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Event Details
| Event | Thunderstorm Wind |
| Magnitude | 52 kts. |
| State | ALABAMA |
| County/Area | COLBERT |
| WFO | HUN |
| Begin Date | 05/24/2010 14:45:00 CST-6 |
| Begin Range | 1 |
| Begin Azimuth | NW |
| Begin Location | BARTON |
| Begin Lat/Lon | 34.74/-87.89 |
| End Date | 05/24/2010 14:50:00 CST-6 |
| Deaths Direct/Indirect | 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...) |
| Injuries Direct/Indirect | 0/0 |
| Property Damage | 1.50K |
| Crop Damage | 0.00K |
| Episode Narrative | Thunderstorms erupted across northwest Alabama during the mid afternoon hours in an unstable environment with weak wind shear. Additional activity developed during the early evening hours in northeast Alabama which propagated south-southwest through north central Alabama. Some of the storms produced localized damaging winds and up to quarter sized hail. Local flash flooding also occurred in the community of Cherokee in Colbert County, where over 2 inches of rain fell within 30 to 45 minutes. |
| Event Narrative | A 27 foot tall tree was knocked down in Barton. |
All events for this episode:
| Location | County/Zone | St. | Date | Time | T.Z. | Type | Mag | Dth | Inj | PrD | CrD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 32.20K | 0.00K | |||||||
| ST FLORIAN | LAUDERDALE CO. | AL | 05/24/2010 | 13:53 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 52 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 2.00K | 0.00K |
| WRIGHT | LAUDERDALE CO. | AL | 05/24/2010 | 14:27 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 52 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 5.00K | 0.00K |
| CHEROKEE | COLBERT CO. | AL | 05/24/2010 | 14:32 | CST-6 | Hail | 1.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| CHEROKEE | COLBERT CO. | AL | 05/24/2010 | 14:45 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 52 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 1.00K | 0.00K |
| BARTON | COLBERT CO. | AL | 05/24/2010 | 14:45 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 52 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 1.50K | 0.00K |
| CHEROKEE | COLBERT CO. | AL | 05/24/2010 | 15:10 | CST-6 | Flash Flood | 0 | 0 | 20.00K | 0.00K | |
| HOLLYTREE | JACKSON CO. | AL | 05/24/2010 | 17:05 | CST-6 | Hail | 0.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| HOLLYTREE | JACKSON CO. | AL | 05/24/2010 | 17:05 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 52 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 0.50K | 0.00K |
| ODEN RIDGE | MORGAN CO. | AL | 05/24/2010 | 19:00 | CST-6 | Hail | 0.88 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| CULLMAN | CULLMAN CO. | AL | 05/24/2010 | 19:01 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 52 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 2.00K | 0.00K |
| GOOD HOPE | CULLMAN CO. | AL | 05/24/2010 | 19:06 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 43 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 0.20K | 0.00K |
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 32.20K | 0.00K |
