1 lightning, 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 Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 2, 11:26 AM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1226 PM CDT WED MAY 02 2001 WILL UPDATE TO ADD SLIGHT CHANCE POPS TO INLAND ZONES...BASED UPON LAPS AND RADAR DATA. WILL ALSO GO AHEAD AND INCREASE POPS TO SCATTERED OVER THE INLAND COASTAL SECTIONS...WHERE A STRONGER SEA BREEZE FRONT AND BEST INSTABILITY EXISTS. NO OTHER MAJOR CHANGES EXPECTED...UPDATE OUT SOON. 29 .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a home just northeast of the airport and started a small fire. The fire was quickly extinguished with very little damage to the home.
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, May 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: 5245116.