High Wind in Upper Mobile, Alabama

High Wind January 27, 1996 · Upper Mobile, Alabama

Wind speed (unit not recorded)

$150K

Damage as recorded

The wider storm

A NURSERY IN WILMER SUFFERED MAJOR DAMAGE AS A COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA. A 150 FOOT LONG PIECE OF GLASS ON THE BUILDING AND PART OF A WALL FELL. SIXTEEN PLASTIC HOUSES WERE ALSO DAMAGED. IT APPEARS THE BUILDING AND THE PLASTIC HOUSES WERE DAMAGED FROM THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER THAT DAY. WHEN THE FRONT CAME THROUGH THE WINDS WERE BLOWING FROM THE NORTHWEST AND CAUSED PART OF THE BUILDING TO COLLAPSE.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5537372. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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