A strong cold front pushed into northwest Alabama during the early afternoon hours on April 11th and moved east into Georgia after midnight.  Unstable air and strong wind fields lead to numerous severe thunderstorms which produced large hail, damaging winds, and a few tornadoes.

Hail in MADISON, ALABAMA
From 11-APR-08 13:18:00 to 11-APR-08 13:21:00 (CST-6)
Location: NEW MARKET
Magnitude: 0.88 
Reported by: Emergency Manager

A severe thunderstorm produced nickel size hail just west of New Market near New Market Road.

Hail in MARSHALL, ALABAMA
From 11-APR-08 13:20:00 to 11-APR-08 13:23:00 (CST-6)
Location: UNION GROVE
Magnitude: 1.75 
Reported by: Emergency Manager

A severe thunderstorm produced golfball size hail in the Union Grove community.

Hail in MARSHALL, ALABAMA
From 11-APR-08 13:40:00 to 11-APR-08 13:43:00 (CST-6)
Location: UNION GROVE
Magnitude: 1.00 
Reported by: Trained Spotter

A severe thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in the Union Grove community.

Tornado in MADISON, ALABAMA
From 11-APR-08 13:07:00 to 11-APR-08 13:12:00 (CST-6)
Location: MT LEVENTOV
Tornado F-scale: EF0
Property damage: 10.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

A storm survey was completed in Madison County, Alabama just northeast of Meridianville. A tornado was determined to have touched down just southwest of Patterson Lane and Mount Lebanon Road where two irrigation systems were flipped over and two large trees were uprooted. Several small trees were also snapped on the east side of Mount Lebanon Road just south of Patterson Lane. A large tree was uprooted on the south side of Walker Lane, just east of highway 231/431. This damage is consistent with an EF-0 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 70 mph. The estimated path length was 3.8 miles with an estimated path width of 200 yards.

Tornado in MARSHALL, ALABAMA
From 11-APR-08 13:16:00 to 11-APR-08 13:18:00 (CST-6)
Location: OLEANDER
Tornado F-scale: EF0
Property damage: 2.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

The first area, near Union Grove, found damage consistent with an EF-0 tornado. The tornado produced slight damage to the back of one home, destroyed a shed, and several trees were uprooted. The tornado damage path was approximately 1.6 miles in length, and approximately 100 feet in width. Maximum wind speeds were approximately 85 mph with this tornado.

Tornado in MARSHALL, ALABAMA
From 11-APR-08 13:33:00 to 11-APR-08 13:35:00 (CST-6)
Location: GRANT
Tornado F-scale: EF0
Property damage: 10.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

Damage consistent with an EF-0 Tornado was found.  The tornado exhibited maximum winds of 75 mph, maximum path width of 300 feet, and a path length of approximately 1.2 miles.  This tornado uprooted several trees, and caused minor roof damage to several barn structures and homes.

Tornado in CULLMAN, ALABAMA
From 11-APR-08 14:05:00 to 11-APR-08 14:06:00 (CST-6)
Location: CULLMAN FOLSOM ARPT
Tornado F-scale: EF0
Property damage: 5.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

An EF-0 Tornado with maximum winds of 70 mph, maximum path width of 40 yards. This tornado briefly touched down in the Hurricane Creek Park area.   Tree damage also occurred in a nearby campground.

Tornado in CULLMAN, ALABAMA
From 11-APR-08 12:46:00 to 11-APR-08 12:47:00 (CST-6)
Location: VINEMONT
Tornado F-scale: EF0
Property damage: 2000.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

An EF-0 Tornado with maximum winds of 60 mph, maximum path width of 10 yards, and path length of less than 1/4 of a mile developed briefly near the Vinemont area.  This tornado produced tree and power line damage.

Tornado in MORGAN, ALABAMA
From 11-APR-08 13:06:00 to 11-APR-08 13:07:00 (CST-6)
Location: CENTER GROVE
Tornado F-scale: EF0
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

Damage consistent with an EF-0 tornado occurred.  The tornado produced maximum winds of 60 mph, a maximum path with of 20 yards, and a maximum path length of 1.2 miles. The tornado produced tree damage near the Hulaco community.

Hail in FRANKLIN, ALABAMA
From 11-APR-08 12:15:00 to 11-APR-08 12:18:00 (CST-6)
Location: HODGES
Magnitude: 0.88 
Reported by: Public

A severe thunderstorm produced nickel size hail in the Hodges community.

Hail in CULLMAN, ALABAMA
From 11-APR-08 12:30:00 to 11-APR-08 12:33:00 (CST-6)
Location: CRANE HILL
Magnitude: 1.00 
Reported by: Emergency Manager

A severe thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in the Crane Hill community.

Hail in FRANKLIN, ALABAMA
From 11-APR-08 12:30:00 to 11-APR-08 12:33:00 (CST-6)
Location: NIX
Magnitude: 1.25 
Reported by: CoCoRaHS

Half dollar diameter hail was reported.

Hail in CULLMAN, ALABAMA
From 11-APR-08 12:45:00 to 11-APR-08 12:48:00 (CST-6)
Location: CULLMAN FOLSOM ARPT
Magnitude: 1.75 
Reported by: Emergency Manager

A severe thunderstorm produced damaging hail the size of golfballs in the Vinemont area near the intersection of highway 31 and county road 1285.

Hail in MARSHALL, ALABAMA
From 11-APR-08 13:40:00 to 11-APR-08 13:43:00 (CST-6)
Location: GRANT
Magnitude: 0.88 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Employee

Off duty NWS personnel reported nickel size hail in the Grant community on Fire Tower Road.

Thunderstorm Wind in MARSHALL, ALABAMA
From 11-APR-08 13:50:00 to 11-APR-08 13:50:00 (CST-6)
Location: GRANT
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Severe thunderstorm winds blew trees down on Campbell Road southeast of Grant.

Thunderstorm Wind in MADISON, ALABAMA
From 11-APR-08 13:06:00 to 11-APR-08 13:10:00 (CST-6)
Location: MERIDIANVILLE
Magnitude: 56.00 EG
Property damage: 3.00K
Reported by: Broadcast Media

Severe thunderstorm winds snapped three power poles just west of the Meridianville airport.

Thunderstorm Wind in MADISON, ALABAMA
From 11-APR-08 13:22:00 to 11-APR-08 13:25:00 (CST-6)
Location: PLEVNA
Magnitude: 56.00 EG
Property damage: 5.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Severe thunderstorm winds blew down trees north of New Market near Plevna.

Thunderstorm Wind in CULLMAN, ALABAMA
From 11-APR-08 14:22:00 to 11-APR-08 14:25:00 (CST-6)
Location: TRIMBLE
Magnitude: 56.00 EG
Property damage: 5.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Severe thunderstorm winds caused damage to structures along County Road 222.

Thunderstorm Wind in CULLMAN, ALABAMA
From 11-APR-08 12:32:00 to 11-APR-08 12:35:00 (CST-6)
Location: JONES CHAPEL
Magnitude: 56.00 EG
Property damage: 3.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Severe thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines along highway 278 along the Cullman and Winston County line.