Hail Swath Map Preview
The Montgomery, AL hail swath map preview was last reviewed on August 28, 2026 and shows mapped hail estimates up to 1.00". There are 4 public hail reports, 19 public wind reports, and 22 nearby tornado reports listed for the January 12, 2023 event.
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Impact Area and Population for the Montgomery, AL Hail Map
The January 12, 2023 hail swath map for Montgomery, AL covers approximately 1,161 square miles and includes an estimated 45,621 people inside the mapped footprint. The largest mapped area is in the 0.50-0.75" hail band, covering 528 square miles. The highest estimated population exposure is in the 0.50-0.75" hail band with 22,111 people.
| Mapped Hail Band | Impact Area | Population |
|---|---|---|
| < 0.50" | 438 sq mi | 13,758 |
| 0.50-0.75" | 528 sq mi | 22,111 |
| 0.75-1.00" | 175 sq mi | 9,458 |
| 1.00-1.25" | 20 sq mi | 294 |
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Housing Exposure Inside the Montgomery, AL Hail Swath Map
Inside the January 12, 2023 hail swath map area for Montgomery, AL, HailGeeks estimates 19,717 single-family homes, 182 townhomes, and 3,585 multifamily properties within the mapped storm footprint. Single-family-home exposure is highest in the 0.50-0.75" hail band, with 8,954 single-family homes.
| Mapped Hail Band | Single-Family | Townhomes | Multifamily |
|---|---|---|---|
| < 0.50" | 6,345 | 76 | 843 |
| 0.50-0.75" | 8,954 | 37 | 1,623 |
| 0.75-1.00" | 4,302 | 66 | 1,119 |
| 1.00-1.25" | 116 | 3 | 0 |
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Counties Inside the Montgomery, AL Hail Map
Hail from the January 12, 2023 storm was mapped across 23 counties in the Montgomery, AL region. Tallapoosa County, AL had the strongest mapped signal, peaking at 1.00" with roughly 6,217 single-family homes inside the swath.
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Cities Inside the Montgomery, AL Hail Map
Zooming in, the swath touched 17 cities near Montgomery, AL. Ray, AL had the strongest mapped signal at 1.00", with an estimated 121 single-family homes exposed.
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ZIP Codes Inside the Montgomery, AL Hail Swath Map
At the ZIP level, the January 12, 2023 Montgomery, AL hail map spans 41 ZIP codes. ZIP 35010 shows the strongest local signal, with mapped hail estimates up to 1.00" and an estimated single-family-home exposure of 5,371.
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Public Hail, Wind, and Tornado Reports
Public storm report tables connected to the January 12, 2023 hail map for Montgomery, AL currently list 4 public hail reports, 19 public wind reports, and 22 tornado reports.
| Date & Time | Hail Size | City | State | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
January 12, 2023 12:05 PM CT |
1.00 in | 3 SE Montevallo | AL | CALERA PD REPORTED QUARTER-SIZED HAIL AT THE SHELBY/CHILTON COUNTY LINE. |
January 12, 2023 1:35 PM CT |
1.00 in | 4 N Martin Lake At Kowa | AL | QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN WILLOW POINT. |
January 12, 2023 1:36 PM CT |
1.00 in | Russell Field Airport | AL | QUARTER-SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN ALEXANDER CITY. |
January 12, 2023 2:14 PM CT |
1.00 in | 3 SW Roanoke Municipal | AL | QUARTER-SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN THE CLACKVILLE COMMUNITY. |
