Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Birmingham, AL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL
1219 PM CDT TUE JUN 04 2002

UPDATED ZONE FORECAST FOR AFTERNOON WORDING...WITH NO OTHER CHANGES
AT THIS TIME.  WET MICROBURST CHECKLIST INDICATES VERY HIGH
POTENTIAL FOR MICROBURSTS WITH AFTERNOON CONVECTION.  JUST NOW
REACHING THE CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...
WITH A FEW MORE DEGREES NEEDED CENTRAL AND SOUTH.  EXPECT VERY
STRONG DOWNDRAFTS AND OUTFLOWS WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS
THIS AFTERNOON.

.BHM...NONE.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
100 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2002

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA.

THE HIGH PRESSURE THAT HAS BEEN ANCHORED OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN
UNITED STATES WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST TODAY IN RESPONSE TO AN
APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL CAUSE SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...MAINLY FROM A LINE OF TUSCALOOSA...TO BIRMINGHAM...TO
ANNISTON...AND SOUTH.  ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED.

ALTHOUGH NO ORGANIZED HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED...IF A
THUNDERSTORMS DOES DEVELOP...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SOME SMALL HAIL
WILL POSSIBLE OCCUR.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
IS UNLIKELY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL FACTOR:
HUNTSVILLE IS 0
BIRMINGHAM IS 0
MONTGOMERY IS 0