1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Jan 29, 3:14 PM CST, 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 314 PM CST MON JAN 29 2001 LINE OF STORMS WILL HAVE ADVANCED WELL INTO THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE AREA BY THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS AND THEN THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA BY 7-8 PM WITH THE BACK EDGE OF THE OVERRUNNING PRECIPITATION SHIELD LATER CLEARING THE AREA BEFORE MIDNIGHT. THE COLD FRONT AND CLEARING PROGRESSES INTO THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING...AND THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. WITH THE GRADIENT RELAXING...WILL HOLD OFF ON EXTENDING THE WIND ADVISORY AND GO WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS FOR TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL MEANWHILE PUSH WELL OFFSHORE...LEAVING A STALLED FRONT ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER OF THE GULF. THE LARGE DEEP LOW OVER IA LUMBERS EASTWARD ON TUESDAY AND THEN OPENS UP AND ACCELERATES EASTWARD TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AS THE H5 LOW OPENS UP...THE TRAILING MID LEVEL TROF STRENGTHENS ON THURSDAY AND SINKS SOUTHWARD IN RESPONSE TO A SHARP RIDGE ADVANCING INTO THE WESTERN STATES. THE SURFACE LOW THAT HAS BEEN PROGGED TO DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN GULF FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS FINALLY APPEARS IN RESPONSE TO THIS SYSTEM...AND MOVES AS A SURFACE WAVE ON THE OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLED OVER THE NORTHERN GULF. THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BRING SCATTERED PRECIPITATION TO THE FORECAST AREA ON WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BUT DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTIES WITH THIS SYSTEM...WILL LEAVE THE MENTION OF PRECIP IN FOR THURSDAY FOR NOW. FOR FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS AS AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. FOR THE MARINE AREA...WILL CONTINUE THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES AS SOUTHWEST WINDS NEAR 25 KNOTS BECOME WEST TONIGHT AND SUBSIDE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... MOB UC 049/070 050/065 043 2980235 PNS UC 051/069 051/066 046 29+0135 DTS UC 055/067 055/066 050 29+0135 GZH UC 048/069 047/065 043 29+0135P 2R0 UE 044/067 043/063 040 2980123 61A UE 045/068 045/064 041 2980134 .MOB... AL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT ALZ630-650-670. FL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT FLZ655-675. MS...NONE.
ALZ051-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-292215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 335 PM CST MON JAN 29 2001 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND CHOCTAW COUNTY ALABAMA HAS BEEN CANCELED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WAYNE...PERRY...GREENE...STONE AND GEORGE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA HAS BEEN CANCELED. ALTHOUGH SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND CHOCTAW COUNTY ALABAMA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED OVER THE AREA AT THIS TIME. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM FOR THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF BUTLER... CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW...ESCAMBIA...MONROE...WILCOX... CLARKE...MOBILE...BALDWIN...WASHINGTON AND MARENGO COUNTIES...AND ESCAMBIA...OKALOOSA...AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHgOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...REFER TO THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MOB.
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 137 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:38 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down along State Road 69 as thunderstorms moved through the area.
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: 5228042.