1 funnel cloud, 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 29, 2:27 PM CST, 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 327 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2001 CURRENT RADAR AND VIS SATELLITE IMAGERY DETECTING ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A SURFACE BOUNDARY NEAR THE COAST. THE SEABREEZE BOUNDARY SHOULD BE MAINTAINED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS ALLOWING LOW TOPPED CONVECTION TO PERSIST INTO THE EVENING. WILL MENTION ISOLATED TO SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THIS EVENING COASTAL ZONES AND NO PRECIP REMAINDER OF CWA. WEAK RIDGING WILL BUILD OVERHEAD ON WEDNESDAY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE (20%) OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING INSTABILITY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. PARTLY CLOUDY WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH NO PCPN CHANCES. BASE OF UPPER TROUGH WILL APPROACH CWA ON THURSDAY AS UPPER LOW MOVES SOUTH OUT OF CANADA. ADEQUATE BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO WARRANT SCATTERED POPS IN FORECAST. TEMPERATURE GUID SIMILAR AND WILL FOLLOW CLOSELY. EXTENDED...CHANCE OF PRECIP CONTINUES INTO FRIDAY AS BASE OF LARGE UPPER TROUGH MOVES OVER THE CWA. THE BASE OF A LARGE EASTERN U.S. TROUGH WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE GULF COAST REGION OVER THE WEEKEND WITH NO APPRECIABLE PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. HOWEVER...WILL INTRODUCE SLIGHT CHANCE PRECIP IN EXTENDED FOR TUESDAY PER MRF GUIDANCE. MARINE AND FIRE...NO HIGHLIGHTS. /22 MOB BB 069/089 070/088 068 22122 PNS BB 071/089 072/087 071 22122 DTS BB 073/086 072/086 073 22122 GZH BE 064/089 068/088 065 22022 2R0 BE 063/088 068/086 066 22022 61A BE 062/087 068/086 066 22022 .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A funnel cloud was reported near Elsanor. The funnel lasted for a few minutes and then dissipated. The funnel never touched the ground.
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: 5245118.