Alabama, 2001Lightning Strike in Alabama, September 23, 2001
September 23, 2001 · NWS MOB · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 Sep 23, 1:45 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 23, 1:45 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
245 PM CDT SUN SEP 23 2001
SATELLITE DATA THIS AFTERNOON SHOWS CLOUD TOP COOLING AND
INCREASING CONVECTION OVER THE WESTERN GULF...EXTENDING UP INTO
EASTERN TEXAS AND LOUISIANA. THIS MOISTURE IS INCREASING RAPIDLY
AHEAD OF A STRONG SURFACE COLD FRONT SLICING THROUGH THE MID
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY THROUGH CENTRAL ARKANSAS INTO NORTHERN
TEXAS AS OF 23/18Z. DEEP LAYER MOISTURE SPREADS EAST NEXT 24
HOURS WITH FRONTAL FORCING AIDING IN EXPANDING COVERAGES OF
PRECIPITATION TONIGHT AND MONDAY.
FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS ON MONDAY. HOWEVER...MAY HAVE TO ACOUNT FOR
RESIDUAL MOSITURE MAINLY IN THE FORM OF CLOUDS AND SPRINKLES
FOLLOWING FRONTAL ACTIVITY AS COOLER DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE SURGING
SOUTHWARD ACTS TO CAUSE A DYNAMIC LIFTING OF THE LOCAL AIRMASS.
CLEARING OVER THE ENTIRE REGION LOOKS TO COMMENCE FOLLOWING THE
PASSAGE OF THE H85 FRONT MONDAY NIGHT. FOLLOWING THE FRONT...WE
ARE IN STORE FOR SEVERAL DRY AND NICE DAYS ALONG WITH COOLER
NIGHTS...WELL BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS. OVERNIGHT MINS WILL ACCOUNT FOR
BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING PERIOD 3.
MARINE...WINDS AND SEAS COMING UP IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE
WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA LIKELY BEGINNING MONDAY NIGHT DUE
TO DRAINAGE EFFECTS. AVIATION SHOWS MODERATE TO STRONG
OFFSHORE GRADIENT CONTINUING THROUGH MID WEEK BETWEEN BUILDING HIGH
PRESSURE AND LOWER PRESSURES OVER THE GULF.
FIRE...NO CONCERNS IN THE SHORT TERM AS RH AND DISPERSION
REMAIN ABOVE CRTICAL THRESHOLDS. COULD BE A DIFFERENT STORY BEYOND
THE SHORT TERM AS AIRMASS DRIES AND LOW LEVEL TRANSPORT FLOW
INCREASES IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. /10
MOB TU 067/079 059/078 052 1046-
PNS TU 070/082 061/079 057 1046-
DTS TU 072/082 061/079 061 10462
GZH TU 067/078 054/077 048 10561
61A EU 066/076 053/076 045 10540
2R0 EU 066/076 053/076 046 10540
.MOB...
AL...NONE.
FL...NONE.
MS...NONE.
Lightning, Mobile
- When
- September 23, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Mobile County, Mobile
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 30.685, -88.197 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A 14 year old male was struck by lighting when he took refuge from a thunderstorm under a large tree. The lighting strike knocked the boy to the ground and rendered him unconscious for a short time. When the boy became conscious again, he complained of numbness along his left side. The numbness was only temporary, and after being briefly taken to a hospital for treatment, the boy made a full recovery.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Wildfire in California, September 23 to 25, 2001$200,000 · 5 events
- Hail in Texas, September 23, 2001$70,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in Arkansas, September 23, 2001$50,000 · 0.88 in hail · 2 events
- Hail in Kentucky, September 23, 2001$25,000 · 1.5 in hail · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, September 23, 2001$25,000 · 53 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, September 23, 2001$15,000 · 1.75 in hail · 6 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, September 23, 20011.75 in hail · 10 events
- Heat in California, September 23, 20011 injured · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, September 23, 2001$2,000 · 0.88 in hail · 7 events
- Strong Wind in Michigan, September 23 to 24, 20013 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, September 23, 200150 kt wind · 3 events
- Strong Wind in Wisconsin, September 23, 20012 events
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: 5268339.