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 11, 1:50 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 250 PM CDT WED APR 11 2001 LOW AND COLD FRONT IN KS/NB APPROACHES NW ALABAMA THURSDAY. WILL PUT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR EXTREME NW AL TONIGHT /WORD AS TOWARD MORNING/. THIS SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA TOMORROW AND FRIDAY...BUT WASHES OUT OR STALLS. AROUND THIS TIME THE BERMUDA HIGH MOVES SOUTH AND WEST INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO /SATURDAY/. THIS WILL INTERACT WITH THE FRONT. EXPECT MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH THE SECOND SYSTEM. AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE STATE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...COULD SEE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINS THURSDAY NIGHT FOR THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. THE TENNESSEE VALLEY IS OUTLOOKED DAY TWO WITH A SLIGHT RISK. WITH NEGATIVE LI/S BASICALLY SURFACE TO 850...WILL LEAVE SEVERE WORDING OUT AT THIS TIME. MAY MENTION SOME STORMS COULD BE STRONG. LATER SHIFTS CAN DECIDE IF SEVERE WORDING IS NEEDED. THhANKS TO BNA FOR COORDINATION. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES ONLY. FCSTR. 80. HSV CE 063/078 060/078 060 -475 BHM EE 064/081 062/082 062 0-42 MGM EE 064/085 065/085 064 0002 .BHM...NONE. 80
ALZ001>038-040>050-121230- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 208 PM CDT WED APR 11 2001 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. WARM AND DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVER MOST OF THE AREA TONIGHT. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT MAY TRIGGER A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EXTREME NORTHWEST PART OF THE STATE IN THE PREDAWN HOURS OF TONIGHT. THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
The afternoon high temperature measured at the Huntsville International Airport was 88 degrees. This temperature established a new 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: 5242155.