Severe Thunderstorm Warning 209, NWS Birmingham, AL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL
250 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2001

500 MB SHORT WAVE FCST TO MOVE INTO AND ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT.
SEVERAL IMPULSES WILL PASS ACROSS THE AREA(1 SOUTH/1 NORTH)...THEN
SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA ON TUE.  WEAK BNDRY JUST NORTH OF THE AREA
WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD TO NEAR OR JUST S OF BHM BY LATE TUE AFT.  MODELS
DEPICT DRIER AIR SPREADING INTO THE NRN HALF OF THE AREA...BUT
WORRISOME 700 MB FLOW WILL BRING ANY ACTIVITY THAT DVLPS TO OUR WEST
INTO PORTIONS OF W AL TUE AFTN.   THIS COUPLED WITH NMRS BNDRYS
ALREADY IN PLACE WILL STILL WARRANT SOME SMALL POPS ACROSS THE N AND
CHC POPS SOUTH FOR TUE.  NEXT SYS WILL APPROACH THE AREA ON WED AND
WILL ALSO CARRY SMALL POPS(ISOLD WORDING).  TEMPS WILL BE CLOSE TO
SEASONAL NORMS.

HSV 61/82/58/82 61-1
BHM 64/84/60/84 52-1
MGM 64/85/62/86 5312

.BHM...NONE.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
130 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2001

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR...AND SUNSHINE...
SHOULD COMBINE TO PRODUCE MORE ACTIVE WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF
ALABAMA UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

WITH THE COMBINATION OF HIGHLY UNSTABLE AIR...AND STRONGER MID LEVEL
WINDS...STORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY PRODUCE
STRONG WINDS AND HAIL.  ON TOP OF THAT...THERE MAY ALSO BE A
THREAT OF SUPERCELLS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
WESTERN ALABAMA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCYr MANAGEMENT MAY BE
NECESSARY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...AND LOCAL BROADCASTS.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
309 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2001

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...AND MOIST...UNSTABLE AIR...ARE COMBINING
TO PRODUCE ACTIVE WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
WITH HIGHLY UNSTABLE AIR...AND STRONGER MID LEVEL WINDS...STORMS
THAT DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL. AS A RESULT...THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED
ALL OF ALABAMA UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHTTIME
HOURS.

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE
NECESSARY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE EVENING OR NIGHTTIME HOURS.
PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...AND LOCAL BROADCASTS.