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 May 23, 8:55 PM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 955 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2001 ONE AREA OF SHOWERS/TSTMS ALREADY INTO W TN AND NW MS AND COULD REACH NW AL IN A COUPLE OF HOURS. ANOTHER AREA MOVING SWIFTLY THROUGH WESTERN AR AND INTENSIFYING. FORECAST LOOKS PRETTY MUCH ON TARGET AND ONLY MINOR CHANGES WERE MADE TO POPS AND TIMING FOR TONIGHT IN THE UPDATE. .BHM...NONE. 07
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
One home had its roof torn off in Florence on CR 200 and a few large trees were blown over. Several outbuildings were overturned.
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
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