Hail — Autauga, Alabama

2003-04-25 · near Jones, Autauga, Alabama

Event narrative

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.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5354304. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.