Alabama, 1985Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 21, 1985
May 21, 1985 · NWS AT · 7 events in 6 counties and zones
7 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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.
Thunderstorm Wind, Mobile
- When
- May 21, 2:53 PM CST
- Where
- Mobile County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.680, -88.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Baldwin
- When
- May 21, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Baldwin County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.280, -87.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Baldwin
- When
- May 21, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Baldwin County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.730, -87.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Tuscaloosa
- When
- May 21, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Tuscaloosa County
- Coordinates
- 33.200, -87.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- May 21, 5:57 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -86.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- May 21, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Coordinates
- 33.680, -87.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- May 21, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Coordinates
- 33.970, -87.920
- 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.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 21, 19854 deaths · 9 injured · 52 kt wind · 29 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 21, 19852 injured · $553,000 · F2 · 11 events
- Tornado in Colorado, May 21, 1985F1 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 21, 19851.75 in hail · 22 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, May 21, 19851.75 in hail · 9 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, May 21, 19851.75 in hail · 4 events
- Hail in New Jersey, May 21, 19851.75 in hail · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Maine, May 21, 19851.5 in hail · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 21, 19851 event
- Hail in New York, May 21, 19850.75 in hail · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 21, 19851 event
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: 9978055, 9978056, 9978057, 9978058, 9978059, 9978060, 9978921.