Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- March 21, 1:01 AM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Coordinates
- 33.920, -87.820
Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 21, 1974
26 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 26
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
26 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Marengo
- When
- March 21, 1:20 AM CST
- Where
- Marengo County
- Coordinates
- 32.520, -87.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Hale
- When
- March 21, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Hale County
- Coordinates
- 32.550, -87.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Cullman
- When
- March 21, 1:50 AM CST
- Where
- Cullman County
- Coordinates
- 34.250, -86.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- March 21, 1:52 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.520, -86.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- March 21, 2:10 AM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -86.380
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- March 21, 2:10 AM CST
- Where
- County
- Coordinates
- 32.670, -86.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- March 21, 2:10 AM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Coordinates
- 33.100, -86.870
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Clair
- When
- March 21, 2:15 AM CST
- Where
- St. Clair County
- Coordinates
- 33.680, -86.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Chilton
- When
- March 21, 2:15 AM CST
- Where
- Chilton County
- Coordinates
- 33.000, -86.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Chilton
- When
- March 21, 2:20 AM CST
- Where
- Chilton County
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -86.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Lowndes
- When
- March 21, 2:25 AM CST
- Where
- Lowndes County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.300, -86.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- March 21, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -86.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Talladega
- When
- March 21, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Talladega County
- Coordinates
- 33.320, -86.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Talladega
- When
- March 21, 2:40 AM CST
- Where
- Talladega County
- Coordinates
- 33.530, -85.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Calhoun
- When
- March 21, 2:40 AM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.650, -85.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Elmore
- When
- March 21, 2:45 AM CST
- Where
- Elmore County
- Measured
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.630, -86.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Tallapoosa
- When
- March 21, 2:45 AM CST
- Where
- Tallapoosa County
- Coordinates
- 33.070, -85.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- March 21, 2:50 AM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Coordinates
- 33.250, -85.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Bullock
- When
- March 21, 3:15 AM CST
- Where
- Bullock County
- Coordinates
- 32.150, -85.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- March 21, 3:15 AM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Coordinates
- 32.620, -85.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Chambers
- When
- March 21, 3:15 AM CST
- Where
- Chambers County
- Coordinates
- 33.020, -85.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Randolph
- When
- March 21, 3:20 AM CST
- Where
- Randolph County
- Coordinates
- 33.450, -85.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- March 21, 3:20 AM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Coordinates
- 32.650, -85.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Russell
- When
- March 21, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Coordinates
- 32.470, -85.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Barbour
- When
- March 21, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Barbour County
- Coordinates
- 31.880, -85.150
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, March 21, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, March 21, 1974
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, March 21, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 21, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 21, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Rhode Island, March 21, 1974
- Tornado in Louisiana, March 21, 1974
- Hail in Delaware, March 21, 1974
- Damaging Wind in New York, March 21, 1974
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 9978270, 9978271, 9978272, 9978273, 9978274, 9979134, 9979135, 9979351, 9979352, 9979353, 9979354, 9979355, 9979356, 9979357, 9979358, 9979359, 9979360, 9979361, 9979362, 9979363, 9979364, 9979365, 9979366, 9979367, 9979368, 9979369.