Alabama, 2001

Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 19, 2001

June 19, 2001 · NWS TAE · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
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  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$5,000
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 Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 19, 1:43 PM EST, 3 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 1:43 PM EST, 3 hours 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
243 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2001

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
235 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2001

WILL HAVE TO KEEP THIS BRIEF AS WE HAVE HAD AWIPS PROBLEMS AND JUST
RECEIVED (18Z) LATEST FWC NUMERICAL GUIDANCE. HAVE YET TO SEE LATEST
MAV OR FAN.

SO FAR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ALONG SEA BREEZE NOT AS ACTIVE AS
EXPECTED. BULK OF STORMS CURRENTLY OVER MOBILE'S CWA.

MODELS/ZFP: MODELS SHOW WEAK PRESSURE PATTERN ALOFT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY...TRANSITIONING TO A DIGGING TROUGH ON THURSDAY AS A
RIDGE BUILDS OUT WEST. AT THE SURFACE...HIGH OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC
STATES MOVES EAST WITH WEAKENING RIDGE CONTINUING TO EXTEND ACROSS
THE SOUTHEAST STATES THROUGH THURSDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH
FROM THE NORTHWEST ON FRIDAY AND PUSH ACROSS THE CWA DURING THE DAY
ON SATURDAY. WILL BASE POPS SOLELY ON SEA BREEZE CLIMATOLOGY. FOR
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WE WILL HAVE A REGIME 4 (W-SW 1000-700MB MEAN
FLOW < 10 KT). WILL CONTINUE WITH CHANCE POPS ALL ZONES DURING
"DAYTIME" PERIODS AND SLIGHT CHANCE "EVENINGS". TEMPS WILL CONTINUE
NEAR CLIMO.

MARINE - WINDS ARE GOING TO BE TRICKY AS MODELS DIVERGE ON DIRECTION
WITH WEAK PRESSURE PATTERN OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF. TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY...WINDS SHOULD BE FROM THE EAST TO SOUTH QUADRANT...
OTHERWISE WILL USE "VARIABLE" WORDING. SPEEDS WILL BE 10 KNOTS OR
LESS...EXCEPT HIGHER NEAR THE COAST WITH THE SEA BREEZE. ON
THURSDAY...WINDS SHOULD VEER TO THE SOUTHWEST AND INCREASE SLIGHTLY
AHEAD OF APPROACHING COLD FRONT.

FIRE WEATHER - NO WATCHES OR WARNINGS PLANNED.

PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...
TLH 069/091 068/091 2424
PFN 071/086 073/087 2424
DHN 069/089 070/090 2424
ABY 068/089 070/090 2424
VLD 070/090 070/091 2424

.TLH...
AL...NONE.
GA...NONE.
FL...NONE.

BARRY

The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Coffee

When
June 19, 5:30 PM EST
Where
Coffee County, Enterprise
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
31.317, -85.850

Numerous trees and power lines down. Reported by the Coffee County EMA.

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.

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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: 5251138.