1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 13, 7:00 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
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.
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.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.
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.
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.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High winds blew down several trees and power lines near Luverne.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, October 2001
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: 5269671.