3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 19, 9:00 AM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECT MARINE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
900 AM EST FRI JAN 19 2001
PRE-FRONTAL CONVECTION WITH THE DEVELOPING SFC LOW IS QUITE A BIT
FURTHER EAST AT THIS TIME THAN WAS EXPECTED YESTERDAY...WITH ONE
FAIRLY STRONG STORM ALREADY MOVING INTO OKALOOSA AND WALTON
COUNTIES. THE BACK EDGE OF THE SQUALL LINE IS ALREADY AT THE MS/AL
BORDER AND IS MAKING STEADY PROGRESS TO THE EAST. CURRENT ZONES LOOK
IN GOOD SHAPE...WILL MAKE MINOR TWEAKS TO REMOVE MORNING/AFTERNOON
WORDING. OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...SCA CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO THE
WEST...AND SHOULD RAPIDLY REACH SCA CONDITIONS TO THE EAST IN THE
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...SO WILL GO AHEAD AND UPGRADE THE SCEC.
.TLH...
AL...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 11 AM CST.
GA...NONE.
FL...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALL PANHANDLE ZONES EXCEPT GULF
AND CALHOUN UNTIL 11 AM CST.
SCA ALL LEGS.
GOULDALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ750- 755-770-775-191400- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 600 AM EST FRI JAN 19 2001 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND TODAY. THIS DOES INCLUDE THE CITIES OF TALLAHASSEE AND PANAMA CITY IN NORTH FLORIDA...DOTHAN ALABAMA...ALBANY AND VALDOSTA GEORGIA. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. A SLIGHT RISK OF SOME SEVERE STORMS IS EXPECTED...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON...EVENING... AND TO MIDNIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT OF ANY SEVERE STORM APPEARS TO BE DAMAGING WINDS. THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES IS LOW. RESIDENTS ACROSS THE AREA SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER TODAY FOR LATER FORECASTS AND UPDATES. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATER TODAY. OTHERWISE...SOME PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL BE SEEN THIS MORNING OVER MANY LOCATIONS AND MOTORIST SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING INTO AREAS WITH DENSE FOG. ALSO...STRONG WINDS WILL BE FOUND OVER THE COASTAL WATERS TODAY AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...AND A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM DESTIN TO APALACHICOLA. SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION EAST OF APALACHICOLA TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER. AN ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH TODAY AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATIXON FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...SEE OUR TALLAHASSEE WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TLH OR TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. MCT
ALZ065>069-FLZ007>012-GMZ750-770-191700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 645 AM EST FRI JAN 19 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...AND PARTS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM CST (1200 PM EST) THIS DOES INCLUDE THE CITIES OF PANAMA CITY IN NORTH FLORIDA AND DOTHAN IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN ALABAMA...COFFEE...GENEVA...DALE...HENRY...AND HOUSTON. IN FLORIDA...WALTON...WASHINGTON...BAY...JACKSON...AND HOLMES AND THE COASTAL WATERS OFF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT TO THE WEST WILL DEVELOP SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE MAIN THREAT OF ANY SEVERE STORM APPEARS TO BE DAMAGING WINDS. THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES IS LOW. RESIDENTS ACROSS THE AREA SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER TODAY FOR LATER FORECASTS AND UPDATES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE STORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...SEE OUR TALLAHASSEE WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TLH OR TU^NE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. MCT
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees down across county roads. Reported by the Dale County EMA.
Roof damage to 30 homes and eight mobile homes, 15 cars damaged, a high school's roof and wall toppled, roof damage to a water treatment plant, and numerous trees and power lines down. Reported by the Geneva County EMA.
Several trees down. Reported by the Henry County EMA.
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, January 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: 5228487, 5228488, 5228489.