Alabama, 2025Damaging Winds in Alabama, September 3, 2025
September 3, 2025 · NWS BMX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
Thunderstorm activity moving east-southeastward across southwestern parts of Central Alabama resulted in a couple areas of wind damage in Sumter and Marengo counties.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $500
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Thunderstorm activity moving east-southeastward across southwestern parts of Central Alabama resulted in a couple areas of wind damage in Sumter and Marengo counties.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 2, 4:38 PM CST, 21 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 2, 4:38 PM CST, 21 hours 28 minutes before
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</html>Thunderstorm Wind, Sumter
- When
- September 3, 2:06 PM CST to 2:08 PM CST
- Where
- Sumter County, 0.42 mi S of Hamner
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- Fire Department/Rescue
- Coordinates
- 32.744, -88.270
A few trees were downed in areas just east of Highway 17 near Emelle.
Thunderstorm Wind, Marengo
- When
- September 3, 3:21 PM CST to 3:24 PM CST
- Where
- Marengo County, 3.42 mi SSW of Shortleaf
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 32.478, -87.880
Social media report of a golf cart retailer southwest of Demopolis that had metal roofing blown off and a power line downed. Other reports of a few downed trees in the vicinity of Demopolis were documented as well.
- 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.
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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: 1285444, 1285497.