| Date & Time | Wind Speed | City | State | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
January 12, 2023 10:55 AM CT | 1 SSW West Blocton | AL | TREES SNAPPED ALONG TRUMAN ALDRICH PARKWAY SOUTH OF WEST BLOCTON HIGH SCHOOL. | |
January 12, 2023 12:04 PM CT | 2 W Beeswax Creek Park | AL | TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 61. | |
January 12, 2023 12:17 PM CT | 1 S Columbiana | AL | TREE DOWN ON EGG AND BUTTER ROAD. | |
January 12, 2023 12:19 PM CT | 2 WSW Beeswax Creek Par | AL | TREE DOWN ALONG CR 77 NEAR KINGDOM CROSSROADS. | |
January 12, 2023 12:42 PM CT | 3 SSW Billingsley | AL | TREES DOWN. LIKELY DUE TO FORWARD FLANK DOWNDRAFT OF TORNADIC SUPERCELL. | |
January 12, 2023 1:29 PM CT | 2 N Central | AL | TREES AND LINES DOWN. | |
January 12, 2023 1:48 PM CT | Dadeville | AL | TREES AND LINES DOWN IN AND AROUND DADEVILLE. | |
January 12, 2023 1:51 PM CT | Eagle Creek | AL | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON HORSESHOE BEND ROAD NORTHEAST OF JACKSONS GAP. POSSIBLE TORNADO. | |
January 12, 2023 2:01 PM CT | 1 SSW Gunter Afb | AL | MINOR TREE DAMAGE REPORTED. | |
January 12, 2023 2:03 PM CT | 2 SSE Gunter Afb | AL | DAMAGE REPORTED ALONG HUNTER LANE AND CAMELLIA DRIVE. | |
January 12, 2023 2:13 PM CT | Tallassee | AL | TREES AND LINES DOWN IN AND AROUND TALLASSEE. | |
January 12, 2023 2:41 PM CT | Opelika | AL | EM REPORT OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES RESULTING IN NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES IN OPELIKA. | |
January 12, 2023 3:13 PM CT | Frisco | AL | HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF COFFEE COUNTY. | |
January 12, 2023 3:15 PM CT | Hamilton Crossroads | AL | NUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWN ALONG US 231 AND NEIGHBORING ROADS NEAR THE PIKE/COFFEE COUNTY LINE. POSSIBLE TORNADO. | |
January 12, 2023 3:21 PM CT | 1 NNW Ariton | AL | RIVER ROAD AT BARBOUR COUNTY LINE IS CLOSED DUE TO NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. | |
January 12, 2023 3:33 PM CT | Roberts Crossroads | AL | TREES DOWN ON CR 68 AND CR 33. | |
January 12, 2023 3:41 PM CT | 3 S Texasville | AL | DAMAGE REPORTED ALONG MAVIS CARROLL ROAD. | |
January 12, 2023 2:06 PM CT | 62 mph | Dannelly Field | AL | ASOS REPORT OF 62 MPH GUST AT DANNELLY FIELD. |
January 12, 2023 2:41 PM CT | 67 mph | Jordan Hare Stadium | AL | WEATHER STATION AT AUBURN UNIVERSITY RECORDED GUST OF 67 MPH. |
| Date & Time | Rating | City | State | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
January 12, 2023 11:29 AM CT | UNK | 2 E Ellards | AL | TDS OBSERVED VIA NWS RADAR TRACKING INTO BIBB COUNTY. |
January 12, 2023 11:30 AM CT | UNK | 1 E Ellards | AL | THE TORNADO BEGAN NEAR THE CAHABA RIVER WEST OF NATIONAL FOREST ROAD 401D (NF-401D) AND BARTON ROAD BASED ON RADAR ESTIMATION OF A TDS. IT DEVELOPED QUICKLY INTO A HIGH END EF-0 BY THE TIME IT BRUSHED DOUBLE BRANCH RD AS IT MOVED EAST-NORTHEASTERLY OVER THE FOREST. AS IT CROSSED FIRE TOWER ROAD... IT REACHED MAXIMUM EF-1 INTENSITY OF 105 MPH BASED ON SCORES OF SNAPPED AND UPROOTED PINE TREES RIGHT ON THE RIDGE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED OVER FORESTED LAND BEFORE CROSSING PAWTUCKY ROAD... WHERE SEVERAL PINES AND HARDWOODS WERE SNAPPED. THE TORNADO THEN BEGAN TO WEAKEN AS IT APPROACHED AND CROSSED ALABAMA HIGHWAY 219 NORTH OF THE BIBB/PERRY COUNTY LINE. THE DECAYING TORNADO CONTINUED EASTWARD ACROSS U.S. HIGHWAY 82... WHERE STORM CHASER VIDEO SHOWED A WEAK CIRCULATION CROSSING THE HIGHWAY. DISSIPATION OCCURRED ABOUT ONE MILE EAST OF THE HIGHWAY. |
