1 flash flood, 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 Aug 10, 6:43 AM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...MESOSCALE UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 743 AM CDT FRI AUG 10 2001 RADAR TRENDS CONTINUE TO SHOW CONVECTION BACK BUILDING OR REDEVELOPING ACROSS THE SAME AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED 2 TO 3 INCHES SINCE 4 AM (PER RADAR ESTIMATES). THIS BACK BUILDING APPEARS TO BE MOVING WESTWARD AND MAY CAUSE FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF MORGAN AND NORTHERN CULLMAN COUNTIES THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THIS WILL CONTINUED TO MONITORED OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ADDITIONAL CONVECTION IS MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE. THIS MAY CAUSE PROBLEMS LATER THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. .BHM...NONE.
ALZ001>050-101500- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 747 AM CDT FRI AUG 10 2001 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. A TROPICAL AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THE STORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL BE FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. ADDITIONALLY...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STORMS. STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR... LOCAL TV AND RADIO...FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS LATER TODAY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several roads throughout the county temporarily had two to three feet of water over them. This flooded several vehicles and made the roads impassable.
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, August 2001
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