High Wind, Lauderdale
- When
- January 18, 6:00 PM CST to January 19, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 34.901, -87.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Alabama, January 18 to 19, 1996
High wind over the northern third of Alabama generally along a cold front caused widespread scattered damage. Damage was primarily to downed trees, limbs, and power lines but some roof damage occurred in several locations.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 20 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $400,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 20
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.
High wind over the northern third of Alabama generally along a cold front caused widespread scattered damage. Damage was primarily to downed trees, limbs, and power lines but some roof damage occurred in several locations.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
20 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Colbert
- When
- January 18, 6:00 PM CST to January 19, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Colbert forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -87.805 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Franklin
- When
- January 18, 6:00 PM CST to January 19, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 34.442, -87.844 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Lawrence
- When
- January 18, 6:00 PM CST to January 19, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lawrence forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 34.522, -87.311 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Limestone
- When
- January 18, 6:00 PM CST to January 19, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Limestone forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 34.810, -86.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Madison
- When
- January 18, 6:00 PM CST to January 19, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 34.763, -86.550 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Morgan
- When
- January 18, 6:00 PM CST to January 19, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Morgan forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 34.454, -86.853 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Marshall
- When
- January 18, 6:00 PM CST to January 19, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Marshall forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 34.367, -86.307 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Jackson
- When
- January 18, 6:00 PM CST to January 19, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 34.779, -85.999 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Dekalb
- When
- January 18, 6:00 PM CST to January 19, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Dekalb forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 34.460, -85.804 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Marion
- When
- January 18, 6:00 PM CST to January 19, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Marion forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 34.137, -87.887 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Lamar
- When
- January 18, 6:00 PM CST to January 19, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lamar forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 33.779, -88.097 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Fayette
- When
- January 18, 6:00 PM CST to January 19, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Fayette forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 33.721, -87.739 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Winston
- When
- January 18, 6:00 PM CST to January 19, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Winston forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 34.149, -87.374 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Walker
- When
- January 18, 6:00 PM CST to January 19, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Walker forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 33.803, -87.297 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Cullman
- When
- January 18, 6:00 PM CST to January 19, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cullman forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 34.132, -86.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Blount
- When
- January 18, 6:00 PM CST to January 19, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Blount forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 33.981, -86.567 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Etowah
- When
- January 18, 6:00 PM CST to January 19, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Etowah forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 34.045, -86.035 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Cherokee
- When
- January 18, 6:00 PM CST to January 19, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cherokee forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 34.176, -85.604 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Pickens
- When
- January 18, 6:00 PM CST to January 19, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pickens forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 33.281, -88.089 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Cold in Oklahoma, January 18 to 20, 1996
- Blizzard in Iowa, January 18, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Washington, January 18 to 19, 1996
- Cold in Wisconsin, January 18, 1996
- High Wind in Indiana, January 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, January 18 to 19, 1996
- Tornado in Missouri, January 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, January 18 to 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, January 18, 1996
- Tornado in Kentucky, January 18, 1996
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 18, 1996
- High Wind in North Carolina, January 18 to 19, 1996
More
Every storm in Alabama in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, January 1996
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: 5536864, 5536865, 5536866, 5536867, 5536868, 5536869, 5536870, 5536871, 5536872, 5536873, 5536874, 5536875, 5536876, 5537074, 5537075, 5537076, 5537077, 5537078, 5537079, 5537080.