Thunderstorm Wind — St. Clair, Alabama
July 4, 1995 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
3
Direct injuries
4
Property damage
$23K
Magnitude
40
Area
St. Clair
Event narrative (NOAA)
A strong wind gust with a thunderstorm collapsed a boat house under construction killing three people and injuring four others who had sought shelter. Eight people boating on Neely Henry Lake sought shelter in a partially completed boat house on the St. Clair shore of the lake. The people were injured and killed when the boat house roof collapsed during the wind gust. (F29O, F06O, M04O)
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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.