Alabama, 2000

Waterspout in Alabama, September 11, 2000

September 11, 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.

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Event by event

1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.

Waterspout, Mobile

When
September 11, 11:20 AM CST to 11:30 AM CST
Where
Mobile County, (Bfm)mobile Brookley
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates
30.685, -88.197 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Air Traffic Controllers in the tower at Brookley Field reported a waterspout east of the airfield over Mobile Bay. The waterspout remained over the bay for a period of about ten minutes, after which it dissipated.

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.

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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: 5156361.