Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Birmingham, AL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
250 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2005

.SHORT TERM...(LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY) TORNADO AND HEAVY
RAINFALL POTENTIAL FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT ASSOCIATED
FROM TROPICAL DEPRESSION CINDY ARE THE MAIN CONCERNS.

FOR THE SHORT TERM...USED A BLEND OF MODEL DATA...BUT SLIGHTLY LEANED
TOWARDS THE GFS MODEL...SINCE IT APPEARS TO HANDLE THE LOCATION...
RAINFALL AMOUNTS...AND MOISTURE WITH CINDY BEST.  BEYOND TONIGHT...THE
NAM MODEL APPEARS TO BE TOO WET...WHILE THE GFS MODEL APPEARS TO BE DRY.

AT 230 PM CDT...TROPICAL DEPRESSION CINDY WAS LOCATED OVER CLARKE AND WILCOX
COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.  THE DEPRESSION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND
15 MPH.  RAIN WAS WIDESPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN
OCCURRING SOUTH OF A TUSCALOOSA TO AUBURN LINE.  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED TODAY BETWEEN DEMOPOLIS AND SELMA.

BANDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG ROTATION EXTENDED SOUTHEAST OF A
SELMA TO ROANOKE LINE.  ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE BANDS.
POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN ELMORE COUNTY.

ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA...SURFACE TEMPERATURES RANGED AT 230 PM CDT FROM
AROUND 70 DEGREES IN RAIN-COOLED AIR WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 TO THE UPPER 80S
NEAR EUFAULA.  SURFACE DEWPOINTS RANGED FROM THE MID 60S WEST TO THE MID 70S
SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 85.  THE AIR WAS VERY UNSTABLE SOUTHEAST OF A SELMA
TO AUBURN LINE.

FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...CINDY...OR WHAT/S LEFT OF CINDY...
WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AND REACH SELMA AROUND 6 PM CDT...THEN MOVE INTO GEORGIA
BETWEEN HEFLIN AND LANETT AROUND MIDNIGHT.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE EAST OF A SELMA TO GADSDEN LINE...INCLUDING
THE MONTGOMERY...TROY...AUBURN...AND ANNISTON AREAS...THROUGH 9 PM CDT.
STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS AND VERY UNSTABLE AIR EAST OF CINDY WILL ALLOW THE
DEVELOPMENT OF ROTATING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL
ALABAMA THROUGH EARLY EVENING BEFORE THE ATMOSPHERE COOLS AND WINDS WEAKEN
AFTER SUNSET.  TWO TORNADO WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL 7 PM CDT.

HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF CINDY WHERE TWO
TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING
ROUGHLY ALONG A DEMOPOLIS TO CLANTON TO WEDOWEE LINE.  CURRENT FLASH FLOOD
WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM THURSDAY MORNING FOR AREAS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A
LIVINGSTON TO WEDOWEE LINE HANDLES THIS WELL...AND DO NOT PLAN ON ADJUSTING IT.
MOST OF THE RAIN SHOULD MOVE OUT OF ALABAMA AND INTO GEORGIA BY 3 AM CDT.

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FOR NEARLY THE SAME
AREAS COVERED BY THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH.  SUSTAINED WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH
WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE LIKELY ACROSS THESE AREAS TONIGHT AS CINDY
MOVES ACROSS.  THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE NIGHT AS CINDY
WEAKENS AND MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA.

THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...GENERALLY EXPECT DRIER CONDITIONS AND
LOWER RAIN CHANCES DURING THIS TIME FRAME.  THE HIGHEST RAIN CHANCES...
THUS HIGHEST MOISTURE AND BEST LIFT...WILL BE ACROSS AREAS SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 20.  KEPT MAINLY AFTERNOON/EVENING RAIN CHANCES DURING
THIS TIME FRAME...GENERALLY IN THE 20 (NORTHWEST) TO 50 (SOUTHEAST)
PERCENT RANGE.  HEAVY RAINFALL AND SEVERE WEATHER ARE NOT EXPECTED.

AS FOR TEMPERATURES...TOOK A BLEND OF MODEL DATA.  THINK THE NAM/MET MODEL
NUMBERS LOOK A BIT MORE ON TRACK THAN THE GFS MODEL.

.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY) THE MAIN CONCERN IS THE POSSIBLE
EFFECTS FROM TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE DENNIS SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THE LATEST NHC GUIDANCE...SIMILAR TO THE GFS MODEL...HAS HURRICANE
DENNIS APPROACHING CENTRAL ALABAMA AND MAKING LANDFALL NEAR PENSACOLA
FLORIDA MONDAY MORNING AS A MAJOR CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE.  FOR NOW...
WITH MUCH UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST TRACK OF DENNIS...WILL KEEP MID RANGE
RAIN CHANCES SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...WHICH ARE ABOVE MEX MODEL GUIDANCE
AND CLIMATOLOGY.  PLAN ON KEEPING GUSTY WINDS IN THE FORECAST SUNDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY AS WELL.

