Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 9, 2001

Name: Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 9, 2001
Start: 2001-07-09T19:00
End: 2001-07-09T19:00
Location: Alabama

July 9, 2001 · NWS BMX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $2,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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.

What forecasters said that day

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 Jul 9, 2:18 PM CST, 4 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 2:18 PM CST, 4 hours 42 minutes before

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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 9, 5:37 PM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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.

Local storm report, Jul 9, 6:52 PM CST, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
752 PM CDT MON JUL 09 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0600 PM    ATHENS                    AL   WIND DAMAGE
07/09/01   LIMESTONE                      NUMEROUS TREES AND
                                          POWERLINES DOWN. ROOF
                                          DAMAGE REPORTED NORTH OF
                                          ATHENS COURTHOUSE.
                                          REPORTED BY LIMESTONE
                                          COUNTY EMA.

0735 PM    GOLDRIDGE                 AL   WIND DAMAGE
07/09/01   CULLMAN                        NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
                                          REPORTED BY CULLMAN
                                          COUNTY EMA.

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:58 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Calhoun

When: July 9, 7:00 PM CST
Where: Calhoun County, Jacksonville
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates: 33.817, -85.767

Trees were knocked down along Roy Webb Road in Jacksonville.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Alabama in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Alabama, July 2001

Sources

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: 5257245.