Tropical Storm, Butler
- When
- August 6, 4:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Butler forecast zone
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 31.752, -86.680 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tropical Storm in Alabama, August 6, 2001
Tropical storm Barry moved inland on the morning of August 6. An Inland Tropical Storm Wind Warning was in effect as Barry tracked across Covington, Conecuh, Monroe and Wilcox counties between 500 am and noon.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Wind
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS MOB wrote it up.
Tropical storm Barry moved inland on the morning of August 6. An Inland Tropical Storm Wind Warning was in effect as Barry tracked across Covington, Conecuh, Monroe and Wilcox counties between 500 am and noon. Near the center and just to the right of the center, numerous trees and light weight structures were damaged. The counties with the most damage were Covington, Crenshaw and Butler. About one hundred thousand dollars worth of damage occurred in Covington county, where numerous trees were blown down from Florala to Andalusia. Some damage to awnings and light weight structures also occurred in Florala. Trees were blown down across Butler and Crenshaw counties. Minor damage occurred in Conecuh, Monroe and Wilcox counties, with most of that being trees blown down.
What forecasters said that day
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 6, 2:33 AM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 2:33 AM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 333 AM CDT SAT AUG 6 2001 ...CORRECTED TO ADD PRELIM NUMBERS... TROPICAL STORM BARRY IS BARRELING ASHORE NEAR DESTIN FLORIDA. THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER HAS DROPPED ALL HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS WEST OF FORT WALTON BEACH...KEEPING OKALOOSA COUNTY UNDER A TROPICAL STORM WARNING. A TORNADO WATCH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH...AND A TROPICAL STORM HIGH WIND WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE PANHANDLE AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. FOR THIS MORNING...THE THREAT OF TORNADOS AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WILL CONTINUE AS THE STORM MAKES INLAND PROGRESS. THESE THREATS WILL LIKELY DIMINISH AS THE STORM WEAKENS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SO FAR...WINDS IN NEAR 40 MPH WITH GUSTS HIGHER THAN 50 MPH HAVE BEEN NOTICED NEAR VALPARAISO. LOOKING AHEAD TO THE REST OF TONIGHT AND TOMORROW...THE FORECAST CHALLENGE WILL CONTINUE TO BE RAINFALL AMOUNTS. THE OFFICIAL FORECAST TRACK SHOWS THE WEAKENING STORM MOVING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA TOWARD TUSCALOOSA BY TONIGHT. THIS WILL MEAN CONTINUED HEAVY RAINFALL FOR THE ALABAMA COUNTIES CURRENTLY UNDER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH. IN ADDITION...AS THE STORM MOVES NORTH...SOME RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE MOBILE BAY AREA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. HPC PREDICTS RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 6 INCHES ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE FORECAST PATH MAINLY EARLY TODAY OVER THE PANHANDLE WITH 4 TO 5 INCHES OVER INLAND ALABAMA COUNTIES. NOT SEEING THIS MUCH RAIN ON RADAR AND WHAT FEW RAIN GAGES ARE AVAILABLE OVER THE PANHANDLE. AS THE STORM MOVES NORTH...WILL LIKELY DROP THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE PANHANDLE. HPC ESTIMATES AN ADDITIONAL TWO INCHES BASIN WIDE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA PROBABLY EARLY TOMORROW WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER RAINS LIKELY. WOULD EXPECT THE HEAVIEST RAINS TO TAPER OFF EARLY TOMORROW IN OUR NECK OF THE WOODS AS THE STORM MOVES OUT OF THE AREA. WILL KEEP RAIN CHANCES HIGH OVER NORTHEASTERN FORECAST AREA. WILL CUT RAIN CHANCES BACK A BIT OVER AREAS SOUTHWEST OF THE PATH TODAY...DOWN FROM CATEGORICAL TO LIKELY. RIDGE DEVELOPS IN THE WAKE OF BARRY...BRINGING MOIST ONSHORE FLOW ACROSS THE AREA. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK...KEEPING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS A GOOD BET. TEMPS AROUND SEASONAL AVERAGES. MARINE...WINDS AND SEAS SLOWLY SUBSIDING OVER THE AREA TODAY. TIDES STILL RUNNING A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL THIS MORNING. WINDS OVER ALABAMA WATERS FAIRLY LIGHT RIGHT NOW. WILL GO WITH SCA OVER FLORIDA WATERS. CONTINUED ONSHORE FLOW FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WITH DOMINANT RIDGE TO THE EAST. PRELIM... MOB TT 075/ 085/073 085/073 13745 PNS TT 077/ 082/076 086/075 13855 DTS TT 079/ 082/076 086/075 13955 GZH TT 074/ 081/072 085/071 13+66 2R0 TT 073/ 086/073 085/072 13655 61A TT 071/ 085/073 085/070 13+65 .MOB... AL...INLAND HIGH WIND WARNING THIS MORNING ALZ054>060. FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALZ053>060. FL...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FLZ005-006. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY GMZ655-675. MS...NONE.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 tropical storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Tropical Storm, Conecuh
- When
- August 6, 4:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Conecuh forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 31.429, -86.994 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tropical Storm, Covington
- When
- August 6, 4:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Covington forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 31.249, -86.451 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tropical Storm, Crenshaw
- When
- August 6, 4:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Crenshaw forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 31.732, -86.314 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tropical Storm, Monroe
- When
- August 6, 4:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 31.571, -87.365 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tropical Storm, Wilcox
- When
- August 6, 4:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wilcox forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 31.989, -87.308 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Tropical Storm
- A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of 34 to 63 knots (39 to 73 mph).
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Pennsylvania, August 6 to 10, 2001
- Heat in Illinois, August 6 to 9, 2001
- Heat in Michigan, August 6 to 9, 2001
- Heat in Wisconsin, August 6 to 9, 2001
- Heat in Maryland, August 6 to 10, 2001
- Heat in New Jersey, August 6 to 10, 2001
- Heat in Maryland, August 6 to 10, 2001
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Texas, August 6, 2001
- Heat in Texas, August 6, 2001
- Flash Flood in Florida, August 6 to 9, 2001
- Flash Flood in Florida, August 6, 2001
- Flash Flood in Florida, August 6 to 10, 2001
More
Every storm in Alabama in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, August 2001The 2001 hurricane season
Sources
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: 5264857, 5264858, 5264859, 5264860, 5264861, 5264862.