1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 12, 9:55 AM CST, 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1055 AM CDT SUN AUG 12 2001 FORECAST LOOKS PRETTY GOOD MOST PLACES. RAIN IS JUST WEST OF MOBILE REGIONAL AND SHOULD DRIFT TOWARD THE POPULATED AREAS THROUGH THE NEXT FEW HOURS. MAY LOWER POPS OVER NORTHERN ALABAMA COUTIES WHERE CONVECTION HAS YET TO START. /11 .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-131130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 630 AM CDT SUN AUG 12 2001 OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE DAY DUE TO A COMBINATION OF WEAK MID LEVEL DISTURBANCES PASSING OVERHEAD AND CONVERGENCE ALONG EXISTING SURFACE BOUNDARIES. DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH NO WIDESPREAD FLOODING THREAT IS EXPECTED...AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR OVER SATURATED AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI OR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA WILL REQUIRE EITHER A FLASH FLOOD WARNING OR ADVISORY. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL TAPER OFF LATE IN THE EVENING...HOWEVER SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL REMAIN OVERNIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AND ACTIVATION OF SEVERE STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL NOT BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MOB.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Very slow moving thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall, which resulted in some flash flooding in parts of the west and midtown areas of the city. Several streets and roadways in the area were briefly flooded, including parts of Airport Blvd, Telegraph Road and Government Street.
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
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: 5263609.