1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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, 2:53 PM CST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 253 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2001 ACTIVE WEATHER CONTINUES INTO THE EVENING...WITH ATTENTION FOR LATER PERIODS DEFERED UNTIL LATER. WILL UPDATE FORECAST AS SOON AS DUTIES ALLOW. .BHM...NONE.
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...
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
132 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1127 AM HALEYVILLE AL WIND DAMAGE
11/24/01 WINSTON *** ? INJ ***
BUILDINGS DAMAGED
INCLUDING A SHOPPING
CENTER. NUMBER OF
INJURIES UNKNOWN. FROM
EMA.
1130 AM MILLPORT AL TORNADO
11/24/01 LAMAR POSSBILE TORNADO AT
MILLPORT. TREES DOWN AND
BUILDINGS DESTROYED.
FROM VOLUNTEER FD
0100 PM 2SE LINDEN AL TORNADO
11/24/01 MARENGO TORNADO REPORTED BY 911
OFFICE.
0105 PM CULLMAN AL 1.00 IN HAIL
11/24/01 CULLMAN QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN CITY
OF CULLMAN. FROM EMA.
0105 PM FULTONDALE AL 0.75 IN HAIL
11/24/01 JEFFERSON PENNY SIZE HAIL AT
FULTONDALE FROM EMA.
0106 PM AL 1.75 IN HAIL
11/24/01 CULLMAN GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT
I-65 AND US 278PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
136 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0128 PM TAITS GAP AL TORNADO
11/24/01 BLOUNT TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN IN TAITS GAP.
NUMEROUS REPORTS FROM
PUBLIC VIA EMA.
0112 PM CULLMAN AL 1.75 IN HAIL
11/24/01 CULLMAN GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN
CULLMAN VIA HAM
SPOTTERS.ALZ001>018-022>026-030>035-039-242100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA 144 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2001 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 818... COLBERT...FAYETTE...FRANKLIN...LAMAR...LAUDERDALE... LAWRENCE...LIMESTONE...MARION...PICKENS...WINSTON... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES REMAIN IN TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 818 WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM... BIBB...BLOUNT...CHILTON...CULLMAN...DALLAS... DEKALB...ETOWAH...GREENE...HALE...JACKSON... JEFFERSON...MADISON...MARENGO...MARSHALL...MORGAN... PERRY...SHELBY...ST CLAIR...SUMTER...TUSCALOOSA... WALKER...
ALZ001>018-022>026-030>035-039-242100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA 231 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2001 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 818... CULLMAN...GREENE...HALE...MADISON...MARENGO... MORGAN...SUMTER...TUSCALOOSA...WALKER... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES REMAIN IN TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 818 WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM... BIBB...BLOUNT...CHILTON...DALLAS...DEKALB... ETOWAH...JACKSON...JEFFERSON...MARSHALL...PERRY... SHELBY...ST CLAIR...
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were knocked down or snapped along SR 191 southwest of Jemison.
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, November 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: 5272274.