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Birmingham hail season 2001

11 NWS-recorded hail reports ≥1″ within 30 miles, across 6 storm days, max 2.75". Every one of those reports is a dated, located, citable official record — the context behind this market's 2001 claim volume.

Biggest storm days (2001, final record)

“Quarter to golf ball size hail was reported between Sylvan Springs and Birmingport. The hail fell mainly across rural western Jefferson County.”

— NWS event narrative, June 26, 2001 (NCEI Storm Events)

When it fell

Feb 1 · Apr 3 · May 2 · Jun 3 · Nov 2

Wind context: the record also holds 23 thunderstorm-wind events ≥50 kt (≈58 mph, the NWS severe criterion) in this radius for 2001 — relevant where the dispute is wind vs hail causation.

Working a Birmingham claim from 2001?

These are aggregates. A claim file needs the per-address record: every recorded event within 1, 3 and 10 miles of the property, distances, official narratives, and citations an adjuster can check line by line. That's the report — generated in seconds, hosted on HailEvidence (the neutral evidence surface), formatted as an insurance-appeal attachment.

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Provenance

Final counts: NCEI Storm Events Database, file vintage c20260527, hail events with recorded magnitude ≥1.00″ and point coordinates within 30 miles of the Birmingham anchor. NWS records are point and path observations. The absence of a nearby report does NOT prove that no hail fell at this address — it means no observation was logged nearby. A report of nearby hail documents the event; it does not by itself prove damage to a specific structure. Spotted an error? Email the address on our terms page and we correct against the source.