1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Mar 15, 2:48 AM CST, 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 248 AM CST THU MAR 15 2001 HAVING A BUSY SHIFT WITH SVR WX...COMMS PROBLEMS AND SOME RADAR PROBLEMS SO I WILL BE VERY BRIEF. SFC LOW WILL PULL NE OF THE AREA THIS MORNING. LATEST RADAR LOOPS SHOW SOME WRAP AROUND MSTR MOVING ACROSS THE NRN HALF OF THE AREA. WILL MAKE A FINAL DECISION ON POPS JUST BFR RELEASE TIME BASED ON LATEST RADAR. SECONDARY S/WV WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NRN HALF OF THE AREA LATER TONIGHT AND MAY TRIGGER SOME SCT SHWRS SO WILL GO WITH MAINLY CHC POPS ACRS THE EXTREME N AND SLGT CHC CNTRL. MUCH DRIER AIR SPREADS INTO THE AREA ON FRIDAY. STAYED CLOSE TO THE FWC TEMPS. HSV 60/45/58/34 6410 BHM 64/45/60/34 4210 MGM 68/48/65/39 31-0 .BHM...NONE.
ALZ030>033-040>050-150900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA 1249 AM CST THU MAR 15 2001 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 66... DALLAS...GREENE...HALE...PERRY...SUMTER... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES REMAIN IN TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 66 WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM... AUTAUGA...BARBOUR...BULLOCK...ELMORE...LEE... LOWNDES...MACON...MONTGOMERY...PIKE...RUSSELL...
ALZ042>050-151300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA 313 AM CST THU MAR 15 2001 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67... BARBOUR...BULLOCK...ELMORE...LEE...LOWNDES... MACON...MONTGOMERY...PIKE...RUSSELL...
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down on Old US 431 near Phenix City.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, March 2001
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: 5236740.