DENNIS MAY HAVE SIGNIFICANT HEAVY RAINFALL...WIND...AND POSSIBLE TORNADO
IMPACTS TO CENTRAL ALABAMA SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.  STAY TUNED TO THE
LATEST FORECASTS AND INFORMATION REGARDING THE TRACK OF DENNIS AND ITS
POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON CENTRAL ALABAMA.

&&

.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL DEPRESSION CINDY WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA
THIS EVENING AND BRING HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES TO THE
FORECAST AREA TONIGHT.  DRIER WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED THURSDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY.  TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE DENNIS WILL APPROACH
THE AREA LATE THIS WEEKEND AND POSSIBLY AFFECT CENTRAL ALABAMA
EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GADSDEN     69  82  67  90 / 100  50  30  20
ANNISTON    68  83  68  90 / 100  50  30  30
BIRMINGHAM  67  84  69  90 / 100  30  20  20
TUSCALOOSA  67  88  68  92 /  90  20  10  20
CALERA      67  86  69  90 / 100  40  20  20
AUBURN      72  86  70  89 /  90  50  30  30
MONTGOMERY  72  89  71  93 /  70  50  30  30
TROY        71  89  70  92 /  60  50  30  30

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM THURSDAY MORNING SUMTER TO BIBB AND
SHELBY TO RANDOLPH COUNTY AND POINTS SOUTH

LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE SAME AREAS
INCLUDED IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH EXCEPT FOR SHELBY/TALLADEGA/CLAY/RANDOLPH
COUNTIES.

&&

MBS/91

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
421 PM CDT WED JUL 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0300 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SSE KENT                32.62N 85.95W
07/06/2005                   ELMORE             AL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            SIX INCHES OF WATER OVER AL HWY 229 NORTH OF TALLASSEE.

&&

KLS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
428 PM CDT WED JUL 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0357 PM     TORNADO          WOODLAND                33.37N 85.40W
07/06/2005                   RANDOLPH           AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ONE INJURY WAS REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 199 IN THE NORTHERN
            PART OF MACON COUNTY BETWEEN COUNTY ROAD 37 AND COUNTY
            ROAD 60. AUTO BODY SHOP WAS DESTROYED WITH PERSON BEING
            THROWN OUT OF BUILDING. CONDITION OF PERSON INJURED HAS
            NOT BEEN COMPLETLEY DETERMINED, BUT IT HAS BEEN
            PRELIMINARLY REPORTED THAT THEY RECEIVED SOME ABRASIONS.

&&

JBW

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR COUNTY LOCATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
428 PM CDT WED JUL 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0357 PM     TORNADO          WOODLAND                33.37N 85.40W
07/06/2005                   MACON             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ONE INJURY WAS REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 199 IN THE NORTHERN
            PART OF MACON COUNTY BETWEEN COUNTY ROAD 37 AND
            COUNTY ROAD 60 ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO.
            AUTO BODY SHOP WAS DESTROYED WITH PERSON BEING THROWN OUT
            OF BUILDING. CONDITION OF PERSON INJURED HAS NOT BEEN
            COMPLETELY DETERMINED, BUT IT HAS BEEN PRELIMINARY
            REPORTED THAT THEY RECEIVED SOME ABRASIONS.

&&

JBW

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
449 PM CDT WED JUL 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0358 PM     HAIL             5 SW ASHLAND            33.22N 85.89W
07/06/2005  0.75 INCH        CLAY               AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED ON COUNTY CLUB ROAD, HALFWAY
            BETWEEN ASHLAND AND LINEVILLE.

&&

JBW

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
459 PM CDT WED JUL 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0458 PM     FLASH FLOOD      DAVISTON                33.06N 85.64W
07/06/2005                   TALLAPOOSA         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FLOODING WAS REPORTED ACROSS HIGHWAY 22,WATER COVERING
            THE ROAD,NEAR DAVISTON.

&&

JBW

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
548 PM CDT WED JUL 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0130 PM     TORNADO          5 N AUTAUGAVILLE        32.50N 86.66W
07/06/2005                   AUTAUGA            AL   NWS STORM SURVEY

            NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED THAT AN F1 TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 5
            MILES NORTH OF AUTAUGAVILLE ON COUNTY ROAD 13. PATH
            LENGTH WAS ONE QUARTER OF A MILE, WITH WIDTH BEING 20 TO
            30 YARDS.

&&

JBW