2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 27, 2:30 PM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.
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 /22 .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 157 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:25 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
High thunderstorm winds blew trees and power lines down near Sweet Water. The winds also damaged bleachers at a baseball field. No one was injured.
High winds from a thunderstorm blew several trees down near Shiloh.
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: 5245038, 5245039, 5245040.