82
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$512K
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Bullock County, Alabama: 82 recorded events between 1964 and 2024. The strongest on record measured 75. That places the county #2,436 nationally and #63 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Bullock County, Alabama: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Bullock County is the 2000s, when 20 of the county's 82 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Bullock County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 55.0% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,436 for this hazard and #63 within Alabama, putting it in the 22.5 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Apr is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Bullock County with 17 recorded events, while Sep is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2024 | GUERRYTON | 50 | $0 |
| Aug 12, 2023 | PEROTE | 52 | $0 |
| Aug 8, 2023 | INVERNESS | 50 | $0 |
| Aug 3, 2023 | MITCHELL | 50 | $0 |
| Jun 14, 2023 | BUGHALL | 55 | $0 |
| Jun 14, 2023 | MIDWAY | 50 | $0 |
| Oct 12, 2022 | UNION SPGS ARPT | 50 | $0 |
| Jun 16, 2022 | BUGHALL | 50 | $0 |
| Jun 16, 2022 | ABERFOIL | 50 | $0 |
| May 22, 2022 | UNION SPGS ARPT | 50 | $0 |
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
A suspected microburst destroyed 5 mobile homes, damaged 3 others, damaged 2 site built homes, destroyed 4 outbuildings, caused a tree to fall on and extensively damage a car, and destroyed 6 quail houses. The damage occurred on Antioch Church Road, about a mile west of AL-51, south of the Midway community in the southeastern portion of Bullock County.
A microburst caused significant damage to The Triple M Quail Farm on CR 14. The wind destroyed three quail houses and damaged another. One tractor sustained damage when the roof of a building landed on it. 8500 quail were killed. The time was estimated.
The main damage was in a broad area between CR 37 and Union Springs, in a swath estimated to be more than 6 miles across at its widest point, and more than 11 miles long. The hardest hit communities included High Log and Cornerstone. Roughly 1000 trees or more were snapped off above the ground in this area, with about 100 trees uprooted. Structural damage was limited to an unsecured outbuilding that was destroyed one mile southeast of Fitzpatrick, and a tree that fell on a mobile home in Cornerstone. Additional damage occurred east of Union Springs, near the intersection of CR 40 and CR 109, as well as along SR 51 between Sehoy Lake and the Macon County line.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Bullock County, Alabama?
82 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Bullock County between 1964 and 2024, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Bullock County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Bullock County measured 75.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Bullock County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Thunderstorm Wind in Bullock County, Alabama.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/alabama/bullock-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.