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High Wind — Tuscaloosa, Alabama

March 12, 2001 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
1
Property damage
$14K
Magnitude
40 E
Area
Tuscaloosa

Event narrative (NOAA)

Saturated ground conditions and winds of 25 to 40 miles an hour caused a large pine tree to fall down. The tree subsequently fell onto an automobile traveling on SR 216 near Brookwood crushing the car and killing a female passenger. The driver, a man, was seriously injured.

Other notable high wind events in Alabama

Montgomery · May 1, 19982 killedColbert · April 8, 20001 killedUpper Baldwin · October 13, 20011 killedLauderdale · March 3, 20231 killedTalladega · March 3, 20231 killedJefferson · September 16, 2004$10.0M

Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

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