1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 4, 9:36 AM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL
1036 AM CDT WED APR 04 2001
UPDATE IN THE WORKS...TO REFLECT LATEST WATCH ISSUED BY SPC. ALSO...
WILL BE PARING DOWN FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA TO COINCIDE MORE
WITH THE WATCH. UPDATE OUT ASAP.
.BHM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA.ALZ001>038-040>050-051530- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 725 AM CDT WED APR 04 2001 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED MUCH OF NORTHWEST...AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH...UNTIL 11 AM THIS MORNING. THIS WATCH INCLUDES AREAS WEST OF A ROGERSVILLE...TO BIRMINGHAM...TO PRATTVILLE LINE. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE LARGE HAIL...AND THE GREATEST THREAT TIME WILL BE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
757 AM CDT WED APR 04 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
550 AM 1S FAYETTE AL 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/04/01 FAYETTE EMA REPORTED DIME SIZED
HAIL.
730 AM COTTONDALE AL 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/04/01 TUSCALOOSA EMA REPORTED QUARTER
SIZED HAIL.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1223 PM CDT WED APR 04 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0845 AM 12E MOUNDVILLE AL 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/04/01 HALE
850 AM EMELLE AL 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/04/01 SUMTER
1155 AM PICKENSVILLE AL 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/04/01 PICKENS
1217 PM CARROLLTON AL 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/04/01 PICKENS
1220 PM REFORM AL 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/04/01 PICKENSThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several roads were flooded throughout the county and some water entered buildings. Many motorists were stranded in the high water and had to be rescued. Several automobiles were flooded in Decatur.
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: 5242395.