Thunderstorm Wind, Crenshaw
- When
- August 9, 8:25 PM CST to 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Crenshaw County, Glenwood
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 31.667, -86.167
Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 9, 2000
High winds blew several trees down in the Glenwood area. One tree fell on a carport and damaged it.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $8,000
- 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 MOB wrote it up.
High winds blew several trees down in the Glenwood area. One tree fell on a carport and damaged it. Dime size hail was also reported between Dozier and Brantley.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Crenshaw
- When
- August 9, 8:40 PM CST to 8:42 PM CST
- Where
- Crenshaw County, Dozier
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 31.500, -86.367
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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- Heat in Texas, August 9, 2000
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, August 9, 2000
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in West Virginia, August 9 to 10, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 9, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, August 9, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in New York, August 9, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Ohio, August 9, 2000
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Ohio, August 9, 2000
- Tornado in Maine, August 9, 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: 5170658, 5170659.