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 2, 7:40 PM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 740 PM CST FRI MAR 02 2001 QUICK UPDATE TO EVENING PACKAGE TO REMOVE WATCH WORDING. A FEW OTHER MINOR COSMETIC CHANGES MADE. OTHERWISE...PACKAGE LOOKS GOOD FOR TONIGHT...AND HITS TOMORROW HARD. FLOODING WILL BECOME A CONCERN TOMORROW...AS WELL OVER AN INCH HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AL. FOR NOW...THINKING WILL LEAVE ANY STRONGER WORDING TO NIGHT SHIFT UNLESS= NEW RUN HAS COMPELLING INDICATIONS. 81 .BHM...NONE.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
727 PM CST FRI MAR 02 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
630 PM 3SE MONTGOMERY AL TORNADO
03/02/01 MONTGOMERY SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE TO NUMEROUS HOMES.
ONE HOUSE FLAT ON STHE
GROUND.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down and one barn was destroyed in Louisville.
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: 5234645.