Tornado, Clay
- When
- November 24, 5:10 PM CST to 5:22 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County, 4 mi NE of Lineville
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5.9 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 33.367, -85.700
Tornadoes in Alabama, November 24, 2001
The start of this F1 tornado was approximately 1 mile east of SR 9 on CR 58 where a roof was torn off a barn. On Black's Chapel road near Black's Chapel, several trees were snapped off at mid-trunk.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 happened
The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.
The start of this F1 tornado was approximately 1 mile east of SR 9 on CR 58 where a roof was torn off a barn. On Black's Chapel road near Black's Chapel, several trees were snapped off at mid-trunk. Black's Chapel itself had the steeple torn off with additional roof damage. Across the street, there was extensive damage with a barn destroyed. A path of damage extended across Ingram Road, Wakefield Road, across Foster's Bridge Road, to Monroe. Several barns were destroyed with widespread tree damage. The storm track continued northeast across Mt Moriah Road (CR 58) and crossed into Randolph County along CR 82 for about 2 tenths of a mile. The tornado appeared to have a wide path of damage, up to 300 yards at the widest point, with a total length of 6.1 miles. Witnesses in the area reported hearing the load roaring or "freight train" noise as the storm passed. Beg: 33 24.441/85 42.555 End: 33 25.484/85 38.549
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, 2:53 PM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 24, 2:53 PM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 24, 12:29 PM CST, 4 hours 41 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...
Local storm report, Nov 24, 1:32 PM CST, 3 hours 38 minutes before
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 278Local storm report, Nov 24, 1:36 PM CST, 3 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY 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.Special weather statement, Nov 24, 1:44 PM CST, 3 hours 26 minutes before
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...
Special weather statement, Nov 24, 2:31 PM CST, 2 hours 39 minutes before
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...
Special weather statement, Nov 24, 3:01 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes before
ALZ001>018-022>026-030>035-039-242100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA 301 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2001 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 818 HAS EXPIRED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... BIBB...BLOUNT...CHILTON...DALLAS...JACKSON...JEFFERSON... MARSHALL...PERRY.... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES REMAIN IN TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 818 WHICH HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 345 PM... DEKALB...ETOWAH...SHELBY...ST CLAIR...
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Randolph
- When
- November 24, 5:22 PM CST to 5:23 PM CST
- Where
- Randolph County, 12 mi NW of Wedowee
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 33.417, -85.617
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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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: 5273318, 5273319.