January 12, 2023 11:39 AM CT | UNK | 6 NW Oakmulgee | AL | TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 219 IN SOUTHERN BIBB COUNTY. TDS OBSERVED VIA RADAR. |
January 12, 2023 11:47 AM CT | UNK | 1 NE Talladega National | AL | REPORT VIA MEDIA OF TORNADO CROSSING US 82 SOUTHEAST OF CENTREVILLE. TDS OBSERVED. |
January 12, 2023 12:04 PM CT | UNK | 1 ENE Orrville | AL | *** 2 INJ *** AN EF2 TORNADO MOVED ACROSS DALLAS COUNTY FOR OVER 22 MILES AND PRODUCED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IN SELMA. |
January 12, 2023 12:18 PM CT | UNK | 1 NNW Memorial Stadium | AL | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TORNADO IN SELMA WITH TREE AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. |
January 12, 2023 12:19 PM CT | UNK | Memorial Stadium | AL | HEAVY DAMAGE REPORTED AT THE SELMA COUNTRY CLUB. |
January 12, 2023 12:48 PM CT | UNK | 2 SE Vida Junction | AL | MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE REPORTED ALONG US 82. |
January 12, 2023 12:48 PM CT | UNK | 2 ESE Vida Junction | AL | *** 7 FATAL... 16 INJ *** A LONG TRACK TORNADO AFFECTED 5 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE TORNADO DAMAGE WAS OVER 76 MILES LONG AND WAS 1500 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. |
January 12, 2023 12:50 PM CT | UNK | 4 ENE Vida Junction | AL | HEAVY DAMAGE ALONG NUMEROUS ROADWAYS IN THE JOFFRE AND OLD KINGSTON COMMUNITIES. CORRECTS SOURCE OF REPORT. |
January 12, 2023 12:58 PM CT | UNK | 3 E New Prospect | AL | SEVERE DAMAGE REPORTED ALONG CR 68 IN THE AREA OF US 31. |
January 12, 2023 1:02 PM CT | UNK | 2 SSE Marbury | AL | DAMAGE TO A CHURCH AND MARBURY VFD BUILDING. TREES IN ROADWAY AT HIGHWAY 143 AND CR 68. |
January 12, 2023 1:06 PM CT | UNK | 4 W Titus | AL | TORNADO OBSERVED CROSSING LIGHTWOOD ROAD. TDS OBSERVED. HEAVY DAMAGE AT COOSA RIVER ROAD. |
January 12, 2023 1:09 PM CT | UNK | 1 WNW Titus | AL | HEAVY DAMAGE REPORTED ALONG KELLY ROAD IN THE TITUS COMMUNITY. |
January 12, 2023 1:22 PM CT | UNK | 3 SW Nixburg | AL | STRUCTURAL DAMAGE REPORTED ALONG CR 14 NEAR EQUALITY. |
January 12, 2023 1:42 PM CT | UNK | 4 WNW Jacksons' Gap | AL | MULTIPLE STRUCTURES DAMAGED ALONG US 280 NEAR THE LAKE MARTIN BRIDGE. TDS OBSERVED. |
January 12, 2023 2:08 PM CT | UNK | 1 WSW White Plains | AL | THE START POINT WAS A BIT UNCERTAIN DUE TO SPORADIC TIMBER DAMAGE AROUND FIVE POINTS... BUT APPEARS TO BE NEAR COUNTY ROAD 114 WEST OF HIGHWAY 431 TO THE SOUTHWEST OF FIVE POINTS. NORTHEAST OF FIVE POINTS... THE TORNADO INTENSIFIED... SNAPPING AND UPROOTING MANY TREES ALONG COUNTY ROAD 267 AND CAUSING ROOF DAMAGE TO A BARN. THE SWATH OF TIMBER DAMAGE BECAME ALMOST A MILE WIDE ALONG COUNTY ROADS 281 AND 282 AND AT LEAST ONE RESIDENCE THERE SUFFERED ROOF DAMAGE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO INTENSIFY AS IT CROSSED COUNTY ROAD 268 WHERE LARGE SWATHS OF PINE TREES WERE SNAPPED. A MANUFACTURED HOME WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND BLOWN DOWNSTREAM NEAR COUNTY ROAD 278; THANKFULLY THE FAMILY WAS NOT HOME AT THE TIME. MOST OF THE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE HAPPENED ALONG COUNTY ROAD 284. A COUPLE RESIDENCES SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT SHINGLE DAMAGE... ONE HAD SIDING DAMAGE... AND A MANUFACTURED HOME HAD ITS PORCH RIPPED OFF... IMPACTING ITS WALLS. ANOTHER MANUFACTURED BUILDING WAS BLOWN OFF ITS FOOTINGS. ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT |
