Alabama, 2001

Hail in Alabama, June 4, 2001

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

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Marine and coastal
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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 4, 2:30 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 2:30 PM CST, 2 hours 25 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

Local storm report, Jun 4, 4:06 PM CST, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
506 PM CDT MON JUN 04 2001

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

230 PM     MURBURY                   AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/04/01   AUTAUGA                        POST OFFICE REPORTED A
                                          FEW TREES DOWN IN
                                          MURBURY.

310 PM     PRATTVILLE                AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/04/01   AUTAUGA                        S.O. REPORTED TREES DOWN
                                          AT CR 57&10, CR 19 JUST
                                          NORTH OF HWY 14. POWER
                                          LINES DOWN ON CR 47.

330 PM     WETUMPKA                  AL   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/04/01   ELMORE                         SPOTTER REPORTED DIME
                                          SIZED HAIL.

335 PM     WETUMPKA                  AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/04/01   ELMORE                         HAM REPORTED A FEW TREES
                                          DOWN NEAR WETUMPKA.

350 PM     13NE WETUMPKA             AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/04/01   ELMORE                         EMA REPORTED A FEW TREES
                                          DOWN IN NE PORTION OF
                                          COUNTY.

440 PM     GUIN                      AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/04/01  T MARION                         A COUPLE TREES DOWN IN
                                          GUIN. REPORTED BY GUIN
                                          P.D.

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:52 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Madison

When
June 4, 4:55 PM CST
Where
Madison County, Hazel Green
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
34.933, -86.583

Quarter size hail was reported in Hazel Green.

What these are

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

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

The same day elsewhere

More

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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: 5250099.