Alabama, 2001

Hail in Alabama, November 24, 2001

November 24, 2001 · NWS BMX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • 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 Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 24, 3:17 AM CST, 9 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 24, 3:17 AM CST, 9 hours 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL
317 AM CST SAT NOV 24 2001

ACTIVE WEATHER DAY IN STORE...AND USERS SENSITIVE TO SEVERE WEATHER
SHOULD CHECK STAFFING NEEDS.  SEVERE STORMS NOW ACROSS THE MS
RIVER...AND WILL GET INTO ALABAMA LATER THIS MORNING AND THIS
AFTERNOON.  SPC CURRENTLY HAS US IN SLIGHT RISK AREA...WITH CAVEAT
THAT IF INSTABILITY INCREASES DUE TO GREATER THAN EXPECTED SOLAR
HEATING...THEN RISK MAY BE UPGRADED.  AT ANY RATE...WILL CONTINUE
WITH ENHANCED SEVERE WEATHER WORDING IN ZONES...AND MOST LIKELY BE
MORE SPECIFIC WITH DAMAING WIND/TORNADO WORDING.

STORMS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF FROM THE EAST TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH FRONT
SEEMS TO STALL AND SOME MODELS KEEP MOISTURE AXIS ALONG EASTERN AND
SOUTHERN ZONES THROUGH SUNDAY.

HARD TO LOCK ON EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS DAYS 3-7...BUT IT IS APPARENT
WE HAVE GONE FROM A TOTALLY TRANQUIL TO A VERY ACTIVE WEATHER
PATTERN ALMOST OVERNIGHT.

HSV 071/052/066/045 +811
BHM 072/055/069/048 +911
MGM 076/058/072/050 8832

.BHM...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 24, 12:29 PM CST, 36 minutes before
ALZ001>018-022>026-030>035-039-242100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA
1229 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2001

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 818...

  COLBERT...FRANKLIN...LAUDERDALE...MARION...

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES REMAIN IN
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 818
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM...

  BIBB...BLOUNT...CHILTON...CULLMAN...DALLAS...
  DEKALB...ETOWAH...FAYETTE...GREENE...HALE...
  JACKSON...JEFFERSON...LAMAR...LAWRENCE...LIMESTONE...
  MADISON...MARENGO...MARSHALL...MORGAN...PERRY...
  PICKENS...SHELBY...ST CLAIR...SUMTER...TUSCALOOSA...
  WALKER...WINSTON...

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Jefferson

When
November 24, 1:05 PM CST
Where
Jefferson County, Fultondale
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
33.617, -86.800

Dime size hail fell in Fultondale.

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: 5272266.