Thunderstorm Wind, Walker
- When
- April 27, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Walker County, Cordova
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.750, -87.183
Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 27, 2000
A few trees were blown down around the city of Cordova. Dime to quarter size hail also fell across the area.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $4,000
- 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.
A few trees were blown down around the city of Cordova. Dime to quarter size hail also fell across the area.
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:42 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Walker
- When
- April 27, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Walker County, Cordova
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.750, -87.183
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail in Kansas, April 27, 2000
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 27, 2000
- High Wind in California, April 27 to 28, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, April 27, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 27, 2000
- Hail in Texas, April 27, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 27, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 27, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 27, 2000
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: 5139311, 5139312.