Alabama, 1999

High Wind in Alabama, June 9, 1999

June 9, 1999 · NWS BMX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
2
Property damage
$3,000
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.

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1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Tuscaloosa

When
June 9, 2:25 PM CST
Where
Tuscaloosa forecast zone
Measured
43 kt (49 mph)
Injuries
2 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$3,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
33.290, -87.525 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Two workers were slightly injured when strong wind from a nearby thunderstorm caused the open-sided structure they were under at a lumber yard on the west side of Tuscaloosa to collapse. A couple of storage trailers at the nearby Goodrich plant were tipped over, too. Wind at the Tuscaloosa airport less than two miles away peaked at 37 knots (43 mph).

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.

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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: 5706192.