1 funnel cloud, 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 Jul 8, 2:45 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 345 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2001 CONTINUE TO SEE LITTLE CHANGE IN THE FCST ATTM...AS THE MID/UPPER RIDGE PROGGED TO REMAIN ANCHORED OVER OK/KS AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. EXPECT CONVECTION TO CONTINUE TO FIRE AROUND THE ERN AND SRN PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE...AIDED BY A SERIES OF WEAK SHORTWAVES SWINGING S ACROSS THE REGION. ANY OF THESE WEAK IMPULSES RIDING DOWN THE ERN SIDE OF THE RIDGE WILL INTERACT WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS (3000+ CAPES & 1.5+ PW'S) TO PRODUCE AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTN/EVNG TSTMS THRU TUE. FWC/MAV STILL SUGGESTING AN INCREASE IN CONVECTION COVERAGE MON-TUE...BUT GUIDANCE NUMBERS REMAIN RATHER DIVERGENT. CAN'T REALLY FIGURE ON PCPN INCREASE MONDAY...AS MID/UPPER RIDGE REMAINS RELATIVELY UNCHANGED OVER FA. ON TUESDAY HOWEVER...RIDGE WEAKENS SLIGHTLY...AND SLIGHT INCREASE IN POPS SEEMS REASONABLE CONSIDERING CONTINUED AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND A WEAK SFC BOUNDARY MOVG INTO THE SE STATES. OTHERWISE...AFTN HIGHS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH INTO THE MID 90S (PRODUCING HEAT INDICES OF 105-110) WHILE LOWS HOLD IN THE MID 70S. IN THE EXTENDED...THE WEAK FRONT/BOUNDARY THAT WILL MOVE INTO THE SE STATES ON TUESDAY IS PROGD TO PUSH INTO FA BY WED. MOST OF THE ASSOCIATED DYNAMICS WILL REMAIN WELL E AND N OF FA...SO BOUNDARY WILL MOST LIKELY HANG UP OVER GULF COAST REGION THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. WITH BOUNDARY IN THE AREA...CHANCE POPS STILL LOOK ON TRACK FOR MID AND LATE PART OF THE WEEK. MARINE/FIRE...NO CONCERNS...AS CRITERIA FOR BOTH FCST REMAINING BELOW NECESSARY LIMITS THROUGH PERIOD. **UPDATE...HAVE OPTED TO INCREASE ALONG IMMEDIATE COASTAL ZONES THIS EVENING TO SCATTERED AS NLY FLOW INTERACTING WITH SEA BREEZE...THUS ALLOWING FOR A LITTLE MORE PCPN COVERAGE NEAR THE COAST. WILL ALSO OPT FOR SCATTERED POPS SAME COASTAL ZONES TOMORROW AFTERNOON FOR SAME REASONS. ALSO NOTICED BOTCHED UP POPS IN PRELIM NUMBERS...WILL CORRECT AND ADJUST FOR ABOVE SCENARIO. PRELIM NUMBERS... MOB BB 074/094 075/093 075 12332 PNS BB 076/092 077/092 077 12332 DTS BB 077/090 077/089 077 12332 GZH BB 074/095 075/094 074 12121 2R0 BB 073/096 073/095 074 12121 61A BB 074/095 075/094 074 12121 .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A spotter followed a funnel cloud along US Highway 43 from near McIntosh to Sunflower. The funnel never touched down and no damage was found.
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, July 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: 5259556.