Thunderstorm Wind in Elmore County, Alabama

Thunderstorm Wind March 3, 1999 · Elmore County, Alabama

Wind speed (unit not recorded)

Death

$135K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Strong thunderstorm wind downed numerous trees along CR2 just west of the intersection with SR 143. At that intersection, a number of very large trees were uprooted falling on several mobile homes. A 23-year-old man was killed when one of the trees fell on his mobile home crushing him while he slept. Additional tree damage occurred east of the mobile home park producing a path of damage about 1.7 miles long. Minor roof damage also occurred to several structures west of SR 143 along CR 2.

The wider storm

The second of two thunderstorms that traversed Autauga County left a damage path along SR 14 from the southwest corner of Autauga County to the southeast corner of the county. The thunderstorm moved into southwest part of Elmore County causing damage south of Millbrook where one person was killed when trees fell on several mobile homes.

Began near Millbrook (32.4500, -86.3700).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5687776. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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