High Wind in Alabama, November 24, 2000

Name: High Wind in Alabama, November 24, 2000
Start: 2000-11-24T15:00
End: 2000-11-24T21:00
Location: Alabama

November 24, 2000 · NWS BMX · 13 events in 13 counties and zones

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 13 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $26,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 13

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.

Strong winds developed mainly across the northeast quadrant of the state during the late afternoon and early evening hours of November 24th. A strong ridge of high pressure was located along the mid-Atlantic coast and a developing low pressure system was approaching Alabama from the west. The combination of these two pressure systems caused strong, damaging, gradient winds to develop. Wind speeds during the event were generally 20 to 35 miles an hour, but isolated locations could have experienced damaging wind gusts up to 70 miles an hour. Several trees were blown down in all of the counties, many of these trees knocked down power lines, and a few blocked roadways. Therefore, numerous locations were temporarily without power. A television station in Huntsville reported wind gusts as high as 55 miles an hour. One tree fell on a vehicle in Rosalie and a roof was blown off a mobile home in Section, both in Jackson County.

The radar

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Event by event

13 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Cullman

When: November 24, 3:00 PM CST to 8:30 PM CST
Where: Cullman forecast zone
Measured: 45 kt (52 mph)
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.132, -86.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Madison

When: November 24, 3:30 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
Where: Madison forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.763, -86.550 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Jefferson

When: November 24, 4:30 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
Where: Jefferson forecast zone
Measured: 45 kt (52 mph)
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.554, -86.896 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Dekalb

When: November 24, 5:00 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
Where: Dekalb forecast zone
Measured: 45 kt (52 mph)
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.460, -85.804 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Jackson

When: November 24, 5:00 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
Where: Jackson forecast zone
Measured: 45 kt (52 mph)
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.779, -85.999 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Marshall

When: November 24, 5:00 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
Where: Marshall forecast zone
Measured: 45 kt (52 mph)
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.367, -86.307 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Morgan

When: November 24, 5:00 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
Where: Morgan forecast zone
Measured: 45 kt (52 mph)
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.454, -86.853 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Talladega

When: November 24, 5:00 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
Where: Talladega forecast zone
Measured: 45 kt (52 mph)
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.380, -86.166 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Blount

When: November 24, 5:30 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
Where: Blount forecast zone
Measured: 45 kt (52 mph)
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.981, -86.567 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Calhoun

When: November 24, 5:30 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
Where: Calhoun forecast zone
Measured: 45 kt (52 mph)
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.771, -85.826 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Shelby

When: November 24, 6:00 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
Where: Shelby forecast zone
Measured: 45 kt (52 mph)
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.264, -86.661 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Tuscaloosa

When: November 24, 6:00 PM CST to 6:30 PM CST
Where: Tuscaloosa forecast zone
Measured: 45 kt (52 mph)
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.290, -87.525 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Etowah

When: November 24, 7:00 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
Where: Etowah forecast zone
Measured: 45 kt (52 mph)
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.045, -86.035 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

High Wind: Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or 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: 5162419, 5162424, 5162423, 5162420, 5162422, 5162425, 5162426, 5162428, 5162315, 5162316, 5162427, 5162429, 5162421.