Thunderstorm Wind, Winston
- When
- February 13, 6:48 PM CST to 6:53 PM CST
- Where
- Winston County, Double Spgs
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.150, -87.400
Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, February 13, 2000
Several tree tops were snapped off and several trees were uprooted in and around Double Springs. One roof was blown off a building and another one was damaged.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $9,000
- 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.
Several tree tops were snapped off and several trees were uprooted in and around Double Springs. One roof was blown off a building and another one was damaged. Baseball size hail was reported by the County Emergency Management Agency on US 278 near Double Springs.
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, Winston
- When
- February 13, 6:48 PM CST to 6:53 PM CST
- Where
- Winston County, Double Spgs
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.150, -87.400
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
- Tornadoes in Georgia, February 13 to 14, 2000
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Georgia, February 13 to 14, 2000
- High Wind in California, February 13 to 14, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flood in California, February 13 to 14, 2000
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Florida, February 13, 2000
- Tornado in Tennessee, February 13, 2000
- Tornado in Arkansas, February 13, 2000
- Tornado in Arkansas, February 13, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 13, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, February 13, 2000
- Tornado in Alabama, February 13, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, February 13 to 14, 2000
More
Every storm in Alabama in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, February 2000
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: 5135398, 5135399.