Thunderstorm Wind, Etowah
- When
- August 11, 1:05 PM CST
- Where
- Etowah County
- Coordinates
- 34.020, -86.080
Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 11, 1980
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 3
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
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Blount
- When
- August 11, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Blount County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.950, -86.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Blount
- When
- August 11, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Blount County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.950, -86.470
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes in Texas, August 11, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 11, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 11, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 11, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 11, 1980
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 11, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 11, 1980
- Hail in Colorado, August 11, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 11, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, August 11, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 11, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 11, 1980
More
Every storm in Alabama in 1980Every state in 1980This day in weather history
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: 9978906, 9978907, 9978908.