Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 3, 1999

Name: Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 3, 1999
Start: 1999-03-03T00:10
End: 1999-03-03T00:15
Location: Alabama

March 3, 1999 · NWS MOB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $60,000
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.

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 9 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:07 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Mobile

When: March 3, 12:10 AM CST to 12:15 AM CST
Where: Mobile County, Spring Hill
Measured: 70 kt (81 mph)
Property damage: $60,000
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 30.700, -88.150

High winds destroyed two portable classrooms at John Will Elementary School just off Ziegler Blvd and just west of the Springhill community. A brick wall was also destroyed either by the wind or by one of the destroyed portables slamming into it. There were also trees and large limbs blown down in the same general area. Wind speeds were estimated at 70 to 80 MPH.

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

Every storm in Alabama in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings in Alabama, March 1999

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: 5692828.