Name: Hail in Alabama, June 26, 2001
Start: 2001-06-26T15:15
End: 2001-06-26T15:15
Location: Alabama

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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 Jun 26, 2:11 PM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 2:11 PM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL
203 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2001

UPPER LOW OVER WRN KY THIS AFTN WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT SLOLY WWD
DURG THE NXT CUPL OF DAYS...THEN STALL OUT OVER AR/MO TOWARD THE
WEEKEND.  ENTIRE FA WILL BE FAIRLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE...AND ITS
LIKELY THAT DAILY FOCI OF CONVECTION WILL BE GOVERNED BY LOCATIONS
OF MORNING CLOUDY/CLEAR AREAS AND OTHER MESOSCALE FEATURES WHICH
ARE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO PINPOINT THIS FAR OUT.  IN GENERAL...WILL
KEEP CHC POPS IN EFFECT THRU THURS...WITH HIGHEST POPS IN NW AL WED
WHERE INSTABILITY/LAPSE RATES WILL REMAIN A BIT GREATER.  SCATTERED
DIURNAL CONVECTION APPEARS THE RULE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND EARLY
PART OF NEXT WEEK AS WELL.

TEMP GUIDANCE LOOKS GOOD AND WAS ACCEPTED WITH MINOR ADJUSTMENTS.
66

FIRST PD POPS SUBJECT TO CHANGE PRIOR TO RELEASE...

HSV BB 064/085 066/087 067 66542
BHM BB 065/087 067/087 068 66232
MGM BB 066/090 069/089 069 66132=

.BHM...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 10:00 AM CST, 5 hours 15 minutes before

ALZ001>038-040>050-262300-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1100 AM CDT TUE JUN 26 2001

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA.

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW...JUST TO THE NORTH OF ALABAMA...WILL CONTINUE TO
BE THE MAIN WEATHER MAKER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE ATMOSPHERE
HAS MOISTENED UP FROM YESTERDAY AND BECOME MORE UNSTABLE...AS
UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR ALOFT HAS SPREAD OVER THE FORECAST AREA.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE
NORTHERN HALF OF ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH LESSER
COVERAGE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE IN THE FORM OF LARGE HAIL...WITH SOME
DAMAGING WIND POSSIBLE. ALSO...THESE STORMS WILL GENERALLY MOVE
EASTWARD AT LESS THAN 10 MPH...THUS BRINGING THE THREAT OF HEAVY
RAINFALL AND FLOODING WITH THE LARGER THUNDERSTORMS.

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMA OFFICIALS OVER THE NORTHERN HALF
OF THE FORECAST AREA SHOULD REMAIN ABREAST OF DEVELOPING WEATHER
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION...AND BE
ESPECIALLY PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL WITH A FEW OF
THE THUNDERSTORMS.

WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL FACTOR:
HUNTSVILLE IS 3,
BIRMINGHAM IS 3,
MONTGOMERY IS 2,

1 BEING THE LOWEST...AND 5 THE HIGHEST THREAT.

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND A UDESCRIPTION OF WHAT IS A WET MICROBURST,
SEE OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BMX/HWO.HTML.

Local storm report, Jun 26, 1:09 PM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
209 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2001

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

0150 PM    KIMBERLY                  AL   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/26/01   JEFFERSON                      KIMBERLY PD REPORTED DIME
                                          HAIL AT THE CITY HALL.

0155 PM    MOULTON                   AL   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/26/01   LAWRENCE                       PUBLIC REPORTED DIME HAIL
                                          IN CITY.

Local storm report, Jun 26, 3:06 PM CST, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
406 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2001

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

0155 PM MOULTON AL 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/26/01 LAWRENCE DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
IN MOULTON.

0150 PM KIMBERLY AL 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/26/01 JEFFERSON DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
IN KIMBERLY.

0213 PM ATHENS AL 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/26/01 LIMESTONE DIME SIZE HAIL OBSERVED 4
MILES NORTH OF ATHENS.

0325 PM ARAB AL 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/26/01 MARSHALL GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS
OBSERVED JUST NORTH OF
ARAB IN THE RUTH
COMMUNITY.

0350 PM FLORENCE AL 0.88 INCH HAIL
06/26/01 LAUDERDALE DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
WAS REPORTED JUST NORTH
OF FLORENCE.

0355 PM HARTSELLE AL WIND DAMAGE
06/26/01 MORGAN TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN
HARTSELLE AND HAIL OF
UNKNOWN SIZE FELL.

0300 PM LESTER AL 0.88 INCH HAIL
06/26/01 LIMESTONE DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
COVERED THE GROUND UP TO
A DEPTH OF 20 INCHES.

0405 PM LACEYS SPRING AL 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/26/01 MORGAN QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN LACEYS
SPRING.

0350 PM ODENVILLE AL 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/26/01 ST. CLAIR NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE
HAIL COVERED THE GROUND
IN ODENVILLE. DIME SIZE FELL ALONG HIGHWAY 411.

Local storm report, Jun 26, 3:14 PM CST, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT..CORRECTED TIME ORDER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
414 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2001

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

0150 PM    KIMBERLY                  AL   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/26/01   JEFFERSON                      DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          IN KIMBERLY.

0155 PM    MOULTON                   AL   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/26/01   LAWRENCE                       DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          IN MOULTON.

0213 PM    ATHENS                    AL   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/26/01   LIMESTONE                      DIME SIZE HAIL OBSERVED 4
                                          MILES NORTH OF ATHENS.

0300 PM    LESTER                    AL   0.88 INCH HAIL
06/26/01   LIMESTONE                      DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
                                          COVERED THE GROUND UP TO
                                          A DEPTH OF 20 INCHES.

0325 PM    ARAB                      AL   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/26/01   MARSHALL                       GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS
                                          OBSERVED JUST NORTH OF
                                          ARAB IN THE RUTH
                                          COMMUNITY.

0350 PM    FLORENCE                  AL   0.88 INCH HAIL
06/26/01   LAUDERDALE                     DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
                                          WAS REPORTED JUST NORTH
                                          OF FLORENCE.

0350 PM    ODENVILLE                 AL   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/26/01   ST. CLAIR                      NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE
                                          HAIL COVERED THE GROUND
                                          IN ODENVILLE.

0355 PM    HARTSELLE                 AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/26/01   MORGAN                         TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN
                                          HARTSELLE AND HAIL OF
                                          UNKNOWN SIZE FELL.

0405 PM    LACEYS SPRINGS            AL   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/26/01   MORGAN                         QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS
                                          REPORTED IN LACEYS
                                          SPRING.

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:13 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Madison

When: June 26, 3:15 PM CST
Where: Madison County, 10 mi S of Huntsville
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.583, -86.617

Dime size hail was observed 10 miles south of Huntsville.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Alabama in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Alabama, June 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: 5251746.