNADO WATCH ISSUED FOR
AREA.  ONGOING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY PRIMARILY OVER ALABAMA AND
FLORIDA ZONES AT THIS TIME...WITH NUMEROUS REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL
RECEIVED ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.  NEW
DEVELOPMENT IS OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AT THIS
TIME.  HELICITIES...MOISTURE CONVERGENCE...MID LEVEL DRYING...AND
DIVERGENCE ALOFT ALL COMING TOGETHER AT THIS JUST WEST OF FCST
AREA...SO THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT SHOULD CONTINUE TO OUR WEST...AND
ONGOING ACTIVITY SHOULD BE MAINTAINED...INTO THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS.  DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL
CONTINUE TO BE A POSSIBILITY WITH ANY OF THE STRONGER STORMS WHICH
QUICKLY DEVELOP IN THE VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS...THUS TORNADO WATCH 92
VALID UNTIL 400 AM FOR ENTIRE FCST AREA.  OTHERWISE NO SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES TO SHORT TERM FCST.

12/SHEPHERD

.......PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS.........................
.SHORT TERM...WILL BE BRIEF...ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA IS UNDER A
TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 9 PM...WOULDNT SURPRISE ME TO SEE THE WATCH
EXTENDED PAST 9 PM. STORMS TODAY WERE NEAR WARM FRONT. FRONT WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH WITH SCATTERED STORMS TO THE SOUTH. UPPER
DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS WILL PUSH SQUALL LINE ACROSS AREA TONIGHT
WITH COLD FRONT NOT EXPECTED UNTIL LATER ON SUNDAY. MAY BE MORE
STORMS ON SUNDAY NEAR UPPER LOW CENTER AND COLDER TEMPERATURES
ALOFT...MAY BE TOO DRY HOWEVER...WE WILL SEE. IN A NUTSHELL...EXPECT
MANY SEVERE WARNINGS TONIGHT AND MAY STILL BE SEVERE ONGOING FOR
SUNRISE SERVICES AND EASTER EGG HUNTS...ESPECIALLY NEAR AND EAST OF
INTERSTATE 65.

.LONG TERM...ONLY MADE MINOR CHANGES TO THE GRIDS AND FORECAST.
ANOTHER SIMILAR LOOKING SYSTEM LATER THIS WEEK IS BEING SHOWN BY
THE GFS.

&&

.MARINE...WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE IN MODERATE SOUTHERLY FLOW
AHEAD OF APPROACHING SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AT THIS TIME.
CURRENT TREND HAS FRONT CROSSING MARINE AREAS DURING SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW BEHIND FRONT WILL KEEP
WINDS AND SEAS UP INTO MONDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA
LATER MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...WITH WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDING INTO MID
WEEK.

SCA LEVEL SEAS FROM THE EXTENDED SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL MOST LIKELY
REQUIRE AN SCA ISSUED FOR SUNDAY...LASTING INTO EARLY MONDAY.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...RAIN AND HIGH HUMIDITY TONIGHT...A LITTLE DRIER ON
SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST. DRIER STILL ON MONDAY WITH
NORTHWEST WINDS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MOBILE      62  76  46  66 /  90  50  10  10
PENSACOLA   65  77  51  67 /  90  70  10  10
DESTIN      65  74  53  67 /  90  80  10  10
EVERGREEN   63  78  46  63 /  90  70  10  10
WAYNESBORO  60  70  43  64 /  90  50  10  10
CAMDEN      63  76  47  63 /  90  70  10  10

&&

.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.
FL...NONE.
MS...NONE.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 26, 1:30 PM CST, 8 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
130 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-271100-
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-
130 PM CST SAT MAR 26 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

...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND THROUGH TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING ALONG A WARM FRONT THAT WAS
MOVING NORTH ACROSS SOUTH ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI. ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT...WILL BECOME MORE
NUMEROUS AS THE FRONT MOVES NORTH. HAIL FROM NICKEL TO SOFTBALL SIZE
WAS REPORTED FROM A LATE MORNING STORM OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
AND INTO SOUTH ALABAMA. STORMS THIS AFTERNOON HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...WITH AN INCREASING CHANCE OF ISOLATED TORNADOES
AS THE EVENING APPROACHES.

