Tornado in Alabama, November 24, 2001

Name: Tornado in Alabama, November 24, 2001
Start: 2001-11-24T17:42
End: 2001-11-24T17:45
Location: Alabama

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

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 3
Property damage: $100,000
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 Nov 24, 2:39 PM CST, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 24, 2:39 PM CST, 3 hours 3 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
239 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2001

ACTIVE EVENING IS IN STORE FOR THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE AREA AS
DEEP LOW MOVES FROM IA TO NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR BY 12Z SUNDAY WHILE THE
APPROACHING...YET DECELERATING...FRONT MOVES TO GENERALLY FROM A MOB
TO MGM LINE.  WEAKENING UPPER SUPPORT FROM H3 JET ROUNDING THE BASE
OF THE H5 TROF AND STRONG MID LEVEL ASSOCIATED VORT OVER MID MS
RIVER VALLEY LIFTING NORTHWARD WILL RESULT IN WEAKENING ORGANIZED
STORMS DURING THE EARLY EVENING OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE
FORECAST AREA...WITH OTHERWISE A WEAKENING TREND FOR THE
CONVECTION.  ON SUNDAY...WEAK STALLED FRONT WILL BE ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA...BUT SUBSIDENT WARMING WILL ALSO TAKE PLACE ALOFT IN
THE WAKE OF THE PREVIOUS NIGHTS SYSTEM.  BEST INSTABILITY WILL BE IN
THE WARM SECTOR OF COURSE AND WILL GO WITH CHANCE POPS THERE WITH
SMALL POPS FURTHER WEST.  ANOTHER STRONG H3 JET RACING INTO THE
WESTERN STATES WILL RESULT IN THE NEXT SYSTEM DEVELOPING EAST OF THE
CENTRAL ROCKIES ON SUNDAY AND THEN MOVING NORTHEAST TO NEAR WI ON
TUESDAY.  THE STALLED FRONT WILL MEANWHILE LIFT NORTH AS A WARM
FRONT ON SUNDAY NIGHT WITH ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST
AND MOVING TO CENTRAL MS BY 12Z TUESDAY...THEN DECELERATING AND
EVENTUALLY STALLING ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON.  WILL
STAY GENERALLY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS SUNDAY THROUGH
MONDAY...THEN INCREASE POPS BY TUESDAY AS NEXT SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE
AREA.  WITH ATMOSPHERE DRYING ALOFT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AND WITH
SURFACE FLOW BECOMING MORE SOUTHERLY...MAY SEE PATCHY DENSE FOG ON
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY NIGHT.

EXTENDED PERIOD...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.  THE STALLED FRONT
WILL EVENTUALLY MOVE EAST OF THE AREA AS A WAVE DEVELOPS ON THE
FRONT AND MOVES UP THE FRONT WITH THE FRONT EVENTUALLY CLEARING THE
AREA ON THURSDAY.  CONSIDERING THE TIMING OF FRONT...WILL ADD POPS
TO WEDNESDAY NIGHT/THURSDAY MORNING WITH OTHERWISE DRY AND COOLER
CONDITIONS THROUGH SATURDAY.  ADJUSTED LOWS DOWN FOR THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY DUE TO COOLER AIRMASS MOVING INTO AREA AND TO ALSO BE MORE IN
LINE WITH ADJACENT ZONES.

FIRE...NO CONCERNS.

MARINE...WILL CONTINUE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT.

PRELIMINARY NUMBERS ONLY...
MOB EB 060/074 060/076 065 295223
PNS EB 064/074 062/076 065 297323
DTS EB 066/075 064/075 065 297323
GZH EB 061/072 056/075 061 298323
2R0 BB 052/073 051/075 060 294123
61A BB 055/073 053/075 060 295123=

.MOB...
AL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT GMZ630-650-670.
FL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT GMZ655-675.
MS...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 24, 2:06 PM CST, 3 hours 36 minutes before

ALZ052>064-MSZ076-078-079-250200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
206 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2001

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...ESCAMBIA...COVINGTON...WASHINGTON...CONECUH...
MONROE...BUTLER...CLARKE...CRENSHAW...WILCOX...BALDWIN AND MOBILE.

IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...STONE AND GREENE.

AT 200 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THAT WAS ADVANCING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TORNADO WATCH AREA THROUGH THE
EARLY EVENING.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS
OR UPDATES.

Special weather statement, Nov 24, 2:23 PM CST, 3 hours 19 minutes before

MSZ067-252100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
223 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2001

THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR...

IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...WAYNE COUNTY.

AT 220 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED EAST OF WAYNE COUNTY...THUS ENDING
THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS
OR UPDATES.

Special weather statement, Nov 24, 2:45 PM CST, 2 hours 57 minutes before

MSZ067-252100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED AND UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
245 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2001

THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR...

IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...WAYNE COUNTY.

AT 245 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED EAST OF WAYNE COUNTY...THUS ENDING
THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER.  SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL OTHERWISE CONTINUE OVER WAYNE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS
OR UPDATES.

Special weather statement, Nov 24, 3:05 PM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes before

ALZ051-MSZ075-242130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
305 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2001

THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...CHOCTAW

IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...PERRY

AT 303 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR WIGGINS
MISSISSIPPI TO GROVE HILL ALABAMA.  NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF CHOCTAW COUNTY ALABAMA AND
EXTREME SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY MISSISSIPPI WILL BECOME ISOLATED DURING
THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS
OR UPDATES.

Special weather statement, Nov 24, 5:35 PM CST, 7 minutes before

ALZ052>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ076-078-079-250200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...RETRANSMIT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
535 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2001

...RETRANSMITTAL FOR MEDIA...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST TONIGHT HAS BEEN ISSUED
TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...

    ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA....AND OKALOOSA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

    ESCAMBIA...COVINGTON...WASHINGTON...CONECUH...
    MONROE... BUTLER...CLARKE...CRENSHAW...WILCOX...
    BALDWIN AND MOBILE.

IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

    GEORGE COUNTY.

THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR...

    STONE AND GREENE COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Butler

When: November 24, 5:42 PM CST to 5:45 PM CST
Where: Butler County, Mc Kenzie
Rating: F1
Path length: 6 mi
Path width: 150 yd
Injuries: 3 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $100,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 31.533, -86.717

A tornado touched down in a wooded area just north of Odom Crossroads, which is to the west of McKenzie. The tornado then crossed County Road 29, where a mobile home was destroyed. Three occupants of the mobile home were injured. The tornado continued to move toward the northeast over mostly wooded areas, but crossed over County Roads 28 and 8. Tree damage occurred along this portion of the storms path. The tornado eventually crossed US Highway 31 and into a mainly wooded area south of Georgiana. The damage path of the tornado, which was again mostly to trees north of Highway 31, ended near Rocky Creek, where the tornado lifted back into the clouds.

What these are

Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Alabama in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Alabama, 2001 Warnings in Alabama, November 2001

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: 5272410.