Alabama's Birmingham-Huntsville corridor is struck by hail from the spring severe-weather season across the Deep South. Pick a date below to see the NOAA radar swath and reports, or check a specific address.
Colored swath = NOAA MRMS radar-estimated hail size; dots = NOAA SPC reports in Alabama. Radar-indicated, not a guarantee of damage.
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Get free access Check an addressSince 2010, NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 383 separate hail days in Alabama, including 63 days with hail 2″ or larger -- the size that routinely totals roofs. The largest stone on record here: 5.00″ on 2018-03-19 near 1 SW CULLMAN, CULLMAN. The most recent reported hail day was 2026-06-01. Major metros watched here: Birmingham, Huntsville, Montgomery, Mobile.
| County | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| JEFFERSON | 48 | 3.00″ |
| MADISON | 36 | 2.50″ |
| CULLMAN | 28 | 5.00″ |
| DEKALB | 28 | 2.75″ |
| WALKER | 27 | 2.75″ |
| CALHOUN | 25 | 3.00″ |
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-01 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-05-07 | 2.00″ | 4 |
| 2026-05-06 | 2.75″ | 11 |
| 2026-04-28 | 1.00″ | 4 |
| 2026-03-15 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-02-26 | 2.00″ | 42 |
| 2026-01-03 | 1.75″ | 3 |
| 2025-11-25 | 1.00″ | 1 |
The colored swath is NOAA's MRMS radar estimate of the largest hail in each ~1 km cell; the dots are individual SPC ground reports. Yellow is around an inch, red is 1.5 to 2″, and purple is 2″ and up -- see how hail size maps to roof damage. Click any spot on the map to see the hail history at that point, or look up a full street address on the hail history by address tool. Today's nationwide activity is on today's hail report.
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Data & method: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports + NOAA MRMS MESH radar, Alabama only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.