Hail in Alabama, April 21, 2006

Name: Hail in Alabama, April 21, 2006
Start: 2006-04-21T02:15
End: 2006-04-21T02:15
Location: Alabama

April 21, 2006 · 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 Apr 20, 9:08 PM CST, 5 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 9:08 PM CST, 5 hours 7 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1008 PM CDT THU APR 20 2006

.UPDATE...
ANOTHER BUSY EVENING AND IT LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER ONE WILL BE IN
STORE TOMORROW NIGHT. STORMS TONIGHT FIRED ONCE AGAIN ALONG OLD
BOUNDARIES ENHANCED BY AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASSING BY.
AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 FROM COOSA...TALLAPOOSA...AND CHAMBERS
COUNTIES AND NORTH ARE FAIRLY WORKED OVER SO HAVE CANCELED THE
THUNDERSTORM WATCHES FOR THOSE AREAS.

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 228 FOR ZONES
11>15...22>25...34>35.

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 20, 10:12 PM CST, 4 hours 3 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1112 PM CDT THU APR 20 2006

ALZ011>015-017>050-220030-
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-
1112 PM CDT THU APR 20 2006

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

.DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL OCCUR...BUT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH CENTRAL
ALABAMA WITH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IN THE FORMS OF DAMAGING
WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES EXPECTED.  A FEW
STORMS MAY BEGIN AHEAD OF THE FRONT BETWEEN 11 AM AND 1 PM...BUT
THE MAIN COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST ALABAMA AFTER 1 PM.
THE STORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD AND BE IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
BY 3 PM TO 5 PM AND THEN GRADUALLY WEAKENING IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA BY
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

THE ATMOSPHERE AHEAD OF THIS FRONT WILL BE MOIST AND UNSTABLE ACROSS
ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA.  IN ADDITION...A STRONGER UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT AS IT PUSHES THROUGH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL MOST
LIKELY NEED TO BE ACTIVATED FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PLEASE STAY
TUNED TO LATEST DETAILS CONCERNING THESE POTENTIAL SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 20, 8:48 PM CST, 5 hours 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
948 PM CDT THU APR 20 2006

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

0947 PM     HAIL             CALERA                  33.10N 86.75W
04/20/2006  E1.00 INCH       SHELBY             AL   PUBLIC

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN THE CITY OF CALERA.

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Local storm report, Apr 20, 8:56 PM CST, 5 hours 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
956 PM CDT THU APR 20 2006

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

0954 PM     HAIL             4 NE GUIN               34.01N 87.86W
04/20/2006  E1.00 INCH       MARION             AL   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

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Local storm report, Apr 20, 9:32 PM CST, 4 hours 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1032 PM CDT THU APR 20 2006

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

1025 PM     HAIL             COLUMBIANA              33.18N 86.60W
04/20/2006  E0.88 INCH       SHELBY             AL   PUBLIC

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN COLUMBIANA.

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Local storm report, Apr 20, 9:41 PM CST, 4 hours 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1041 PM CDT THU APR 20 2006

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

0955 PM     HAIL             6 SE HAMILTON           34.08N 87.91W
04/20/2006  E1.00 INCH       MARION             AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN THE PEA RIDGE COMMUNITY.

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The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:14 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Walker

When: April 21, 2:15 AM CST
Where: Walker County, 8 mi WNW of Jasper
Measured: 4.25 in hail
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 33.883, -87.417

Softball sized hail was reported bewteen Saragossa and Townley. No damage was reported.

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

Every storm in Alabama in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Alabama, April 2006

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: 5503233.