Alabama, 2001

Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 5, 2001

June 5, 2001 · NWS MOB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$10,000
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 Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 5, 2:05 PM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 2:05 PM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
305 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001

AFTER COMPARING ETA/AVN 12Z MODEL RUNS...LOOKS AS IF ETA INITIALIZED
THE BEST WITH REGARD TO PCPN ASSOCIATED WITH NEWLY DEVELOPED
TROPICAL STORM ALLISON OVER THE NWRN GULF.  SATELLITE...MARINE DATA
AND NHC GUIDANCE INDICATES A BROAD SFC LOW HAS DEVELOPED INTO TS
ALLISON OVER THE NWRN GULF.  WHILE 12Z MODELS DO NOT HANDLE THE
PRESSURE FEATURES WELL...NHC GUIDANCE INDICATES THIS SYSTEM TO MOVE
NORTH INTO THE ERN TX/WRN LA AREA TONIGHT.  THIS AGREES WELL WITH
HOW THE ETA HANDLES MOISTURE/PCPN FIELDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
SYSTEM.  BY THU/FRI TIME FRAME...ETA (AND MORE AGRESSIVELY...AVN)
BEGINS TO PULL SOME OF THIS MOISTURE EWRD AS A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY
APPROACHES FROM THE NW AND SETTLES ALONG THE GULF COAST BY 12Z FRI.
AS THIS MOISTURE/PCPN SLOWLY WORKS TOWARD FCST AREA...TIGHT PCPN
GRADIENT DEVELOPS OVER FA.  TONIGHT AND WED...WILL GO WITH HIGHEST
POPS WRN ZONES WITH SUMMER DIURNAL TYPE PATTERN.  BY THU/THU NIGHT
WILL GENERALLY INCREASE TO GOOD CHANCE POPS OVER ENTIRE FA.

EXTENDED...ABOVE MENTIONED FRONTAL BOUNDARY PROJECTED TO HANG UP
ALONG GULF COAST DURING EXTENDED PERIOD...WITH PCPN COVERAGE
GRADUALLY DIMINISHING.

MARINE...AFFECTS OF TS ALLISON EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL W OF MARINE
FCST AREA.  TIGHTEST PRES GRADIENT LOOKS TO REMAIN W OF ZONES AND
SYSTEM PROGGED TO MOVE INLAND THIS EVENING.  SPLIT OUT W ZONES TO
HIGHLIGHT A SCEC...OTHERWISE NO MARINE CONCERNS.

FIRE...NO HIGHLIGHTS.

PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...
MOB 074/085 074/085 072 123435
PNS 075/086 075/085 073 122325
DTS 075/086 075/085 073 122325
GZH 072/087 074/085 069 122335
2R0 073/084 070/085 069 122435
61A 072/087 074/085 069 122335

.MOB...
AL...NONE.
FL...NONE.
MS...NONE.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Covington

When
June 5, 5:00 PM CST to 5:05 PM CST
Where
Covington County, Andalusia
Measured
60 kt (69 mph)
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
31.300, -86.483

High thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines in the community.

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

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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: 5251604.