Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- July 24, 5:00 PM CST to 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County, Huntsville
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.730, -86.620
Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Alabama, July 24, 1999
One mobile home was blown off its foundation with no injuries reported. A few large tree limbs were snapped and several power lines were knocked down across the area.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
One mobile home was blown off its foundation with no injuries reported. A few large tree limbs were snapped and several power lines were knocked down across the area. Lightning strikes caused damage to the warning siren activation computers at the 911 office and to a power substation. One to two thousand customers were without power.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, Madison
- When
- July 24, 5:00 PM CST to 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County, Huntsville
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.763, -86.550 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 24, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 24, 1999
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 24, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Wyoming, July 24, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, July 24, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 24, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 24, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, July 24, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 24, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 24, 1999
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 24, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, July 24, 1999
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: 5710466, 5710467.