Hail, Jefferson
- When
- April 3, 4:14 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Hueytown
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.450, -86.967
Hail in Alabama, April 3, 2006
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.
- 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
- 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 2, 8:04 PM CST, 8 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 8:04 PM CST, 8 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 904 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006 .DISCUSSION... ALL THE ACTION THIS EVENING HAS REMAINED WELL NORTHWEST OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...WHILE WE HAVE REMAINED DRY. BOTH NAM AND GFS MODELS CONTINUE TO INSIST THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...THROUGH DAYBREAK MONDAY...AS UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE ENERGY SWINGS THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. WITH SUCH MODEL INSISTANCE...I AM RELUCTANT TO LOWER POPS AT THIS TIME. LATEST DAY ONE SWO FROM SPC BRINGS THE SLIGHT RISK AREA DOWN TO JUST INTO MARION AND WINSTON COUNTIES. TRAJECTORIES FROM ONGOING SUPERCELLS SUGGEST THAT THESE WILL SAY REMAIN NORTH OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA. WHILE VARIOUS SEVERE WEATHER PARAMETERS WILL NOT BE NEARLY AS ROBUST OVERNIGHT COMPARED TO THIS EVENING...IT WOULDNT SURPRISE ME IF A FEW STRONGS EVENTUALLY MOVED INTO ALABAMA. ALL IN ALL...WILL NOT BE MAKING ANY MAJOR CHANGES TO THE ONGOING FORECAST. && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. && 61
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 12:27 AM CST, 3 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 127 AM CDT MON APR 3 2006 ALZ011>015-017>050-031230- 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- 127 AM CDT MON APR 3 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 AM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA... .DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND TORNADOES...ARE POSSIBLE FOR NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...GENERALLY NORTH OF LINE FROM VERNON...TO FAYETTE..AND JASPER THROUGH 7 AM CDT. A SQUALL LINE OUT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH MARION COUNTY AFTER 3 AM CDT...AND TRACK SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH 7 AM CDT. THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS MOIST AND UNSTABLE OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT...AND STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNRISE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A FEW STRONG STORMS MAY BE LINGERING ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 20 59 CORRIDOR EARLY THIS MORNING...DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE HOURS...AS A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS JUST AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA. AS TEMPERATURES HEAT UP LATE MONDAY MORNING...A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. THE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...PEA SIZED HAIL...A DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE BEST CHANCE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 11 AM AND 4 PM. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA ON MONDAY. THE FRONT WILL BE NEAR A GADSDEN TO BIRMINGHAM TO TUSCALOOSA LINE BY 1 PM... AND TO A TROY TO PHENIX CITY LINE BY 4 PM. A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT AS ITS MOVES THROUGH CENTRAL ALABAMA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEXT COLD FRONT APPROACHING CENTRAL ALABAMA. THIS SYSTEM LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONE AFFECTING US TONIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. JD/81
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 2:28 AM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 328 AM CDT MON APR 3 2006 ALZ026-030900- ST. CLAIR- 328 AM CDT MON APR 3 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR ST. CLAIR COUNTY UNTIL 400 AM CDT... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT... ...SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 326 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER MOODY...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR MARGARET...ARGO... MOODY...ODENVILLE...BRANCHVILLE...PELL CITY AND RIVERSIDE THROUGH 400 AM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS SMALL HAIL. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...IS POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS...TAKE SHELTER NOW.
Local storm report, Apr 3, 2:36 AM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
336 AM CDT MON APR 03 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0325 AM HAIL 1 W MOODY 33.60N 86.51W
04/03/2006 E0.88 INCH ST. CLAIR AL TRAINED SPOTTER
MOSTLY DIME-SIZED, SOME NICKEL. JUST OFF HIGHWAY 78.
&&
KSUMRALLLocal storm report, Apr 3, 2:40 AM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
340 AM CDT MON APR 03 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0335 AM HAIL BRANCHVILLE 33.66N 86.43W
04/03/2006 E0.50 INCH ST. CLAIR AL PUBLIC
&&
KSUMRALLSpecial weather statement, Apr 3, 2:51 AM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 351 AM CDT MON APR 3 2006 ALZ019-027-030930- CALHOUN-TALLADEGA- 351 AM CDT MON APR 3 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR TALLADEGA AND CALHOUN COUNTIES UNTIL 430 AM CDT... ...SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 347 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LINCOLN...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR LINCOLN...OHATCHEE... WEST END-COBB TOWN...WEAVER...BLUE MOUNTAIN...ANNISTON...SAKS AND FORT MCCLELLAN THROUGH 430 AM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS SMALL HAIL. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...IS POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS...TAKE SHELTER NOW.
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 3:06 AM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 406 AM CDT MON APR 3 2006 ALZ022-030-031-030930- GREENE-PICKENS-SUMTER- 406 AM CDT MON APR 3 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR SUMTER...GREENE AND PICKENS COUNTIES UNTIL 430 AM CDT... ...SMALL HAIL AND WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS... AT 403 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF PICKENSVILLE TO 28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEMPHIS...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR PICKENSVILLE...MEMPHIS...CARROLLTON...MCMULLEN...ALICEVILLE AND GORDO THROUGH 430 AM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...IS POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS...TAKE SHELTER NOW. STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED...WHICH CAN BREAK OFF SMALL TREE LIMBS...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS.
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 3:39 AM CST, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 439 AM CDT MON APR 3 2006 ALZ023-031015- TUSCALOOSA- 439 AM CDT MON APR 3 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR TUSCALOOSA COUNTY UNTIL 515 AM CDT... ...SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE FROM APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT... AT 437 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 17 MILES NORTH OF NORTHPORT TO 19 MILES WEST OF NORTHPORT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR NORTHPORT AND TUSCALOOSA THROUGH 515 AM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS SMALL HAIL. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...IS POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS...TAKE SHELTER NOW.
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 36 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:14 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 3, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, April 3, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, April 3, 2006
- Hail in Mississippi, April 3, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, April 3, 2006
- Hail in Mississippi, April 3, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, April 3, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 3, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 3, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 3, 2006
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, April 3, 2006
- High Wind in North Carolina, April 3, 2006
More
Every storm in Alabama in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5504081.