1 tornado, 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, 5 hours 49 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 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...
ALZ019>021-027>029-035>038-040>047-049-250200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA 515 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2001 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 820... CALHOUN...CHEROKEE...CHILTON...DALLAS...TALLADEGA... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES REMAIN IN TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 820 WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM... AUTAUGA...BULLOCK...CHAMBERS...CLAY...CLEBURNE... COOSA...ELMORE...LEE...LOWNDES...MACON... MONTGOMERY...PIKE...RANDOLPH...TALLAPOOSA...
ALZ019>021-027>029-035>038-040>047-049-250200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA 610 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2001 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 820... AUTAUGA...CLAY...COOSA... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES REMAIN IN TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 820 WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM... BULLOCK...CHAMBERS...CLEBURNE...ELMORE...LEE... LOWNDES...MACON...MONTGOMERY...PIKE...RANDOLPH... TALLAPOOSA...
ALZ019>021-027>029-035>038-040>047-049-250200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA 658 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2001 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 820... CHAMBERS...ELMORE...LOWNDES...RANDOLPH...TALLAPOOSA... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES REMAIN IN TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 820 WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM... BULLOCK...LEE...MACON...MONTGOMERY...PIKE...
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A very brief tornado touchdown occurred in the Ansley Community. A few trees were blown down along the short path. Beg: 31 53.414/86 07.118 End: 31 53.539/86 06.819
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5272182.