Severe Thunderstorm Warning 343, NWS Birmingham, AL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
306 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2008

.DISCUSSION...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO GROW IN NUMBERS THROUGH THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE WILL BECOME
SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. HEAVY
RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTING WILL ALSO BE A PROBLEM. THIS THREAT
WILL DECREASE AS WE HEAD INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA LATE TONIGHT...MOSTLY
AFTER MIDNIGHT. EVEN WITH THE DRIER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT...STILL
EXPECTING PATCHY DENSE FOG AND LOW CLOUDS TO DEVELOP JUST BEFORE
SUNRISE TOMORROW.

A FEW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING ACROSS THE EXTREME
SOUTHEAST ZONES AS THE FRONT EXITS THE AREA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL
THEN BE IN PLACE THROUGH MID WEEK KEEPING US RAIN FREE. MOISTURE
LOOKS TO MAKE A RETURN ON THURSDAY AND THUS INCREASE RAIN CHANCES
SLIGHTLY...AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

TEMPERATURE WISE...MILD CONDITIONS EXPECTED AFTER THE FRONT MOVES
THROUGH. OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL BELOW NORMAL FOR MUCH
OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. SOME LOCATIONS COULD BE AS MUCH AS 12
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. DAYTIME TEMPS HOWEVER WILL BE RUNNING AROUND
NORMAL.

10/ARM

&&

.AVIATION...18Z TAF DISCUSSION.

VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS...ABUNDANT SUNSHINE...AND A COLD
FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE STATE TODAY WILL LEAD TO NUMEROUS SHOWER
AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.  ALTHOUGH MAINLY MVFR CONDITIONS WILL
OCCUR IN THE TSRA...THERE WILL BE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STATEWIDE
THROUGH 04Z...OR FRONTAL PASSAGE...WHICHEVER COMES FIRST.  WITH
EXPECTED ABUNDANT RAINFALL...100 PERCENT RELATIVE HUMIDITY AFTER
MIDNIGHT AND WINDS BECOMING LIGHT...EXPECT WIDESPREAD IFR STRATUS
AND FOG TO DEVELOP AFTER 10Z WITH CONDITIONS IMPROVING AFTER 15Z.

STEFKOVICH

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GADSDEN     63  82  57  87  56 /  30  10  10  10  10
ANNISTON    64  84  58  86  58 /  40  10  10  10  10
BIRMINGHAM  65  86  60  87  62 /  30  10  10  10   0
TUSCALOOSA  67  87  61  90  61 /  40  10  10  10   0
CALERA      67  85  59  87  60 /  40  10  10  10  10
AUBURN      66  83  60  87  59 /  60  20  10  10  10
MONTGOMERY  69  86  63  90  63 /  50  20  10  10  10
TROY        69  84  62  89  63 /  60  30  10  10  10

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.
&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1135 AM CDT SUN JUN 29 2008

ALZ011>015-017>050-301031-
AUTAUGA-BARBOUR-BIBB-BLOUNT-BULLOCK-CALHOUN-CHAMBERS-CHEROKEE-
CHILTON-CLAY-CLEBURNE-COOSA-DALLAS-ELMORE-ETOWAH-FAYETTE-GREENE-HALE-
JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY-
PICKENS-PIKE-RANDOLPH-RUSSELL-SHELBY-ST CLAIR-SUMTER-TALLADEGA-
TALLAPOOSA-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON-
1135 AM CDT SUN JUN 29 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM NOON TIL 9 PM.
THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE FROM NOON TO 6 PM FOR AREAS NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 20 AND AT ANY TIME FOR AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. THE
STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS NEAR OR ABOVE 60 MPH...SMALL HAIL...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL UP
TO 2 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA DURING THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...PROVIDING THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.  IN
ADDITION...THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE...AND AREAS THAT RECEIVE
ABUNDANT SUNSHINE...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20...COULD HAVE
RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ANYTIME THROUGH 9 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE NEEDED
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

STEFKOVICH

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
529 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2008

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

0452 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SAFFORD                 32.29N 87.37W
06/29/2008                   DALLAS             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ONE TREE DOWN ON ALABAMA HIGHWAY 66 IN SAFFORD AREA.

&&

GGOGGINS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
536 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2008

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

0510 PM     LIGHTNING        SELMA                   32.42N 87.02W
06/29/2008                   DALLAS             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POWER OUTAGES REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 14 EAST AND PARKWAY
            DRIVE IN SELMA.

&&

GGOGGINS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
541 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2008

ALZ036>038-043-292330-
CHAMBERS-COOSA-ELMORE-TALLAPOOSA-
541 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR CHAMBERS...COOSA...ELMORE AND
TALLAPOOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

AT 536 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR KELLYTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  RAY.
  ALEXANDER CITY.
  JACKSONS GAP.
  DADEVILLE.
  EAGLE CREEK.
  CAMP HILL.

THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
548 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2008

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

0459 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 WSW AUTAUGAVILLE      32.40N 86.75W
06/29/2008                   AUTAUGA            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ON THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 15 AND
            COUNTY ROAD 1.

&&

GGOGGINS

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