Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 12, 2000

Name: Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 12, 2000
Start: 2000-07-12T12:19
End: 2000-07-12T12:24
Location: Alabama

July 12, 2000 · NWS BMX · 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: $15,000
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 Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:20 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Barbour

When: July 12, 12:19 PM CST to 12:24 PM CST
Where: Barbour County, Eufaula
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph)
Property damage: $15,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 31.883, -85.150

Several trees were blown down just north of Eufaula near the intersection of US 431 and CR 97. One home was heavily damaged when a tree fell on it. One building in Eufaula had a heating unit damaged on the top of the structure. Several other reports of minor roof damage and trees blown down were received from the eastern part of Barbour County.

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 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Alabama, July 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: 5175473.