1 heat, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 24, 2:04 PM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 304 PM CDT WED OCT 24 2001 A GOOD SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW CONTINUES TO PUMP MOISTURE INTO AL THIS AFTERNOON, AND DEW POINTS WERE INTO THE 70S WELL INTO CENTRAL AL. A STRONG AND FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THIS UNSTABLE AIRMASS THIS EVENING, ENTERING NORTHWEST AL AROUND 00Z AND THEN OUT OF THE AREA BEFORE DAYBREAK THURSDAY. MOST UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT WITH THIS SYSTEM REMAINS WELL TO THE NORTH WHERE THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER, BUT LOW LEVEL FORCING AND GOOD INSTABILITY SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO MENTION THE CHANCE OF SEVERE OVER THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. A SQUALL LINE WILL LIKELY PRECEDE THE FRONT AND IT IS ALONG THIS LINE WHERE SOME STORMS COULD BE SEVERE. AS THE STORMS CONTINUE SOUTHEAST, THE AIRMASS WILL STABILIZE AND THE STORMS SHOULD WEAKEN. A GENERAL COOLING TREND WILL BEGIN THURSDAY. HSV 049/066 038/067 8000 BHM 052/069 038/068 7000 MGM 059/075 039/071 6000 .BHM...NONE.
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1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
The afternoon high temperature recorded at Dannelly Field was 88 degrees. This temperature established a new record high.
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5270629.