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 Aug 28, 1:47 AM CST, 10 hours 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 247 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2001 HARD TO DISAGREE WITH ONGOING FORECAST...NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED IN THE PAST 24 HOURS...THE CONVECTIVE CLUSTER OFF THE UPPER MEXICAN GULF COAST HAS BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED. AN UPPER TROF REMAINS TO THE WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA...KEEPING US IN A DEEP MOIST ENVIRONMENT... PRECIPATABLE WATER VALUES REMAIN AT 2 INCHES OR HIGHER THROUGH AT LEAST THE SHORT TERM. STILL NO SURFACE FOCUS...OTHER THAN SEA BREEZE AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES...BUT THAT IS GENERALLY ENOUGH FIRE POWER FOR NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHEN ATMOSPHERE IS THIS MOIST. A WEAK JET TO THE NORTH OF FORECAST AREA PUTS THE FORECAST AREA CLOSE TO THE RIGHT REAR QUADRANT...BUT MAY BE JUST A BIT TOO FAR NORTH TO AFFECT AREA. PRECIPITATION PATTERN SHOULD BE SAME AS YESTERDAY WITH EARLY MORNING SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS ALONG COASTAL STRIP LAYING DOWN OUTFLOWS FOR LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON CONVECTION. A FEW PLACES ON MONDAY CAUGHT 3 INCHES OR MORE...AT LEAST ACCORDING TO RADAR ESTIMATES...SAME THING POSSIBLE TODAY BUT LIKELY IN DIFFERENT PLACES...MAY ADD LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN TO ZFP TEXT IN SOME PLACES. LOOKS LIKE WE WILL DO IT AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY IF TROPICAL SYSTEM GETS CAUGHT UP IN TROF. EXTENDED...H5 TROF REMAINS TO THE WEST...OVER TEXAS...WITH DEEP LAYER MOISTURE REMAINING OVER THE REGION. WILL KEEP BASICALLY A GOOD CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY THROUGH EXTENDED. FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS AS AREA REMAINS MOIST. MARINE...WINDS AND SEAS TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVEL. PRELIM NUMBERS... MOB TT 088/073 088/074 090 11756 PNS TT 088/074 088/075 089 11756 DTS TT 087/075 088/076 088 11756 GZH TE 088/071 089/072 090 11646 2R0 TT 087/071 089/071 090 11755 61A TT 088/071 089/072 090 11646 .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The National Weather Service office got hit by lightning. Several pieces of electronic equipment were damaged.
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: 5263392.