Hail, Covington
- When
- June 6, 1:45 PM CST to 1:47 PM CST
- Where
- Covington County, Opp
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 31.280, -86.250
A thunderstorm produced dime to nickel size hail just south of Opp.
Hail in Alabama, June 6, 2007
A thunderstorm produced hail in south central Alabama.
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 happened
The episode as NWS MOB wrote it up.
A thunderstorm produced hail in south central Alabama.
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 Jun 6, 10:40 AM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 10:40 AM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1140 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2007 .SHORT TERM UPDATE REST OF TODAY...BROUGHT THE WINDS UP 5 TO 10 KNOTS IN THE MARINE FORECAST PACKAGE OVER THE NEAR SHORE ZONES BASED ON SLIGHTLY STRONGER SEABREEZE SETTING UP THIS AFTERNOON. WE ALSO INCREASED THE COVERAGES OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN LAND ZONES AND MARINE ZONES THIS AFTERNOON GIVEN SLIGHTLY BETTER MOISTURE AVAILABILITY AND INSTABILITY...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SEABREEZE THIS AFTERNOON. UPDATED FORECASTS AND GRIDDED PACKAGES ALREADY SENT. /05/32 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. && /05 /32
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 12:35 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 135 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078- 079-071100- CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-MOBILE BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- 135 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING JUST NORTH OF THE GULF COAST ALONG THE SEABREEZE BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTH AND INLAND THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS. ISOLATED STRONGER TO BRIEFLY SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 6 PM. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH IN ADDITION TO HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS. THE STORMS WILL DIMINISH IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. OVER THE GULF COASTAL WATERS...CLUSTERS OF STRONGER STORMS WELL OFFSHORE MOVING NORTH TOWARD THE NEAR SHORE WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS IN ADDITION TO ROUGH SEAS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. PERSONS PLANNING A TRIP ONTO THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THE APPROACH OF STRONGER STORMS FROM THE SOUTH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. TUNE TO THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO BAND ON YOUR V H F MARINE RADIO FOR THE LATEST FORECAST INFORMATION THROUGHOUT THE DAY...AND BE READY TO MOVE ASHORE QUICKLY SHOULD A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING BECOME NECESSARY FOR YOUR AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST DURING THE OUTLOOK PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Flooding in North Dakota, June 6 to 7, 2007
- High Wind in Colorado, June 6 to 7, 2007
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 6, 2007
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strikes in Virginia, June 6, 2007
- Strong Wind in Colorado, June 6, 2007
- Hail in Nebraska, June 6, 2007
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, June 6, 2007
- High Wind in New Mexico, June 6, 2007
- High Wind in Kansas, June 6, 2007
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Montana, June 6 to 7, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 6, 2007
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Kansas, June 6, 2007
More
Every storm in Alabama in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, June 2007
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: 41227.