Alabama, 2021Frost and Freeze in Alabama, April 2, 2021
April 2, 2021 · NWS HUN · 11 events in 11 counties and zones
Temperatures dropped into the upper 20s to around 30 for overnight lows.
Every event with a place to put it; 11 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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.
Temperatures dropped into the upper 20s to around 30 for overnight lows.
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 Huntsville, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 1, 10:12 PM CST, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 10:12 PM CST, 3 hours 48 minutes before
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</html>Frost/Freeze, Lauderdale
- When
- April 2, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 34.901, -87.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Low temperatures dropped into the upper 20s to around 30, especially in rural areas.
Frost/Freeze, Colbert
- When
- April 2, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Colbert forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -87.805 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Low temperatures dropped into the upper 20s to around 30, especially in rural areas.
Frost/Freeze, Franklin
- When
- April 2, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 34.442, -87.844 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Low temperatures dropped into the upper 20s to around 30, especially in rural areas.
Frost/Freeze, Limestone
- When
- April 2, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Limestone forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.810, -86.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Low temperatures dropped into the upper 20s to around 30, especially in rural areas.
Frost/Freeze, Lawrence
- When
- April 2, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lawrence forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 34.522, -87.311 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Low temperatures dropped into the upper 20s to around 30, especially in rural areas.
Frost/Freeze, Cullman
- When
- April 2, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cullman forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 34.132, -86.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Low temperatures dropped into the upper 20s to around 30, especially in rural areas.
Frost/Freeze, Morgan
- When
- April 2, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Morgan forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.454, -86.853 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Low temperatures dropped into the upper 20s to around 30, especially in rural areas.
Frost/Freeze, Madison
- When
- April 2, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.763, -86.550 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Low temperatures dropped into the upper 20s to around 30, especially in rural areas.
Frost/Freeze, Jackson
- When
- April 2, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 34.779, -85.999 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Low temperatures dropped into the upper 20s to around 30, especially in rural areas.
Frost/Freeze, Dekalb
- When
- April 2, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Dekalb forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 34.460, -85.804 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Low temperatures dropped into the upper 20s to around 30, especially in rural areas.
Frost/Freeze, Marshall
- When
- April 2, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Marshall forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 34.367, -86.307 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Low temperatures dropped into the upper 20s to around 30, especially in rural areas.
- Frost/Freeze
- Frost or temperatures at or below freezing during the growing season, usually filed for crop damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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: 950218, 950219, 950221, 950222, 950223, 950224, 950225, 950226, 950227, 950228, 950229.