Alabama hail map — August 18, 2024
NOAA radar detected hail of an inch or more over 3 Alabama cities on August 18, 2024. The largest stones — 1.00″, quarter size — fell over Dothan.
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- Cities hit
- 3
- in Alabama
- Largest stone
- 1.00″
- quarter size
- Impact rating
- 3/10
- from stone size
Sizes come from NOAA radar, which runs about ±0.25″ against ground truth. It is canvass-targeting quality, not claim evidence.
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Alabama cities hit on August 18, 2024
What people on the ground measured in Alabama on August 18, 2024
12 reports filed with the National Weather Service — 3 from trained observers or officials. These are measured stones, not radar estimates, so they are the closest thing to proof that hail actually reached the ground.
- 1.75″ golf ball size Public1 ENE Alexander City, AL4:22 PM CDTTallapoosa County
- 1.75″ golf ball size Broadcast MediaKellyton, AL4:44 PM CDTCoosa County
Corrects previous hail report from Kellyton.
- 1.50″ half dollar size Public2 W Alexander City, AL4:55 PM CDTTallapoosa County
- 1.25″ half dollar size Broadcast MediaKellyton, AL4:44 PM CDTCoosa County
- 1.00″ quarter size Public1 SSW Country Club Esta, AL2:57 PM CDTTalladega County
1 inch diameter hail fell in the Clear Creek Harbor area. Hail lasted for several minutes with lots of tree debris.
- 1.00″ quarter size Broadcast Media1 NE Pinson, AL3:48 PM CDTJefferson County
Estimated quarter size hail from video.
- 1.00″ quarter size Emergency Mngr2 WSW New Site, AL3:54 PM CDTTallapoosa County
- 1.00″ quarter size PublicHackneyville, AL4:03 PM CDTTallapoosa County
- 1.00″ quarter size Emergency Mngr3 SSW Hillabee Creek, AL4:08 PM CDTTallapoosa County
- 1.00″ quarter size Emergency Mngr2 ESE Dadeville, AL4:21 PM CDTTallapoosa County
- 1.00″ quarter size Broadcast Media3 NNW Alexander City, AL4:21 PM CDTTallapoosa County
estimated at least quarter size hail partially covering the ground.
- 1.00″ quarter size PublicFosters, AL4:45 PM CDTTuscaloosa County
Showing the 12 largest of 19 hail reports filed that day.
Reports come from the National Weather Service Local Storm Report feed, ingested every 15 minutes. A report records where the observer was, not the full extent of the swath — treat it as evidence about the storm, not about any one roof.
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Alabama hail on August 18, 2024
NOAA radar put hail of an inch or more over 3 Alabama cities that day. The largest stones — 1.00 inches, quarter size — were over Dothan. Every city hit is listed above with its own stone size.