Thunderstorm Wind — Clay, Alabama

2017-04-05 · near Barfield, Clay, Alabama

Event narrative

Several trees snapped along East Mill Road.

Wider weather episode

April 5th was a very active severe weather day across central Alabama. During the pre-dawn hours, a warm lifted northward into south central Alabama. Supercells formed along the advancing warm front, producing numerous reports of large hail and a few reports of wind damage and isolated tornadoes. A second round of severe storms developed during the afternoon and evening as an upper level short wave trough approached the area from the west.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 692607. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.