THE CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE FROM LATE THIS EVENING
THROUGH EARLY TO MID SUNDAY MORNING AS A SQUALL LINE DEVELOPS AHEAD
OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING OUT OF EAST TEXAS. THE SQUALL
LINE IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI LATER TONIGHT
AND THEN ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.
THE SQUALL LINE SHOULD EXIT THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ADJACENT
COUNTIES OF ALABAMA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY. STRONG
DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND IN
ADVANCE OF THIS SQUALL LINE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

BY MID TO LATE SUNDAY MORNING THE SQUALL LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE
STORMS IS EXPECTED TO PUSH EAST OF THE AREA. DURING SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...SOME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP
AS THE STORM SYSTEMS TRACKS ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND DRAGS A
COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. A
FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE HAIL AND STRONG
DOWNBURST WINDS. HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED
SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING AT THIS TIME.

OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED FROM SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS WILL LIKELY BE
REQUIRED FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 26, 3:54 PM CST, 5 hours 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
354 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

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

1046 AM     HAIL             PENSACOLA               30.42N 87.19W
03/26/2005  1.75 INCH        ESCAMBIA           FL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL COVERING THE GROUND

1100 AM     HAIL             MILTON                  30.62N 87.03W
03/26/2005  1.00 INCH        SANTA ROSA         FL   BROADCAST MEDIA

1120 AM     HAIL             MILTON                  30.62N 87.03W
03/26/2005  1.75 INCH        SANTA ROSA         FL   TRAINED SPOTTER

1130 AM     HAIL             MILTON                  30.62N 87.03W
03/26/2005  4.25 INCH        SANTA ROSA         FL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            INTERSECTION OF HWY. 89/87...CRACKED TRUCK WINDOWS

1220 PM     HAIL             RED OAK                 31.14N 86.46W
03/26/2005  1.75 INCH        COVINGTON          AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

1231 PM     HAIL             OPP                     31.28N 86.26W
03/26/2005  1.75 INCH        COVINGTON          AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            MARBLE HAIL AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AROUND OPP

1243 PM     HAIL             ONYCHA                  31.21N 86.28W
03/26/2005  1.00 INCH        COVINGTON          AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NICKEL AND QUARTER SIZED HAIL

1244 PM     HAIL             OPP                     31.28N 86.26W
03/26/2005  2.75 INCH        COVINGTON          AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            BASEBALL SIZED HAIL AT SLEETA SCHOOL

0305 PM     HAIL             PERDIDO                 31.01N 87.63W
03/26/2005  1.00 INCH        BALDWIN            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

0326 PM     HAIL             MARY ESTHER             30.43N 86.64W
03/26/2005  0.75 INCH        OKALOOSA           FL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DIME TO PENNY SIZED HAIL

0320 PM     HAIL             COFFEEVILLE             31.76N 88.09W
03/26/2005  1.00 INCH        CHOCTAW            AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            NICKEL AND QUARTER SIZED HAIL ON HWY. 84

&&

JACKC

Local storm report, Mar 26, 5:57 PM CST, 3 hours 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
557 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

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

0200 PM     HAIL             AXIS                    30.93N 88.03W
03/26/2005  0.75 INCH        MOBILE             AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            DIME TO PENNY HAIL IN AXIS

1200 PM     HAIL             PENSACOLA               30.42N 87.19W
03/26/2005  0.88 INCH        ESCAMBIA           FL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            MARBLE SIZED HAIL...2 REPORTS

1040 AM     HAIL             PENSACOLA               30.42N 87.19W
03/26/2005  1.75 INCH        ESCAMBIA           FL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            GOLFBALL HAIL AT 9TH AVENUE...SOUTH OF AIRPORT ROAD FROM
            PENSACOLA NEWS JOURNAL

1230 PM     HAIL             ANDALUSIA               31.31N 86.48W
03/26/2005  0.88 INCH        COVINGTON          AL   PUBLIC

