Severe Thunderstorm Warning 437, NWS Birmingham, AL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL
256 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2000

FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS PORTIONS OF TN WILL MOVE SEWD OVERNIGHT AND
REACH INTO CENTRAL SECTIONS BY 12Z ON FRIDAY.  VORT MAX WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE BASE OF UPPER TROF ACROSS THE NORTHERN SECTIONS ON
FRIDAY AND THEN SHIFT SE OF THE AREA LATER IN THE DAY.  MODELS SHOW
MUCH DRIER AIR SPREADING INTO THE AREA FRI AFTN THROUGH SATURDAY.

LATEST SATELLITE LOOPS AND RADAR DATA SHOW SCT TSTMS DEVELOPING
RAPIDLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SRN TN...WILL GO WITH SCT POPS ACROSS
MUCH OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT AS FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA.  WILL ALSO
MENTION POSSIBLE SVR TSTMS ACROSS THE EXTREME N.

WITH DRIER AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA FRI NITE AND SAT...ONLY SMALL
POPS WILL BE CARRIED ACROSS THE EXTREME S.

USED A BLEND OF THE FWC/FAN TEMPS.

HSV 70/92/64/92 5100   BHM 70/92/65/92 3100   MGM 73/94/68/93 32-1

.BHM...NONE.

ALZ001>038-040>050-110000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
130 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2000

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP...ACROSS NORTH AND
CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON. LINGERING OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ACROSS
CENTRAL ALABAMA...WILL ACT AS A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.
A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING HOURS...BUT NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED.
LARGE HAIL...AND STRAIGHTLINE WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...
ASSOCIATED WITH ANY SEVERE WEATHER WHICH DEVELOPS.

STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNBEL...SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND MONITOR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR...LOCAL TV AND RADIO...FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS LATER
TODAY.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
525 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

225 PM     BRILLIANT                 AL   WIND DAMAGE
08/10/00   MARION                         TREES DOWN ON CR 36 NEAR
                                          BRILLIANT

419 PM     ELKMONT                   AL   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/10/00   LIMESTONE                      DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          IN ELKMONT

430 PM     SMITHS                    AL   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/10/00   LEE                            QUARTER SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED IN SMITHS

430 PM     ANDERSON                  AL   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/10/00   LAUDERDALE                     THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL
                                          COVERING THE GROUND IN
                                          ANDERSON

445 PM     HUNTSVILLE                AL   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/10/00   MADISON                        THREE QUARTER INCH
                                          DIAMETER SIZE HAIL
                                          OBSERVED AT THE
                                          HUNTSVILLE INTERNATIONAL
                                          AIRPORT

445 PM     TOWN CREEK                AL   WIND DAMAGE
08/10/00   LAWRENCE                       TREES WER BLOWN DOWN IN
                                          THE TOWN CREEK AND HATTON
                                          AREAS

452 PM     LEIGHTON                  AL   WIND DAMAGE
08/10/00   COLBERT                        TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN
                                          THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE
                                          COUNTY NEAR THE TENNESSEE
                                          RIVER

504 PM     SELMA                     AL   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/10/00   DALLAS                         DIME SIZE HAIL WAS
                                          REPORTED JUST NORTH OF
                                          SELMA

504 PM     UNDERWOOD                 AL   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/10/00   LAUDERDALE                     ONE INCH DIAMETER SIZE
                                          HAIL WAS OBSERVED IN THE
                                          PETERS AND UNDERWOOD
                         h                 AREA

512 PM     HUNTSVILLE                AL   60 MPH WIND GUST
08/10/00   MADISON                        WIND GUST AT THE AIRPORT
                                          OF 55 KNOTS