1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 27, 8:01 PM CST, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 901 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001 BEEN CHASING THUNDERSTORMS AS SCATTERED STORMS CONTINUE TO FLARE ACROSS THE CWA THIS EVENING. WHILE THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER SEEMS TO HAVE DIMINISHED, THE SPC HAS KEPT MUCH OF OUR CWA WITHIN THE SLIGHT RISK SO WILL CONTINUE THE POSSIBLY SEVERE WORDING. WILL CUT BACK ON THAT WORDING IN SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL SECTIONS. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN FIRING UUP QUICKLY PRODUCING SOME SMALL HAIL AND LIGHTNING. LARGE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOPED SOUTH OF MEMPHIS ALONG MS RIVER HAS PUSHED AN AREA OF RAIN THAT HAS ENTERED WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA. DEWPOINT DISCONTINUITY WAS LYING FROM THE MEMPHIS AREA SOUTHEASTWARD TO APPROXIMATELY ANNISTON. THIS BOUNDARY WAS GRADUALLY SHIFTING NORTHEASTWARD WITH MOST OF THE SHOWERS ALONG THE BOUNDARY AND BEHIND IT. WILL MAKE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO FORECAST WITH UPDATE SHORTLY. TEMPERATURES LOOKS REASONABLE. -57- .BHM...NONE.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
940 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0906 PM ANNISTON AL 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 CALHOUN CALHOUN CTY 911 REPORTED
SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN
DIME SIZE HAIL IN ANB
0915 PM 5E ANNISTON AL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 CALHOUN SPOTTER REPORTED GOLF
BALL SIZE HAIL WITH
SMALLER HQAIL FROM 909 PM
TO 915 PM EAST SIDE ANBThe Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:44 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A roof was blown off a trailer home on US 411, 7 miles east of Centre.
Golf ball size hail was observed near Ellisville, 7 miles southwest of Centre.
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: 5244639, 5244640.