Waterspout, Baldwin
- When
- June 15, 11:20 AM CST
- Where
- Baldwin County, Orange Beach
- Coordinates
- 30.661, -87.750 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Waterspout in Alabama, June 15, 1996
A WATERSPOUT WAS REPORTED NEAR ORANGE BEACH JUST OFFSHORE OF SEVERAL CONDOMINIUMS. NO DAMAGE WAS REPOPRTED.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 MOB wrote it up.
A WATERSPOUT WAS REPORTED NEAR ORANGE BEACH JUST OFFSHORE OF SEVERAL CONDOMINIUMS. NO DAMAGE WAS REPOPRTED.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Waterspout
- A tornado over water. One that moves ashore is filed as a tornado from the coastline on.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, June 15, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 15, 1996
- Flood in Nebraska, June 15, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 15, 1996
- Flood in Nebraska, June 15, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 15, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 15, 1996
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 15, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, June 15, 1996
- Hail in North Carolina, June 15, 1996
- Hail in South Carolina, June 15, 1996
- Flood in Puerto Rico, June 15, 1996
More
Every storm in Alabama in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, June 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: 5552094.