Alabama, 1989Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 5, 1989
May 5, 1989 · NWS BHM · 4 events in 4 counties and zones
4 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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, Clarke
- When
- May 5, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Clarke County
- Coordinates
- 31.700, -87.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Dallas
- When
- May 5, 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Coordinates
- 32.400, -87.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- May 5, 11:20 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 33.520, -86.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Chambers
- When
- May 5, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Chambers County
- Coordinates
- 32.920, -85.300
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, May 5, 19895 deaths · 108 injured · $161 million · F4 · 56 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Carolina, May 5, 19892 deaths · 44 injured · $5.3 million · F4 · 61 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, May 5, 198926 injured · $2.8 million · F2 · 34 events
- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, May 5, 19891 injured · $250,000 · F2 · 4 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 5, 19897 injured · $250,000 · F1 · 16 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, May 5, 1989$3,000 · F1 · 35 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 5, 19892.75 in hail · 35 events
- Hail in Illinois, May 5, 19891 in hail · 5 events
- Hail in Indiana, May 5, 19892 in hail · 2 events
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 5, 198968 kt wind · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 5, 19891 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: 9977045, 9977046, 9977047, 9977048.