Wind, hail, and tornado activity from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 12 months · Updated Sep 12, 2026
Has it hailed in Marshall County, Alabama recently? Official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records say yes: 32 hail reports with hail up to 2.5", among 85 severe weather events logged here in the last 12 months, together with 53 high-wind reports with gusts up to 80 mph. The most recent recorded storm activity was in August 2026. This page updates daily: every event comes straight from official NOAA data — no estimates, no modeling, just the record.
Storm activity from the last 30 days is summarized at the county level on this page. Exact locations, radar snapshots, and official warning boundaries for recent events are available with a free account.
See the specifics — free →Events older than 30 days, as recorded by the National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center. Excerpts are quoted directly from official warnings and verified reports.
1 SPC verified storm report · 1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 407 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Woodville, or 14 miles west of Scottsboro, moving east at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“Trees and powerlines were knocked down on Warrenton Road and Arielle Circle. Time estimated by radar. (HUN)”
3 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 626 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking several strong thunderstorms in line from Athens southwest to Moulton, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Huntsville, Decatur, Madison, Athens, Cullman, Hartselle, Arab, Moulton, Moores Mill, and Redstone Arsenal.”
“At 550 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Morgan City, or 9 miles northwest of Arab, moving northeast at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 549 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over McLarty, or 11 miles southeast of Arab, moving north at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Albertville, Arab, Douglas, High Point, Horton, and Hyatt.”
“At 536 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over McLarty, or 11 miles northeast of Blountsville, moving north at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Albertville, Arab, Douglas, High Point, Horton, and Hyatt.”
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 357 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Woodville, or 8 miles west of Scottsboro, moving west at 5 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Scottsboro, Hollywood, Gurley, Woodville, Pleasant Groves, Paint Rock, Lim Rock, Trenton, Garth, and Larkinsville.”
“At 308 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Geraldine, or 7 miles northeast of Albertville, moving north at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Albertville, Boaz, Guntersville, Crossville, Grant, Geraldine, Section, Langston, Lakeview, and McVille.”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 419 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Skyline, or 8 miles northwest of Scottsboro, moving south at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Scottsboro, Grant, Skyline, Woodville, Pleasant Groves, Langston, Lim Rock, Trenton, and Larkinsville.”
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 156 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over northeastern Huntsville, moving southeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Huntsville, Madison, Moores Mill, Redstone Arsenal, Meridianville, Hazel Green, Owens Cross Roads, Grant, Gurley, and Woodville.”
“At 139 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Owens Cross Roads, or 11 miles northwest of Guntersville, moving southeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 103 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Owens Cross Roads, or 10 miles southeast of Huntsville, moving east at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 131 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Morgan City, or 12 miles southeast of Redstone Arsenal, moving east at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 1138 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Sewanee to 7 miles south of Huntland to near Madison. Movement was southeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 548 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Grant, or 10 miles northeast of Guntersville, moving southeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 45 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Scottsboro, Fort Payne, Rainsville, Crossville, Sylvania, Fyffe, Hollywood, Powell, Geraldine, and Section.”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 508 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Decatur, moving east at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Southern Huntsville, Decatur, Hartselle, Redstone Arsenal, Priceville, Trinity, Owens Cross Roads, Falkville, Triana, and Marshall Space Flight Center.”
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 305 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Morgan City, or 11 miles north of Arab, moving east at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 45 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 229 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Huntsville International Airport to 6 miles southwest of Morgan City to near Holly Pond. Movement was east at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 45 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 312 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Arab, moving east at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Albertville, Boaz, Guntersville, Arab, Holly Pond, Morgan City, Douglas, Baileyton, Union Grove, and High Point.”
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 425 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Tabor Road, or 11 miles west of Centre, moving west at 5 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea to dime size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 248 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Woodville, or 12 miles west of Scottsboro, moving west at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
4 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 1018 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 6 miles southwest of Guntersville to near Strawberry to near Blountsville. Movement was northwest at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 911 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Tabor Road to Reece City to near Rainbow City. Movement was northwest at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
2 SPC verified storm reports · 4 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 713 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a large cluster of strong thunderstorms near Guntersville, moving west at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 40-50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Southern Huntsville, Guntersville, Arab, Owens Cross Roads, Grant, Morgan City, Union Grove, Hulaco, Columbus City, and Eddy.”
“At 1234 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles west of Arab, moving west at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Cullman, Arab, Vinemont, Somerville, Baileyton, Eva, Ryan Crossroads, Joppa, Florette, and Hulaco.”
1 SPC verified storm report · 2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 420 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles west of Arab, moving east at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Cullman, Guntersville, Arab, Holly Pond, Douglas, Baileyton, Eva, Union Grove, Phelan, and Horton.”
“At 511 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Albertville, moving east at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Albertville, Fort Payne, Boaz, Crossville, Geraldine, Lakeview, McVille, High Point, Collbran, and Dog Town.”
4 SPC verified storm reports — hail up to 2.5", wind gusts up to 80 mph
“The hailstone was reported from Kennamers Cove relayed through broadcast media. (HUN)”
“NWS Storm survey team estimated 80mph winds based on uprooted and snapped trees in this area. Antecedent rain loosened soils and weakened trees making them more suscept (HUN)”
1 SPC verified storm report · 2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 243 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Woodville, or 13 miles west of Scottsboro, moving northeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 115 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Arab, moving northeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Huntsville, Albertville, Cullman, Guntersville, Arab, Redstone Arsenal, Hanceville, Owens Cross Roads, Grant, and Geraldine.”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 653 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Woodville, or 16 miles southeast of Huntsville, moving northeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 454 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Arab, moving east at 50 mph. Hazard: Nickel size hail. Impact: Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Albertville, Boaz, Guntersville, Arab, Crossville, Geraldine, Douglas, Baileyton, McVille, and High Point.”
“At 1154 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Woodville, or 15 miles west of Scottsboro, moving northeast at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 535 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Fyffe, or 9 miles west of Rainsville, moving southeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 501 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Section, or near Scottsboro, moving southeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 921 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Grant, or 9 miles north of Guntersville, moving northeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
1 SPC verified storm report
3 SPC verified storm reports
“Multiple trees blocking road at this location. (HUN)”
“Tree blocking road at this location. (HUN)”
4 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 706 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Fyffe, or 7 miles west of Rainsville, moving east at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and up to penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 646 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Strawberry, or 7 miles south of Arab, moving east at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
6 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 558 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Bridgeport to Section to near Strawberry. Movement was east at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 514 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Morgan City to Cullman to Smith Dam. Movement was east at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
1 SPC verified storm report · 4 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 749 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10 miles east of Falkville, or 12 miles east of Hartselle, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 415 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Albertville, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 1146 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles northeast of Inmanfield, or 12 miles southwest of Hartselle, moving east at 55 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 817 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Redstone Arsenal to near Falkville. Movement was east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
2 SPC verified storm reports
“Marshall County EMA reported a tree down at the intersection of HWY 227 and Gordon Street. (HUN)”
“Marshall County EMA reported a tree down at Campbell Rd and Welcome Home Rd. (HUN)”
1 SPC verified storm report
“EMA report received of a tree down at the intersection of Nixon Chapel Road and Smith Drive. Time estimated by radar. (HUN)”
The most recent recorded event was in August 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 85 severe weather events in Marshall County over the last 12 months. Exact dates and locations for recent storms are available in the app with a free account.
Yes — 32 hail reports in the last 12 months, with hail up to 2.5" recorded.
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