2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 9, 2:18 PM CST, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 318 PM CDT MON JUL 09 2001 BEST MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY (AS SEEN FROM THETA-E AXIS AND LI AXIS) EXTENDS FROM MIDDLE TENNESSEE SOUTHEAST INTO GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON...AND BEST THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OBSERVED THROUGH THIS CORRIDOR. HOWEVER...EXPECT SOME ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO WEST OF THIS AREA TO OCCUR DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND SPREAD INTO NORTH ALABAMA INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SO SOME POPS WILL BE CARRIED FOR TONIGHT...AND WILL BE INFLUENCED BY RADAR COVERAGE AT TIME OF ISSUANCE. OTHERWISE AS PER PREVIOUS FORECAST PACKAGE BEST MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY APPEARS TO DROP FARTHER SOUTH AND WEST ON TUESDAY...AND WILL REFLECT THIS IN AFTERNOON PACKAGE. HOWEVER...WITH NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND EMBEDDED IMPULSES CONTINUING TO AFFECT FORECAST AREA NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...AND WITH HIGH SURFACE DEWPOINTS AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS REMAINING ACROSS REGION...THINK IT WOULD BE PRUDENT TO KEEP MENTION OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF AREA INTO WEDNESDAY. LOWER SURFACE DEW POINTS BY WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WOULD SUGGEST ONLY WIDELY SCATTERED ACTIVITY THERE BY THAT TIME. FAIRLY NORMAL MID JULY TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...WITH MOST HIGHS 90 TO 95 AND OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S. THIS SHOULD KEEP US BELOW HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA ALTHOUGH MAY STILL NEED HEADLINE FOR HEAT INDICES NEAR 105 SOUTHERN SECTIONS FOR TUESDAY. IN THE EXTENDED...LOOK FOR SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION TO CONTINUE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH SOMEWHAT LOWER POPS AND MAX TEMPS BY THE WEEKEND...ESPECIALLY NORTHERN SECTIONS. HSV 073/093 072/092 4Z322 BHM 074/093 072/093 2323 MGM 074/094 073/093 2433 .BHM...NONE.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
637 PM CDT MON JUL 09 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0550 PM ARDMORE AL WIND DAMAGE
07/09/01 LIMESTONE LIMESTONE EMA REPORTED
NUMEROUS TREES AND
POWERLINES DOWN AS WELL
AS ROOF DAMAGE IN THE
ARDMORE/ELKMONT/SALEM
AREAS.The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:35 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down in the Gold Ridge community. One residence had minor roof damage.
A few power lines were knocked down in Fairview.
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: 5257242, 5257243.