Livingston, AL Hail Storm – May 2025

What Happened

A severe hail storm moved through the Livingston, AL area on May 26, 2025, with a peak confirmed hail size of 1 inch and multiple NWS alerts from mid-afternoon into early evening. The event produced radar-confirmed hail signatures and spotter-verified reports across western Alabama.

The first alert came at 4:23 PM CDT, with 1-inch hail listed under radar and spotter verification confidence. A second alert followed at 4:53 PM CDT with the same hail size and confidence level. By 5:20 PM CDT, dual-polarization radar detection supported another 1-inch hail alert, and two more alerts came at 5:34 PM CDT and 6:26 PM CDT, both again carrying 1-inch hail and radar plus spotter verification.

Field reports lined up with the storm track. Around 4:52 PM CDT, spotters reported several trees down in southwestern Sumter County, including one tree onto power lines at CR 10 and Siloam Rd. Three minutes later, at 4:55 PM CDT, a corrected report from 1 S Cuba described two large plate glass windows blown out of a building along 3rd St at Railroad Ave.

Later reports showed the storm staying active into the evening. At 5:55 PM CDT, spotters documented downed trees across Dallas County, including Highway 66 at CR 1, CR 4 at CR 85, CR 222, Highway 22, and Highway 41. At 6:32 PM CDT, another report placed downed trees on CR 33 near Calhoun School and on Highway 80.

Damage Assessment

The field reports point to a wind and debris damage pattern spread across multiple counties, with the most specific structural impact reported in Cuba, where two plate glass windows were blown out along 3rd St at Railroad Ave. Tree damage showed up first in southwestern Sumter County, then farther east and south across Dallas County later in the storm cycle.

The 4:52 PM CDT report of a tree onto power lines at CR 10 and Siloam Rd gives the clearest utility impact in the early part of the event. The 5:55 PM CDT Dallas County report listed a string of roads and highways with downed trees, including Highway 66, CR 1, CR 4 at CR 85, CR 222, Highway 22, and Highway 41. The 6:32 PM CDT report added CR 33 near Calhoun School and Highway 80.

The radar and spotter sequence supports a storm with repeated hail production and enough organization to keep generating reports over several hours. The alerts did not stay confined to a single short burst. They extended from 4:23 PM CDT to 6:26 PM CDT, with the 5:20 PM CDT dual-polarization radar alert adding a radar-derived hail signal between the spotter-verified warnings.

The report set is broad, but the damage descriptions are specific. In Livingston and the surrounding county corridor, the documented impacts were concentrated in broken glass, downed trees, and a reported power line strike. No widespread structural loss appears in the field reports provided here.

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