Waterspout in Alabama, March 29, 2000

Name: Waterspout in Alabama, March 29, 2000
Start: 2000-03-29T16:00
End: 2000-03-29T16:20
Location: Alabama

March 29, 2000 · NWS MOB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 waterspout, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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.

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 4 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:57 UTC.

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Event by event

1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.

Waterspout, Mobile

When: March 29, 4:00 PM CST to 4:20 PM CST
Where: Mobile County, Dauphin Is
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 30.685, -88.197 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A supercell thunderstorm produced a large tornado (waterspout) over the waters of the Mississippi Sound which moved east-southeast just offshore of the extreme western tip of Dauphin Island. The west end of the island is uninhabited, and no damage was reported. The tornado (waterspout) then continued moving east-southeast just offshore across the coastal waters of Dauphin Island. Amatuer video shot from the beach near the west end of the island showed the large funnel moving just offshore.

What these are

Waterspout: A tornado over water. One that moves ashore is filed as a tornado from the coastline on.

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, March 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: 5135867.