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Strong Wind — Colbert, Alabama

May 11, 2008 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
1
Property damage
$25K
Magnitude
35 MG
Area
Colbert

Event narrative (NOAA)

Strong gradient winds caused a large tree limb to fall 70 feet onto a truck carrying two people (including the driver) and traveling along 6th Street in Tuscumbia on May 11th at 10 am. Tragically, Daryl Sizemore was killed and his brother were injured when this occured.

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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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