Hail in Blount County, Alabama

Hail up to 1.25 inches in diameter was reported near the I-65/U.S. 31 interchange near Smoke Rise.

Hurricane Francine made landfall along the Louisiana coast during the afternoon of September 11. Downgraded to a tropical depression as it moved northward through Mississippi the next day, Francine brought gradient wind gusts of 30-40 mph to Central Alabama. Numerous trees were downed across several counties, with some falling on power lines and across roadways. One minor injury occurred in Jefferson County when a tree fell onto a passing pickup truck.

The next couple days brought bands of heavy rainfall and gusty winds to the area as activity became increasing associated with a nearly stationary surface boundary. One storm in Blount County on the 13th produced hail over quarter-size, with another storm shortly after causing an area of tree and minor structural damage near Locust Fork. Heavy rainfall caused flooding issues in Birmingham the morning of the 14th, in Eufaula around midday on the 14th, and in Birmingham again just after midnight on the 15th.