1 lightning, 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 Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 3, 8:03 PM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 903 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2001 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES CONTINUE OVER PART OF THE FORECAST AREA. WILL BEGIN TO CUT BACK ON WATCH FROM THE WEST WITH ZONE ISSUANCE. STORMS ARE HAVE BEEN BORDERLINE SEVERE LAST FEW HOURS WITH 88D INDICATING SOME HEAVY RAIN IN PLACES. A FEW CALLS AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD INDICATE NO FLOODING YET SO MAY BE SOME HAIL CONTAMINATION. WILL ADJUST FORECAST FOR WORDING AND RADAR TRENDS...REMAINDER OF FORECAST UNCHANGED./11 .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
ALZ051-MSZ067-076-040245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 929 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2001 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH...IN MISSISSIPPI...WAYNE AND GREENE COUNTY AND IN ALABAMA... CHOCTAW COUNTY ALABAMA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE ABOVE COUNTIES. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES REMAIN IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1100 PM...MARENGO...CLARK...WASHINGTON...WILCOX...MONROE... CONECUH...BUTLER...CRENSHAW AND COVINGTON COUNTIES IN ALABAMA.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck an abandoned house and caught it on fire. The fire destroyed part of the house before firefighters could extinguish the blaze. No one was injured.
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
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