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Hail in Autauga County, Alabama

Hail April 25, 2003 · Autauga County, Alabama

4.5 in
Hail diameter
$2.5M
Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Supercell 3 continued on its east southeast motion and moved across a large part of Autauga County. A large swath of golf ball size hail occurred and affected locations including Jones, Autaugaville, Booth, Independence, and Prattville. The largest hail observed was softball size. Significant hail damage occurred. Numerous automobiles and homes were damaged by the hail.

The wider storm

Supercell 3 formed over extreme southern Greene County just east of Forkland. The storm started off by producing a weak tornado that moved through by Greene County Steam Plant and crossed the Black Warrior River ending just inside Hale County. The supercell continued strengthening and produced a swath of wind and hail damage along its path. Hail sizes ranged from penny to softball size. Significant wind and hail damage occurred from Autaugaville to Prattville to Montgomery. Several funnel cloud reports were received with the storm. The supercell moved across Russell County and eventually moved into Georgia.

Began near Jones (32.5167, -86.6000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5354304. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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