Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 12, 2008

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 12, 2008
Start: 2008-02-12T05:03
End: 2008-02-12T18:12
Location: Alabama

February 12, 2008 · NWS MOB · 8 events in 3 counties and zones

A line of thunderstorms moved across southwest Alabama and produced high winds that caused roof damage and downed several trees. Large hail and a funnel cloud were also reported.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $77,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 8

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 line of thunderstorms moved across southwest Alabama and produced high winds that caused roof damage and downed several trees. Large hail and a funnel cloud were also reported.

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 Feb 11, 10:06 PM CST, 6 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 10:06 PM CST, 6 hours 57 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1006 PM CST MON FEB 11 2008

.UPDATE...JUST SENT OUT A ZONE FORECAST UPDATE TO REMOVE EVENING
WORDING. ALSO MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO SKY COVER FOR TONIGHT AND
TOMORROW. CURRENTLY...MOST OF THE AREA IS OVERCAST DUE TO A LARGE
BLANKET OF HIGH CLOUDS IN ADVANCE OF A SHORTWAVE MOVING OUT OF
SOUTHEAST TEXAS. EXPECT SKIES TO REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY AS A STRONGER
SYSTEM APPROACHES DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. OTHER
FORECAST ELEMENTS ARE ON TRACK. UPDATED GRIDS WILL BE POSTED TO THE
WEB PAGE SHORTLY. /13

&&

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

13/JC

Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 11, 2:45 PM CST, 14 hours 18 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
245 PM CST MON FEB 11 2008

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078-
079-121200-
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-
245 PM CST MON FEB 11 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

A MODERATE SOUTHEAST WIND FLOW AND BUILDING SEAS MAY MAKE
NAVIGATION OF SMALL CRAFT DIFFICULT AT TIMES...AND SMALL CRAFT
SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT
APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST AND THEN MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. AT
THIS TIME THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA IS UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES THE MAIN
THREATS.  A SIMILAR SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION ON
SATURDAY...AND MAY BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS.

OVER THE GULF COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE AS THE COLD FRONT
APPROACHES.  HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL LIKELY BE
OCCURRING BY LATE TUESDAY AND INTO WEDNESDAY.  HIGH PRESSURE WILL
AGAIN REBUILD OVER THE REGION LATE IN THE WEEK...BUT ANOTHER FRONTAL
SYSTEM WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE AREA BY NEXT WEEKEND...BRINGING AN
INCREASE IN WINDS AND SEAS ONCE AGAIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL FOR
SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS MAY BE NEEDED LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:05 UTC.

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Event by event

5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.

Funnel Cloud, Mobile

When: February 12, 5:03 AM CST to 5:05 AM CST
Where: Mobile County, Dauphin Is
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 30.250, -88.120

Thunderstorm Wind, Mobile

When: February 12, 5:03 AM CST to 5:05 AM CST
Where: Mobile County, Dauphin Is
Measured: 64 kt (74 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 30.250, -88.120

Hail, Mobile

When: February 12, 4:29 PM CST to 4:31 PM CST
Where: Mobile County, Whistler
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 30.750, -88.120

Thunderstorm Wind, Mobile

When: February 12, 4:30 PM CST to 4:32 PM CST
Where: Mobile County, 1 mi SE of (Mob)mobile Bates Fl
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 30.670, -88.218

Thunderstorm Wind, Baldwin

When: February 12, 5:15 PM CST to 5:17 PM CST
Where: Baldwin County, Loxley
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $55,000
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 30.620, -87.750

A thunderstorm wind gust blew part of the roof off of a house and also destroyed a barn west of Wilcox Road.

Hail, Baldwin

When: February 12, 5:30 PM CST to 5:32 PM CST
Where: Baldwin County, Daphne
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 30.600, -87.900

Thunderstorm Wind, Escambia

When: February 12, 6:00 PM CST to 6:02 PM CST
Where: Escambia County, Brewton
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
Property damage: $12,000
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 31.120, -87.070

Thunderstorm Wind, Escambia

When: February 12, 6:10 PM CST to 6:12 PM CST
Where: Escambia County, Brewton
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 31.120, -87.070

What these are

Funnel Cloud: A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
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

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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: 81933, 81935, 81910, 81911, 81926, 81936, 82217, 82216.