High Wind in Colbert, Alabama

High Wind April 8, 2000 · Colbert, Alabama

Wind speed (unit not recorded)

Death

$5K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Northwest wind gusting to 30 miles an hour caused dangerous waves on Pickwick Lake in extreme western Colbert County. One fishing boat sank with three occupants aboard. A 43 year old man drowned when he could not swim to shore. A Wind Advisory was in effect for northern Alabama.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5139296. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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