Hail, Covington
- When
- October 13, 9:10 PM CST to 9:11 PM CST
- Where
- Covington County, Opp
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 31.283, -86.250
Golfball size hail was reported near Opp. No damage was reported.
Hail in Alabama, October 13, 2001
1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 13, 8:50 PM CST, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 8:50 PM CST, 20 minutes before
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Local storm report, Oct 13, 4:00 PM CST, 5 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE, AL
500 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0230 PM DAPHNE AL TORNADO
10/13/01 BALDWIN TORNADO TOUCHDOWN REPORTED
BY EMA
0228 PM PENSACOLA FL TORNADO
10/13/01 ESCAMBIA TORNADO TOUCHDOWN ON ROUTE
29 AROUND 6397 PENSACOLA
BOULEVARD.
REPORTED BY PENSACOLA
FIRE DEPT.
304 PM GULF BREEZE FL TORNADO
10/13/01 SANTA ROSA WATERSPOUT MOVED ONSHORE
NEAR GULF BREEZE.
REPORTED BY SANTA ROSA
EMA OFFICIALS.
315 PM WAYNESBORO MS WIND DAMAGE
10/13/01 WAYNE TREES DOWNED BY HIGH
THUNDERSTORM WINDS.
342 PM PERKINSTON MS 1.75 INCH HAIL
10/13/01 STONE COVERED THE GROUND.
REPORTED BY STONE COUNTY
911.
400 PM BUTLER AL WIND DAMAGE
10/13/01 CHOCTAW SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES
DOWN ACROSS COUNTY.
443 PM 5 SW MILTON FL TORNADO
10/13/01 SANTA ROSA TORNADO REPORTED BY EMA
OFFICIALS AT
INTERSTATE 10...EXIT 7
AT AVALON BOULEVARD.Special weather statement, Oct 13, 4:45 PM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-140300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 545 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001 ...A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF SOUTH ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE IN ADDITION TO EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING... ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE REGION EARLY THIS EVENING... THE POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR DAMAGING TORNADOES ACROSS SOUTHWEST...SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA IN ADDITION TO THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 70 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH SEVERE STORMS. OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...THE THREAT TOWARD 9 PM IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO ONE OF HEAVY RAIN AFTER THE MAIN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PASSES. THE THREAT OF SCATTERED SEVERE TORNADIC STORMS AHEAD OF THE LINE WILL CONTINUE SHIFTING SLOWLY EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTH ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST UPDATES AVAILABLE ON THEIR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS...COMMERCIAL WEATHER BROADCASTS IN ADDITION TO DIRECT WEATHER SERVICE BROADCASTS ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO. BE READY TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY SHOULD A SEVERE WEATHER OR TORNADO WARNING BE ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD MAINTAIN A HIGH STATE OF READINESS. THOSE THAT HAVE NOT ACTIVATED SHOULD DO SO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES...STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Oct 13, 7:17 PM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
ALZ051>053-061-063-MSZ076-079-140500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 817 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... GREENE...GEORGE. IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... CHOCTAW...CLARKE...MOBILE...WASHINGTON. THE SEVERE STORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THESE COUNTIES. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS TO THE EAST OF THESE COUNTIES. REMEMBER THAT A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Oct 13, 8:22 PM CST, 48 minutes before
ALZ054-055-062-064-140500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 922 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... BALDWIN...MONROE...WILCOX. THE SEVERE STORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THESE COUNTIES. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS TO THE EAST OF THESE COUNTIES. REMEMBER THAT A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Oct 13, 9:09 PM CST, 1 minute before
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The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornado in Alabama, October 13, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Illinois, October 13, 2001
- High Wind in Alabama, October 13, 2001
- Tornado in Alabama, October 13, 2001
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, October 13, 2001
- Tornado in Texas, October 13, 2001
- Tornado in Florida, October 13, 2001
- Tornado in Florida, October 13, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Mississippi, October 13, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, October 13, 2001
- Tornado in Florida, October 13, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, October 13, 2001
More
Every storm in Alabama in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5269669.