Thunderstorm Wind, Etowah
- When
- January 5, 1:17 AM CST
- Where
- Etowah County, Gadsden
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 34.020, -86.020
Damaging Wind in Alabama, January 5, 1997
A wind gust between 55 and 75 mph was reported by Gadsden-Etowah County EMA by their measuring equipment at the EOC in Gadsden. Trees and power lines were downed across the county with about 2,500 customers without power for up to 11 hours.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- $2,000
- 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 BMX wrote it up.
A wind gust between 55 and 75 mph was reported by Gadsden-Etowah County EMA by their measuring equipment at the EOC in Gadsden. Trees and power lines were downed across the county with about 2,500 customers without power for up to 11 hours.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado in Alabama, January 5, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, January 5, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, January 5, 1997
- High Wind in Ohio, January 5, 1997
- Tornado in Ohio, January 5, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, January 5, 1997
- Tornado in Georgia, January 5, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, January 5, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, January 5, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, January 5, 1997
More
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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: 5591237.