1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 7, 5:47 AM CST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 647 AM CDT MON APR 07 2003 FLOOD WATCH OUT UNTIL 4 PM. THE TORNADO WATCH WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. STILL SEEING TRAINING/BACK BUILDING. EXPECT THINGS TO CONTINUE TO FIRE AND MARCH TO THE EAST. ALSO HAVE WARNINGS OUT NOW. UPDATES ZONES WILL BE OUT SHORTLY. .BHM...NONE. JONES/90
ALZ011>015-017>050-062100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 102 PM CDT SUN APR 06 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE (THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT)... FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXIST FOR THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA. A WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS...ALONG WITH A WARM FRONT...WILL PROVIDE THE INSTABILITY NEEDED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT THE GREATEST THREAT OF ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER WILL BEGIN AROUND 4 PM OVER WESTERN ALABAMA AND SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS... AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN SUFFICIENTLY UNSTABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT UNTIL A COLD FRONT EXITS THE FORECAST AREA EARLY TUESDAY. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL MOST LIKELY BECOME NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
114 AM CDT MON APR 07 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0105 AM ORRVILLE AL FUNNEL CLOUD
04/06/03 DALLAS PUBLIC REPORT.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
324 AM CDT MON APR 07 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0115 AM MINTER AL WIND DAMAGE
04/07/03 DALLAS A FEW TREES DOWN.
REPORTED BY DALLAS COUNTY
EMA.
0115 AM SELMA AL WIND DAMAGE
04/07/03 DALLAS POWERLINES DOWN.
REPORTED BY DALLAS COUNTY
EMA.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
345 AM CDT MON APR 07 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0330 AM LIVINGSTON AL FLASH FLOOD
04/07/03 SUMTER SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED DUE
TO FLASH FLOODING. FEW
HOUSES FLOODED. REPORTED
BY SUMTER COUNTY EMA.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
612 AM CDT MON APR 07 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0500 AM LIVINGSTON AL FLASH FLOOD
04/07/03 SUMTER RESCUE SQUAD CALLED FOR A
STRANDED VEHICLE. WATER
OVER HWY 11.
0500 AM YORK AL FLASH FLOOD
04/07/03 SUMTER WATER OVER SEVERAL
BRIDGES ON YELLOW CREEK.
0500 AM LIVINGSTON AL 50 MPH TSTM GUST
04/07/03 SUMTER
0500 AM CUBA AL WIND DAMAGE
04/07/03 SUMTER NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
BETWEEN THE STATE LINE
AND CUBA. REPORTED BY
THE CUBA FIRE DEPARTMENT.
0540 AM COUNTY WIDE AL FLASH FLOOD
04/07/03 GREENE NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS
IMPASSABLE.The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:00 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
State Troopers and storm spotters witnessed a brief tornado touch down near the intersection of US 80 and CR 45. No damage occurred.Beg: 32 26.916/87 13.179 End: 32 26.916/87 13.179
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Alabama, 2003Warnings in Alabama, April 2003
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