High Wind in Alabama, July 22, 2000

Name: High Wind in Alabama, July 22, 2000
Start: 2000-07-22T15:15
End: 2000-07-22T15:45
Location: Alabama

July 22, 2000 · NWS MOB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Lower Mobile

When: July 22, 3:15 PM CST to 3:45 PM CST
Where: Lower Mobile forecast zone
Measured: 70 kt (81 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

A thunderstorm with high winds moved over the coastal waters just south of Dauphin Island. The storm was moving south and occurred during a fishing rodeo. A special marine warning was issued at least an hour before the storm moved over the water, but many of the people fishing wanted to stay out just a while longer. As the storm moved over the water, many of the boaters were caught offshore and had to run aground to get out of the high winds and seas. Some of the boaters estimated wind speeds of 60 to 70 knots with 6 to 8 foot waves. Buoys in the area only measured wind speeds of 35 knots so the storm covered a small area. No major injuries were reported although the Coast Guard had to rescue several stranded fishermen.

What these are

High Wind: Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

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: 5163673.