Hail in Alabama, March 3, 2001

Name: Hail in Alabama, March 3, 2001
Start: 2001-03-03T13:50
End: 2001-03-03T14:00
Location: Alabama

March 3, 2001 · NWS MOB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
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Wind
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Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
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 Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 3, 4:10 AM CST, 9 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 4:10 AM CST, 9 hours 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
410 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2001

4 AM ZONES GOING TO BE A BIT LATE...COORDINATING POSSIBLE NEW SEVERE
TSTM WATCH WITH SPC.  STAY TUNED...

.MOB...
AL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY ALZ039-051>064 THRU 04/06Z.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY BAY AND COASTAL WATERS GMZ630-650-670.
FL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY COASTAL WATERS GMZ655-675.
MS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH MSZ067-075-076-078-079 jTHRU 04/06Z.

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:51 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Washington

When: March 3, 1:50 PM CST to 2:00 PM CST
Where: Washington County, Sunflower
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 31.383, -88.000

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

Every storm in Alabama in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Alabama, March 2001

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: 5236794.