Thunderstorm Wind in Hale County, Alabama

Many trees were downed and some power poles were snapped across southern Hale County, resulting in many power outages.

Severe thunderstorm activity occurred across southern portions of Central Alabama from the evening of May 6 into the overnight hours of May 7. Most of the severe weather occurred in the form of wind damage and hail from three distinct supercells across parts of Montgomery, Macon, Greene, Hale, and Sumter counties. Large hail, up to baseball size, was observed just east of downtown Montgomery and later near Forkland in Greene County. As training thunderstorms resulted in 3 to 5 inches of rain falling, several instances of flash flooding occurred in parts of Montgomery, Elmore, Autauga, Marengo, and Sumter counties.