January 12, 2023 3:25 PM CT | UNK | 4 WSW Blue Springs Sp | AL | THE TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN NEAR BETHEL ON SUTTON DAIRY RD CAUSING TIMBER DAMAGE NEAR BUCK BRANCH. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST INTO A HEAVILY WOODED AREA AND CAUSED CONTINUED TIMBER DAMAGE NEAR DEWEY IVEY RD... SNAPPING NUMEROUS PINES. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE DOWNSTREAM OCCURRED NEAR FARM STRUCTURES NEAR HUEY FAULK RD. A HOME SUSTAINED DAMAGE DUE TO A FALLEN TREE ON COUNTY RD 15. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST TOWARDS TEALS CROSSROADS WHERE ADDITIONAL TIMBER DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR ROBERTS RD. SOME MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST-NORTHEAST CROSSING COUNTY RD 33 AND TURNER RD BEFORE DISSIPATING NEAR HIGHWAY 10. EF1 TORNADO WAS 10.96 MILES LONG AND WAS 900 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. |
January 12, 2023 3:25 PM CT | UNK | 2 S Doster | AL | THE TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN NEAR BETHEL ON SUTTON DAIRY RD CAUSING TIMBER DAMAGE NEAR BUCK BRANCH. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST INTO A HEAVILY WOODED AREA AND CAUSED CONTINUED TIMBER DAMAGE NEAR DEWEY IVEY RD... SNAPPING NUMEROUS PINES. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE DOWNSTREAM OCCURRED NEAR FARM STRUCTURES NEAR HUEY FAULK RD. A HOME SUSTAINED DAMAGE DUE TO A FALLEN TREE ON COUNTY RD 15. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST TOWARDS TEALS CROSSROADS WHERE ADDITIONAL TIMBER DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR ROBERTS RD. SOME MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST-NORTHEAST CROSSING COUNTY RD 33 AND TURNER RD BEFORE DISSIPATING NEAR HIGHWAY 10. EF1 TORNADO WAS 10.96 MILES LONG AND WAS 900 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. |
January 12, 2023 3:32 PM CT | UNK | 4 WSW Blue Springs Sp | AL | DAMAGE ALONG CR 23 NEAR NEW HOPE CHURCH. TDS OBSERVED. |
January 12, 2023 3:33 PM CT | UNK | Blue Springs Sp | AL | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AT BLUE SPRINGS STATE PARK. TDS OBSERVED VIA RADAR. |
January 12, 2023 3:45 PM CT | UNK | 1 NW Edwin | AL | EF1 TORNADO CONFIRMED BY STORM SURVEY. |
This table includes only public storm reports connected to the January 12, 2023 Montgomery, AL storm event. When available, each report may include the time, size or magnitude, city, state, and a short description.
Related Hail Maps in the Montgomery, AL Region
We found 6 more hail maps with reports from the same Montgomery, AL region as the January 12, 2023 event. These related maps cover storm dates from Aug 8, 2022 through Jan 3, 2023, with mapped hail estimates ranging from 0.75" to 2.25". In this set, the strongest related map reached 2.25", and the most recent map shown is from Jan 3, 2023.
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Local Hail Review Options Near Montgomery, AL
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