Thunderstorm Wind — Covington, Alabama

2021-04-24 · near Beck, Covington, Alabama

Event narrative

Power lines and trees downed across AL Highway 137 between US 29 and the Conecuh National Forest Blue Lake area.

Wider weather episode

A two part severe weather outbreak impacted the northern Gulf Coast. An early morning squall line brought wind damage to numerous locations. The second round of severe storms in the afternoon and early evening resulted in very large hail across potions of inland southwest and south central AL, some of which reached baseball size. Additional wind damage occurred as well. A few instances of flash flooding were also reported.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 956074. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.