Damaging Wind in Alabama, October 13, 2001

Name: Damaging Wind in Alabama, October 13, 2001
Start: 2001-10-13T19:00
End: 2001-10-13T19:02
Location: Alabama

October 13, 2001 · NWS MOB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $10,000
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 Oct 13, 7:00 PM CST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 7:00 PM CST, 0 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
800 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001

SPC HAS DOWNGRADED OUR AREA TO SLIGHT RISK SEVERE REST OF TONIGHT.
STILL NOTING QUITE A BIT OF 50-60 KT WINDS IN VAD WIND PROFILES IN
LOWEST 500 FT...AND A LOT OF THIS WILL GET MIXED DOWN WITH SECOND
LINE OF STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH.  WILL SHORTLY START CLEARING
COUNTIES FROM THE WATCH BEHIND THE SECOND LINE.

AREAS TO THE EAST OF THE LINE SHOULD NOT LET THEIR GAURD DOWN YET.
WHILE POTENTIAL OF LONGER LIVED TORNADOES IS DIMINISHING AS VAD WIND
PROFILES GO MORE UNIDIRECTIONAL...STILL QUITE A BIT OF SPEED NOTED
IN LOW LEVELS...AND THIS WILL STILL PRODUCE SOME DAMAGE (AND MAY
BRIEFLY SPIN UP SHORT LIVED TORNADOES).

/05

.MOB...
AL...SCA GMZ630-650-670 TONIGHT.
FL...SCA GMZ655-675 TONIGHT.
MS...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 13, 4:00 PM CST, 3 hours 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, 2 hours 15 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.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Baldwin

When: October 13, 7:00 PM CST to 7:02 PM CST
Where: Baldwin County, Fairhope
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 30.517, -87.900

Trees were blown down near Fairhope.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Alabama in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5269660.