1 heat, 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 Feb 8, 3:00 PM CST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 300 PM CST THU FEB 08 2001 FORECAST PACKAGE LARGELY INTACT...WITH WARM-UP...INCREASING MOISTURE...AND WINDS. MOISTURE A TOUCH SLOWER RETURNING THAN ANTICIPATED...SO WILL HAVE TO TWEAK MINS OVER EASTERN PORTIONS DOWN A NOTCH. FRIDAY FORECAST IS THE FOCUS...WITH SQUALL LINE AND FRONT TO PASS THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ETA/NGM CONVERGING TOWARDS SLOWER AVN/GEM SOLUTION...WHICH HAS SHOWN BEST RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY...AND HAS BEEN OUR PREFERENCE. SPC HAS PUT MAJORITY OF THE FORECAST AREA IN SLIGHT RISK. THIS SYSTEM A TOUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE LAST SYSTEM...AS GREATER INSTABILITY...AS OPPOSED TO VIRTUALLY NONE LAST WEEK...IS PRESENT AS THE SYSTEM LIFTS NE AND THE DYNAMICS WEAKEN. NEW 18Z ETA NOT QUITE AS IMPRESSIVE WITH INSTABILITY...HOWEVER...A STRONGER JET AND BETTER DYNAMICS ARE MAINTAINED FARTHER SOUTH. THROUGH IT ALL...BELIEVE SQUALL LINE SHOULD SURVIVE IN THE ENVIRONMENT...WITH THE THREAT OF STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. AS THE SYSTEM MOVES INTO EASTERN PORTIONS...BELIEVE THE DYNAMICS AND INSTABILITY WILL HAVE DECREASED ENOUGH TO REDUCE THE THREAT. COOLING TREND FOLLOWS BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH A MESSY PATTERN OF ISENTROPIC LIFT AND WAVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO THE END OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE HINTS OF SOME DRYING LATE...WILL LEAVE THE BROAD BRUSH OUT FOR NOW. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...TRENDED TOWARDS WARMER MAV FRI...THEN GENERALLY WARMER THAN MOST GUIDANCE INTO EXTENDED. 81 HSV 051/072 040/050 0681 BHM 052/074 043/054 0581 MGM 052/078 051/057 0283 .BHM...NONE.
ALZ001>038-040>050-082300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 130 PM CST THU FEB 08 2001 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT, AND ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL NOT BE NECESSARY. ON FRIDAY...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO ENTER WESTERN ALABAMA DURING THE AFTERNOON, AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT, AND MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA. THERE MAY BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE, MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THEY WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN AFTER SUNSET, AND SHOULD MOVE EAST OF THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. MOST OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD OCCUR OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA BETWEEN 2 PM AND MIDNIGHT. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS, ASSOCIATED WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A SQUALL LINE. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE NECESSARY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
The afternoon high temperature recorded at the Huntsville International Airport was 73 degrees. This temperature established a new daily record high temperature.
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, February 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: 5233681.