0515 PM     HAIL             LUVERNE                 31.72N 86.26W
03/26/2005  0.50 INCH        CRENSHAW           AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0525 PM     HAIL             GILBERTOWN              31.88N 88.32W
03/26/2005  1.75 INCH        CHOCTAW            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

0525 PM     TSTM WND GST     GILBERTOWN              31.88N 88.32W
03/26/2005  0 MPH            CHOCTAW            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            60 TO 70 MPH WINDS

0530 PM     HAIL             NAVARRE                 30.41N 86.86W
03/26/2005  1.00 INCH        SANTA ROSA         FL   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL ALONG WITH 60 TO 70 MPH
            WINDS

0530 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GILBERTOWN              31.88N 88.32W
03/26/2005                   CHOCTAW            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN

0230 PM     HAIL             AXIS                    30.93N 88.03W
03/26/2005  0.75 INCH        MOBILE             AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            DIME SIZED HAIL

0230 PM     HAIL             PENSACOLA               30.42N 87.19W
03/26/2005  0.50 INCH        ESCAMBIA           FL   BROADCAST MEDIA

0200 PM     HAIL             AXIS                    30.93N 88.03W
03/26/2005  0.75 INCH        MOBILE             AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

1200 PM     HAIL             PENSACOLA               30.42N 87.19W
03/26/2005  0.50 INCH        ESCAMBIA           FL   BROADCAST MEDIA

1040 AM     HAIL             PENSACOLA               30.42N 87.19W
03/26/2005  1.75 INCH        ESCAMBIA           FL   NEWSPAPER

1230 PM     HAIL             OPP                     31.28N 86.26W
03/26/2005  0.88 INCH        COVINGTON          AL   PUBLIC

0515 PM     HAIL             LUVERNE                 31.72N 86.26W
03/26/2005  0.50 INCH        CRENSHAW           AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0525 PM     HAIL             GILBERTOWN              31.88N 88.32W
03/26/2005  1.75 INCH        CHOCTAW            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

0525 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GILBERTOWN              31.88N 88.32W
03/26/2005                   CHOCTAW            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN

0530 PM     HAIL             NAVARRE                 30.41N 86.86W
03/26/2005  1.00 INCH        SANTA ROSA         FL   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

0530 PM     TSTM WND GST     NAVARRE                 30.41N 86.86W
03/26/2005  70 MPH           SANTA ROSA         FL   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            60 TO 70 MPH WINDS

0540 PM     HAIL             HOLT                    30.72N 86.75W
03/26/2005  0.75 INCH        OKALOOSA           FL   AMATEUR RADIO

            DIME SIZED HAIL ON HWY 98...2 MILES EAST OF SANTA ROSA
            COUNTY LINE

0545 PM     HAIL             BUTLER                  32.09N 88.22W
03/26/2005  0.25 INCH        CHOCTAW            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

0545 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BUTLER                  32.09N 88.22W
03/26/2005                   CHOCTAW            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ON POWERLINES ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
            CHOCTAW COUNTY

&&

JC/13

Local storm report, Mar 26, 6:26 PM CST, 3 hours 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
626 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

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

0549 PM     HAIL             BUTLER                  32.09N 88.22W
03/26/2005  0.25 INCH        CHOCTAW            AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            PEA HAIL A CHOCTAWHATCHEE HIGH SCHOOL AND MINOR STREET
            FLOODING

0605 PM     HAIL             MARY ESTHER             30.43N 86.64W
03/26/2005  0.25 INCH        OKALOOSA           FL   PUBLIC

            PEA HAIL IN WRIGHT

0530 PM     HAIL             BUTLER                  32.09N 88.22W
03/26/2005  1.00 INCH        CHOCTAW            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PEA AND QUARTER SIZED HAIL

&&

JC/13

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:45 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Monroe

When: March 26, 9:45 PM CST to 9:50 PM CST
Where: Monroe County, Monroeville
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 31.517, -87.333

What these are

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

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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, March 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: 5439706.