Etowah County, Alabama Hail Map & History
Etowah County was hit as recently as 2026-07-01, 75 days ago. Etowah County is hit in most years. The largest stone on record here is 2 inches, a hen egg and twice the National Weather Service's 1 inch severe criterion, reported on 2018-03-19 near Southside.
Colored swath = NOAA MRMS radar-estimated hail size; dots = NOAA SPC reports in Alabama. Radar-indicated, not a guarantee of damage.
The last hail here fell on 2026-07-01, around Hokes Bluff. A free SwathIQ account -- hand-reviewed, invite within 24-48h -- pulls Etowah County addresses inside a hail swath above your size threshold into a door-knock list you can export, scoped to your approved markets.
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NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 24 separate hail days here since 2010 -- 1.4 a year over 17 years of record. Those days carry 56 separate reports between them, two or three on a typical one. 4 of those 17 years produced none at all. One year dominates the record: 2011 alone produced 5 of the 24 days. The last five years have been quieter than the long run: 4 days since 2022, against 1.7 a year before that.
Most hail here stays under 2 inches: only 2 of the 24 days on record passed it, 8%, the last on 2018-03-19. They land in the same month as everything else, March. 8 of the 24 days reached golf-ball size, 1.75 inches or bigger.
Across the whole of Alabama, see the Alabama hail map and history.
Hardest-hit places in Etowah County
Reports cluster nearest Gadsden -- 8 of the county's 24 hail days -- then Hokes Bluff (4), Rainbow City (3), Attalla (3) and Southside (2). Beyond those, NOAA names Reaves, Walnut Grove, Gadsden Mall, Glencoe, Altoona, Anderson, Aurora and Howelton on more than one hail day apiece.
| Place | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Gadsden | 6 | 1.00″ |
| 1 SW Hokes Bluff | 2 | 1.75″ |
| Attalla | 2 | 1.75″ |
| Rainbow City | 2 | 1.75″ |
| Glencoe | 2 | 1.25″ |
When it hails in Etowah County
The season runs March through June: 21 of the 24 hail days on record fall in those 4 months (88%). March is the single busiest month, with 9 of them (38%). That peak opens the window: the season starts at its worst and eases off from there. Hail has also been reported in February, July and September, outside that window. Reports span 7 of the 12 calendar months; the other 5 have never produced one.
| Month | Hail days |
|---|---|
| February | 1 |
| March | 9 |
| April | 6 |
| May | 1 |
| June | 5 |
| July | 1 |
| September | 1 |
Recent Etowah County hail days
That day put 1 report on the map, the biggest 1.75 inches near Hokes Bluff. 1 hail day has already been reported this year.
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-01 | 1.75″ | 1 |
| 2025-04-10 | 1.75″ | 6 |
| 2023-06-14 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2022-06-07 | 1.50″ | 3 |
| 2021-03-25 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2021-03-15 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2020-04-12 | 1.75″ | 1 |
| 2018-06-16 | 1.00″ | 1 |
How to read the Etowah County map
The colored swath is NOAA's MRMS radar estimate of the largest hail per ~1 km cell; the dots are SPC ground reports. Yellow is about an inch, red 1.5 to 2″, purple 2″ and up (hail size vs roof damage). On this county's worst day the reports reached 2 inches, which is the purple band. Look up a street address with the hail history by address tool.
Nearby counties
The nearest counties with a page of their own: Calhoun County (27 hail days), Cherokee County (16) and Marshall County (24). Etowah County sits in between.
Calhoun County · Cherokee County · Marshall County
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Data & method: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports + NOAA MRMS MESH radar, Etowah County, Alabama only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.