1 heat, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 10, 2:00 PM CST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 300 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001 PERSISTENCE WILL BE THE RULE THROUGH MOST OF THE SHORT TERM FORECAST...WITH RAIN CHANCES ENTERING BY THURSDAY N AL. SHARP TROUGH IN THE WEST WILL AMPLIFY THE UPPER RIDGE PARKED IN THE NORTHEAST GULF AND GIVE IT A PUSH EASTWARD IN THE SHORT TERM. UPPER DYNAMICS WITH WESTERN SYSTEM WILL SHUNT WELL NORTH OF THE AREA... BUT A FEW WEAKER SHORT WAVE TROUGHS WILL RIDE ACROSS THE FA IN THE SW FLOW. SURFACE FRONT WILL BE HARD PRESSED TO MAKE MAJOR HEADWAY INTO AL IN THE SHORTER TIME FRAME...BUT MOISTURE AXIS SETS UP NICELY FROM MIDDLE TN TO N LA. MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW SUBSIDENCE INVERSION AND LOW LEVEL INVERSION SETTING UP IN THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD...WITH DRY LAYER MOVING THROUGH THE STATE AT 850MB. ALTHOUGH STRATUS DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT LOOK AS IMPRESSIVE AS PREVIOUS NIGHTS...WILL ONCE AGAIN MENTION WEST AND SOUTH ALONG WITH PATCHY FOG. THEREFORE...PERSISTENCE HIGH TEMPS REMAINING WELL ABOVE NORMAL... WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS QUITE MILD. IN THE EXTENDED...MRF SHOWS MUCH BETTER SOLUTION TODAY FOR THE NUMBERS ADVERTISED YESTERDAY. IT LOOKS LIKE A RETURN TO MORE SEASONAL CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND. PRELIM NUMBERS... HSV BE 063/085 063/081 062 75--1 BHM BB 065/085 065/082 064 75--- MGM BB 064/085 064/085 064 75000= .BHM...NONE.
ALZ001>038-040>050-102115- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 115 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER PATTERN ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH TOMORROW. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL NOT BE NECESSARY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
The afternoon high temperature recorded at the Huntsville International Airport was 89 degrees. This temperature tied the previous record high temperature.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, April 2001
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5241890.