Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 4, 2001

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 4, 2001
Start: 2001-06-04T14:30
End: 2001-06-04T14:35
Location: Alabama

June 4, 2001 · NWS BMX · 2 events in 1 county or zone

Dime size hail was reported in southern Elmore County around Wetumpka. A few trees were also blown down in the southern part of the county near Wetumpka.

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The toll

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

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 happened

The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.

Dime size hail was reported in southern Elmore County around Wetumpka. A few trees were also blown down in the southern part of the county near Wetumpka.

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 4, 2:30 PM CST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 2:30 PM CST, 0 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL
330 PM CDT MON JUN 04 2001

AIRMASS WILL REMAIN VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE UNTIL A FRONT MOVES
THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA ON THURSDAY.  UNTIL THEN...WILL GO WITH
RELATIVELY HIGH POPS...ESPECIALLY FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS.  IN THE THE EXTENDED PERIOD WILL CONTINUE A DRY
FORECAST...FOR NOW...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...BEHIND THE FRONT AND
SHORT-WAVE TROUGH.  (70)

HASV 069/084 068/080 065 4646
BHM 070/086 070/082 067 4646
MGM 070/089 070/087 069 4646

.BHM...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 10:30 AM CST, 4 hours before

ALZ001>038-040>050-050000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1130 AM CDT MON JUN 4 2001

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA.

A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE
STATE TODAY. WITH TEMPERATURES RISING TO NEAR 90 DEGREES...SCATTERED
TO OCCASIONALLY NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE
REGION. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE MARGINAL
SIZED HAIL AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. AN AREA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
HAMILTON TO TALLADEGA TO AUBURN SEEM TO HAVE THE GREATEST THREAT OF
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS...WITH THE ENTIRE STATE SUSCEPTIBLE TO
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BECOME
NECESSARY TODAY.

WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL FACTOR:
HUNTSVILLE IS 3,
BIRMINGHAM IS 4,
MONTGOMERY IS 5,

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT IS A WET MICROnBURST
SEE OUR WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BMX

The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Elmore

When: June 4, 2:30 PM CST to 2:35 PM CST
Where: Elmore County, 4 mi S of Wetumpka
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.500, -86.217

Hail, Elmore

When: June 4, 2:30 PM CST to 2:35 PM CST
Where: Elmore County, Wetumpka
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.550, -86.217

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.
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

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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: 5250201, 5250202.