Thunderstorm Wind — Walker, Alabama
2014-10-13 · near Burnwell, Walker, Alabama
1
Direct deaths
1
Injuries
50 EG
Magnitude
Event narrative
Elderly woman killed when a tree fell on a mobile home located on Creel Street in the town of Dora.
Wider weather episode
A very dynamic upper level short wave trough moved through the Lower Mississippi Valley region and produced widespread severe weather across central Alabama. Two rounds of severe weather impacted the region. Severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon heating with another round of severe thunderstorms along a slow moving QLCS.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 545622. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.