1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Oct 13, 2:55 PM CST, 5 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 300 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001 NO TIME TO DISCUSS MUCH THIS AFTERNOON. SQUALL SLOWLY APPROACHING WESTERN ZONES WITH ISOLATED SUPERCELLS IN FRONT OF THE LINE. SEVERE WORDING IN ALL ZONES TONIGHT...GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. POTENTIAL DOES EXIST FOR STRONG TORNADOES THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH SPC UPGRADING TO HIGH RISK ACROSS SOUTHERN AREAS. TEMPS GENERALLY 40S AND 70S THROUGH THE WEEK AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE. PRELIM NUMBERS... HSV EB 066/074 045/073 045 75+30 BHM EU 067/076 045/074 045 75+30 MGM EU 069/077 049/075 047 75+5- .BHM...NONE.
ALZ004>010-013>019-023>028-031>037-039>044-140500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA 722 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 790... FAYETTE...GREENE...LAWRENCE...WINSTON... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES REMAIN IN TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 790 WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 AM... AUTAUGA...BIBB...BLOUNT...CALHOUN...CHILTON... CLAY...COOSA...CULLMAN...DALLAS...DEKALB... ELMORE...ETOWAH...HALE...JACKSON...JEFFERSON... LIMESTONE...LOWNDES...MADISON...MARENGO...MARSHALL... MONTGOMERY...MORGAN...PERRY...SHELBY...ST CLAIR... TALLADEGA...TALLAPOOSA...TUSCALOOSA...WALKER...
ALZ004>010-013>019-023>028-031>037-039>044-140500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA 757 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 790... FAYETTE...GREENE...HALE...LAWRENCE...LIMESTONE... MARENGO...TUSCALOOSA...WALKER...WINSTON... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES REMAIN IN TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 790 WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 AM... AUTAUGA...BIBB...BLOUNT...CALHOUN...CHILTON... CLAY...COOSA...CULLMAN...DALLAS...DEKALB... ELMORE...ETOWAH...JACKSON...JEFFERSON...LOWNDES... MADISON...MARSHALL...MONTGOMERY...MORGAN...PERRY... SHELBY...ST CLAIR...TALLADEGA...TALLAPOOSA...
ALZ004>010-013>019-023>028-031>037-039>044-140500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA 854 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 790... BIBB...CULLMAN...DALLAS...FAYETTE...GREENE... HALE...JEFFERSON...LAWRENCE...LIMESTONE...MADISON... MARENGO...MORGAN...PERRY...TUSCALOOSA...WALKER... WINSTON... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES REMAIN IN TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 790 WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 AM... AUTAUGA...BLOUNT...CALHOUN...CHILTON...CLAY... COOSA...DEKALB...ELMORE...ETOWAH...JACKSON... LOWNDES...MARSHALL...MONTGOMERY...SHELBY...ST CLAIR... TALLADEGA...TALLAPOOSA...
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were knocked down near SR 94 and More Road in the Currys Community.
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