Alabama, 2001

Hail in Alabama, May 27, 2001

May 27, 2001 · NWS MOB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 May 27, 2:30 PM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 2:30 PM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
330 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001

SERIES OF S/W IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT PASSING OVER CWA THROUGH
TUESDAY WITH BEST CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE
AFTERNOON ON MEMORIAL DAY.  BOTH ETA AND AVN HAVE A STRONG SHORTWAVE
APPROACHING THE CWA EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON.  THE COMBINATION OF
INCREASING INSTABILITY AND PRECIPITABLE WATER...AND THE INTERACTION
OF THE S/W WITH A WELL DEVELOPED SEA BREEZE AND LEFTOVER OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES...WILL LEAD TO SOME DECENT CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION.
WILL BUMP UP POPS TO LIKELY (60 PERCENT) FOR MONDAY ACROSS THE
CWA...EXCEPT 40 PERCENT IN MORE STABLE MARINE ENVIRONMENT ALONG THE
COAST.

EXTENDED...H5 LOW CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTHEAST AWAY FROM CONUS AS
NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT TRANSITIONS TO ZONAL FLOW AFTER MIDWEEK.  A
CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LEFT IN
THE EXTENDED AS A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES WILL TRAVERSE THE REGION
THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND...BUT WITH LESSER MOISTURE TO WORK WITH.  WILL
KEEP TEMPERATURES VERY CLOSE TO CLIMATE NORMS.

MARINE...SOUTHWEST WINDS CONTINUING AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS MAX WITH NO
ADVISORY CRITERIA BEING MET THROUGH EXTENDED.  SCATTERED SHOWERS OR
THUNDERSTORMS OFFSHORE MONDAY EVENING/NIGHT...EXCEPT NUMEROUS OVER
MOBILE BAY.

FIRE..AFTERNOON RH WILL REMAIN ABOVE WATCH/WARNING CRITERIA AS
ONSHORE FLOW PERSISTS AND CLOUDS/PRECIPITATION CHANCES INCREASE ON
MONDAY.

PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...
MOB TB 070/083 069/087 070 22264
PNS BB 071/084 072/086 073 22243
DTS BB 073/082 072/084 072 22243
GZH TB 066/082 066/085 064 22464
2R0 TB 065/082 065/086 065 22464
61A TB 064/083 063/0*84 064 22464

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.MOB...
AL...NONE.
FL...NONE.
MS...NONE.

The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Monroe

When
May 27, 5:40 PM CST to 5:42 PM CST
Where
Monroe County, Nadawah
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
31.817, -87.167

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

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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: 5245037.