Thunderstorm Wind, Dekalb
- When
- March 29, 1:15 AM CST
- Where
- Dekalb County, Powell
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 34.280, -85.750
Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 29, 1997
A furniture store had a large section of its roof torn away, and the front window was blown out by thunderstorm wind.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $15,000
- 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 BMX wrote it up.
A furniture store had a large section of its roof torn away, and the front window was blown out by thunderstorm wind.
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
- Tornadoes in Tennessee, March 29, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Florida, March 29, 1997
- Tornado in Tennessee, March 29, 1997
- Tornado in Georgia, March 29, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Maine, March 29, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, March 29, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 29 to 30, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, March 29, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, March 29, 1997
- Tornado in Maryland, March 29, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 29, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Maryland, March 29, 1997
More
Every storm in Alabama in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, March 1997
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: 5596492.