1 extreme cold/wind chill, 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 28, 3:00 AM CST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 300 AM CST WED MAR 28 2001 SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED NE OF THE CWA WILL SLIDE OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST INTO THU AS INVERTED TROUGH DEVELOPS FROM THE CENTRAL GULF INTO MS. LOW PRESSURE WILL FORM AND RIDE ACROSS AL THU. VERY DRY AIRMASS AT THE SURFACE WITH DEW POINTS RUNNING IN THE TEENS ATTM. ISENTROPIC LIFT AT 295-300K WILL KICK IN AS WE GO THROUGH THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. IT SHOULD TAKE A PERIOD OF VIRGA TO MOISTEN THE LOW LEVELS BEFORE AND APPRECIABLE PRECIP REACHES THE SURFACE. DEW POINTS AND CORRESPONDING WET BULBS PROGGED TO RISE ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK BEFORE THE ONSET OF PRECIP...SO NO FROZEN ENTITIES EXPECTED ATTM...BUT LATER SHIFTS MAY MONITOR ONSET OF PRECIP. SOUTHERN HALF OF CWA WILL RECEIVE LIKELY POPS TODAY WITH CAT WED NIGHT AND THUR ALL AREAS. SOME DISAGREEMENT IN MODELS WITH QPF AND TIMING OF FEATURES...BUT COUPLED JET PATTERN/PLENTY OF UVVS AND PRECIP H20 INCREASING TO 1-1.5 SHOULD BRING IN THE RAIN. THUNDER WILL BE MENTIONED SOUTH ON WED NIGHT/THURS AS WARM SECTOR GETS TO NEAR MGM AND POSSIBILITY OF ELEVATED ACTIVITY ALITTLE FURTHER NORTH. RAIN COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND WILL BE MENTIONED AT LEAST SOUTH HALF THU. NEXT CHANCE OF PRECIP BEGINS SAT NIGHT/SUN TIME FRAME. MAY CHANGE FIRST PERIOD POPS BASED ON LATEST RADAR TRENDS BEFORE RELEASE. PRELIM NUMBERS... HSV CW 054/043 056/050 065 7539+7 SBHM RW 053/045 060/051 068 7569+7 MGM RT 058/050 064/055 073 756++7= .BHM...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
The early morning low temperature measured at the Huntsville International Airport was 28 degrees. This observation tied the previous record low temperature.
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: 5234643.