Hail in Alabama, March 26, 2005

Name: Hail in Alabama, March 26, 2005
Start: 2005-03-26T18:10
End: 2005-03-26T18:10
Location: Alabama

March 26, 2005 · NWS BMX · 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 Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 26, 2:57 PM CST, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 2:57 PM CST, 3 hours 13 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
257 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENT TONIGHT AND TOMORROW...

.DISCUSSION...
OKAY...THIS WILL BE SHORT AND SWEET AS WE ARE GETTING
ON THE BUSY SIDE.

NOT MANY CHANGES MADE TO THE CURRENT FORECAST OTHER
THAN TO CONTINUE DEFINITE RAIN FURTHER WEST AND NORTH
TOMORROW.  ALSO TWEAKED TEMPS A DEGREE OR TWO HERE AND
THERE.

AS WE HAVE BEEN MENTIONING FOR THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS
A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENT EXPECTED TONIGHT AND
TOMORROW.  THE WARM FRONT IS MOVING NORTH OF
THE COAST AT 21Z.  HAVE HAD SOME LONG LIVED THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING ALONG AND NORTH OF THIS FRONT.  THIS FRONT
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT AS THE MAIN COLD FRONT MOVES TOWARD THE AREA.

EXPECT THE WORST OF THE WEATHER TO OCCUR DURING THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG
DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES.  SPC HAS THE HATCHED
AREA OVER THE AREA WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF LONG
TRACKED TORNADOES.  PLEASE KEEP THIS IN MIND WHEN
PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.  DAY2 OF THE SWODY2
HAS MOVED THE MODERATE RISK AREA WESTWARD TO AROUND
I-65.  THIS IS MAINLY FOR THE ON GOING CONVECTION
IN THE MORNING.

REDEVELOPMENT IS STILL EXPECTED TOMORROW EVENING DUE
TO EXPECTED HEATING TOMORROW AFTERNOON...DRY AIR AT
THE MID LEVELS AND LIFT FROM THE MAIN LOW AS IT MOVES
CLOSER.  THIS SHOULD DIE DOWN AFTER SUNSET. THE MAIN
THREAT IS HAIL...BUT SUPERSELLS ARE POSSIBLE.

AFTER THIS SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA ON MONDAY
THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL AFFECT ALABAMA AROUND FRIDAY.

SORRY THIS IS A BIT LATE.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GADSDEN     58  74  50  59 / 100  80  80  10
ANNISTON    59  75  49  60 / 100  80  80  10
BIRMINGHAM  62  76  49  63 / 100  80  60  10
TUSCALOOSA  61  76  50  65 / 100  70  30  10
CALERA      61  76  49  64 / 100  80  60  10
AUBURN      61  79  50  63 / 100  80  30  10
MONTGOMERY  63  80  51  65 / 100  80  20  10
TROY        63  80  51  64 / 100  80  20  10

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

80/80

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 26, 1:30 PM CST, 4 hours 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
130 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

ALZ011>015-017>050-271330-
AUTAUGA-BARBOUR-BIBB-BLOUNT-BULLOCK-CALHOUN-CHAMBERS-CHEROKEE-
CHILTON-CLAY-CLEBURNE-COOSA-DALLAS-ELMORE-ETOWAH-FAYETTE-GREENE-HALE-
JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY-
PICKENS-PIKE-RANDOLPH-RUSSELL-SHELBY-ST CLAIR-SUMTER-TALLADEGA-
TALLAPOOSA-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON-
130 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE...(THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT).

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND
TONIGHT.

A COMPLEX COMBINATION OF FEATURES...A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING
NORTH...A WARM FRONT MOVING OUT OF THE GULF...AND A SHARP COLD FRONT
APPROACHING THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WILL BRING SEVERAL WINDOWS OF
POTENTIALLY SEVERE WEATHER TO CENTRAL ALABAMA.

AS THE WEAK FRONT MOVES NORTH TODAY...AND TEMPERATURES WARM IN
PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS THE AREA...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON.  ALTHOUGH THERE IS NOT A WIDESPREAD THREAT
OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS CAN NOT BE
RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MERIDIAN...TO CLANTON...
TO COLUMBUS GEORGIA.  THE MAIN THREAT THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE
LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED
OUT.

TONIGHT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...AND RIDE NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE WARM
FRONT LIFTING OUT OF THE GULF.  THE LINE IS EXPECTED TO REACH
WESTERN ALABAMA NEAR OR BEFORE SUNRISE...AND CONTINUE MOVING
NORTHEASTERLY ACROSS THE AREA.  THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL,
DAMAGING WINDS, AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

STAY TUNED FOR FUTURE UPDATES, OUTLOOKS, AND STATEMENTS REGARDING
THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER EVENT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY).

ONGOING THUNDERSTORMS MAY EXTEND INTO THE MORNING HOURS SUNDAY...
WITH SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUING.

ON SUNDAY...TWO PERIODS OF SEVERE WEATHER ARE EXPECTED...ONE DURING
THE EARLY TO MID MORNING HOURS...FOLLOWED BY ADDITIONAL STORMS...
AS CONDITIONS DESTABILIZE...DURING THE AFTERNOON.  STORMS DURING
THE MORNING HOURS WILL BE MAINLY CONFINED TO EASTERN ALABAMA...WITH
WESTERN AND CENTRAL LOCATIONS AFFECTED ONCE AGAIN DURING THE
AFTERNOON.  TORNADOES WILL BE A THREAT ONCE AGAIN...ALTHOUGH LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT.

FINALLY...BY THE END OF THE WORK WEEK...ANOTHER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED
TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL
BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EASTER SUNDAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 26, 3:39 PM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
339 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

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

0200 PM     HAIL             10 S UNION SPRINGS      31.99N 85.71W
03/26/2005  1.75 INCH        BULLOCK            AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NEAR SMUTEYE, AL. POS LSR PRGRM.

&&

MBAER

Local storm report, Mar 26, 3:39 PM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
339 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

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

0200 PM     HAIL             10 S UNION SPRINGS      31.99N 85.71W
03/26/2005  1.75 INCH        BULLOCK            AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NEAR SMUTEYE, AL.

&&

MBAER

Local storm report, Mar 26, 4:29 PM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
427 PM SAT MAR 26 2005

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

205 PM      HAIL             9 NNE CLAYTON           32.03N 85.41W
03/26/2005  1.75             BARBOUR            AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT
            NEAR GREENS CROSSROADS, US82

&&

NWS-STAFF

Special weather statement, Mar 26, 4:50 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
450 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

ALZ040-262330-
DALLAS-
450 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR DALLAS COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM
CST...

...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE
FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM...

AT 445 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM OVER ORRVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR ORRVILLE...MARION
JUNCTION AND SELMA THROUGH 530 PM CST.

Local storm report, Mar 26, 5:29 PM CST, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
529 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

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

512 PM      HAIL             6 E CLAYTON             31.90N 85.35W
03/26/2005  1.75             BARBOUR            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR
            PLEASANT HILL, RICHARDS CROSSROADS VCNTY

&&

NWS-STAFF

Special weather statement, Mar 26, 5:47 PM CST, 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
547 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

ALZ042-270030-
LOWNDES-
547 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR LOWNDES COUNTY UNTIL 630
PM CST...

...SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM...

...WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING
THUNDERSTORM...

AT 544 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM OVER BRAGGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR BRAGGS...MOSSES...
WHITE HALL AND LOWNDESBORO THROUGH 630 PM CST.

The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Bullock

When: March 26, 6:10 PM CST
Where: Bullock County, Shopton
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 32.117, -85.933

Penny size hail was reported in and around Shopton.

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: 5444964.