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, 2 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.
ALZ001>050-132000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 141 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS STATES...WILL MOVE ACROSS ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF ALABAMA LATE TONIGHT...AND EXIT THE AREA SUNDAY MORNING. A BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS PARTS OF MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF ALABAMA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP JUST AHEAD OF THE MAIN LINE OF STORMS. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND TORNADOES. STORMS WITHIN THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY TURN SEVERE AS WELL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED PARTS OF WEST...AND CENTRAL ALABAMA UNDER A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE REMAINDER OF NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA ARE UNDER A SLIGHT RISK. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. HIGHER GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. AS THE COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE AREA...WINDS WILL BECOME WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH AT TIMES. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL ESPECIALLY BE FELT IN OPEN AREAS...SUCH AS LAKES AND FIELDS...AND ON HIGHER ELEVATIONS. CAUTION IS ADVISED ON AREA LAKES AND WATERWAYS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. YOU ARE URGED TO KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS. THOSE ATTENDING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER. PLEASE BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF STORMS APPROACH THE AREA. STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR... LOCAL TV AND RADIO...FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
223 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001
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1242 PM DIXONS MILL AL TORNADO
08/31/01 MARENGO AL POWER REPORTS LINES
DOWN BETWEEN LINDEN AND
THOMASVILLE. 911 OFFICE
REPORTS TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN IN SOUTHERN
MARENGO COUNTYThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were blown down in rural southeast Perry County.
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: 5270633.