Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
700 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

UPDATE...
FOR 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION.

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.DISCUSSION...

STUBBORN OVERNIGHT CLOUD COVER ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-20 FINALLY BEGAN
TO BREAK UP ABOUT TWO HOURS AGO. THESE MID/HIGH CLOUDS PRODUCED SOME
SPORADIC LIGHT SHOWERS AND HAVE HELPED KEEP CONDITIONS COOLER AND
MORE STABLE. AN UNDULAR BORE FEATURE FROM THE OLD MCS WELL TO OUR
NORTH MOVED SE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND SPARKED A COUPLE
SHOWERS IN THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE CWA AND HELPED START ERODING
THE CLOUDS. A SECOND OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IS NOW MOVING SE ACROSS THE NW
COUNTIES AND IS THE MAIN FOCUSING MECHANISM...WITH PERHAPS SOME HELP
FROM A DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARY...FOR A FEW SHOWERS/STORMS IN
THAT AREA. ANOTHER DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARY ON THE SOUTHERN
EDGE OF THE CLOUD SHIELD AIDED IN THE CONVECTIVE INITIATION IN THE
EXTREME SE. HAVE LOWERED POPS AREA WIDE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
AFTN. FEEL THAT EVEN WITH THE BOUNDARY CONTINUING TO MOVE SE ACROSS
THE AREA...ACTIVITY WILL ONLY BE MINIMAL DUE TO THE MORE STABLE
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE AREA. THE HIGHEST POPS
WILL BE IN THE SOUTH WHERE PEAK HEATING HAS OCCURRED...ALONG WITH
SOME LIFT POSSIBLY GENERATED BY WHAT'S LEFT OF THE UNDULAR BORE
FEATURE/BOUNDARY THAT IS NOW IN THE AREA.

FOR TONIGHT...BOTH THE GFS AND NAM TRY TO BRING THE REMNANTS OF AN
MCS INTO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS BEFORE MIDNIGHT. LOOKING AT
RADAR...STORMS HAVE ALREADY STARTED FIRING IN CENTRAL AR. CORFIDI
VECTORS ARE GENERALLY SE BETWEEN 00Z AND 06Z...WHICH COULD BRING IT
INTO AL A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH THAN CURRENTLY PROGGED...THAT IS IF
IT EVEN MAKES IT HERE. FOR NOW...WILL CARRY CHC POPS IN THE NORTH
AND SLIGHT CHC EVERYWHERE ELSE.

ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL SLIDE ACROSS THE REGION ON
MONDAY...WHICH WILL JUSTIFY KEEPING AT LEAST 30 POPS IN AREA WIDE.
AN UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED SFC FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS CENTRAL
ALABAMA ON TUE AND INTO TUE NIGHT. HIGHEST POPS THRU THE PERIOD WILL
REMAIN ON TUE DUE TO THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. MODELS ARE CURRENTLY
BRINGING THE FRONT THRU THE CWA BEFORE STALLING NEAR THE COAST ON
WED. WILL KEEP MENTION OF SLIGHTLY HIGHER POPS IN THE FAR SOUTH TO
ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF THE BOUNDARY STALLING FARTHER NORTH.
A DRIER AIRMASS WILL WORK IN FROM THE NORTH BEHIND THE FRONT. DEW
POINTS COULD DROP INTO THE LOWER 60S ACROSS THE NORTH ON THU...BUT
WILL THEN SLOWLY REBOUND INTO THE UPPER 60S BY THE WEEKEND. RAIN
CHANCES DECREASE FOR THE END OF THE WEEK...BUT THEN PICK BACK UP
OVER THE WEEKEND. HAVE LEFT 20 TO 30 POPS IN EACH PERIOD.

TEMPS WILL REMAIN NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL THRU THE PERIOD.
AFTN HIGHS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE LOW/MID 90S WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS
IN THE 70S.  THE EXCEPTION WILL BE DURING THE DAY TUE WHEN CLOUD
COVER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL BE THE GREATEST. WENT SEVERAL
DEGREES BELOW GUIDANCE FOR HIGHS...UPPER 80S/LOW 90S. WED NIGHT WILL
LIKELY BE THE COOLEST THANKS TO THE FALLING DEW POINTS. LOWS WED
NIGHT COULD FALL INTO THE MID 60S IN THE NORTH.

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&&

.AVIATION...
00Z TAF DISCUSSION.

LOOKING AT RADAR THIS EVENING...BIG STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS
NORTHWEST ALABAMA...WHICH WILL ALLOW AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY TO TRAVERSE
ACROSS THE STATE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. WITH THIS IN MIND...DECIDED TO
GO AHEAD AND ADD A TEMPO GROUP IN AT BHM...EET...AND TCL TO REFLECT
THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVING THROUGH LATER THIS EVENING. JUST FOR THE
POSSIBILITY OF SHOWERS AND STORMS DEVELOPING...ALSO ADDED -TSRA IN
FOR TCL WHERE THE STRONGEST OUTFLOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH.
ALSO ADDED A CB GROUP IN FOR BHM AND EET DURING THE TEMPO GROUP AS
WELL. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST BEHIND THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY.
OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE PREVAILING DURING THE
OVERNIGHT PERIOD...AND MOST SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD DIMINISH.
EXPECT MORE OF THE SAME MONDAY AFTERNOON THAT WE OBSERVED
TODAY...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS THE STATE. WITH
SCATTERED CONVECTION EXPECTED...WENT WITH A CB GROUP INSTEAD OF VCTS
AT THIS TIME.

56/GOGGINS

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GADSDEN     72  92  74  88  69 /  30  30  30  50  20
ANNISTON    74  93  74  88  73 /  20  30  20  50  20
BIRMINGHAM  76  96  76  90  74 /  20  30  20  50  20
TUSCALOOSA  75  96  75  93  75 /  20  30  20  50  20
CALERA      74  95  75  90  73 /  20  30  20  50  20
AUBURN      73  91  74  91  73 /  20  40  20  50  30
MONTGOMERY  75  96  76  94  75 /  20  40  20  50  30
TROY        74  93  74  93  75 /  20  40  20  50  30

&&

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

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
839 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

ALZ011>015-017>050-081300-
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-
839 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA THIS
EVENING WILL TRIGGER STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH 11 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 IS NOT
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
733 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

ALZ011>015-080115-
FAYETTE AL-LAMAR AL-MARION AL-WALKER AL-WINSTON AL-
733 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WINSTON...NORTHWESTERN WALKER...
MARION...NORTHERN LAMAR AND NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTIES UNTIL 815
PM CDT...

AT 733 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEEDMORE TO DETROIT...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  HALEYVILLE...
  SULLIGENT...
  LYNN...
  WINFIELD...
  ARLEY...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3432 8817 3430 8711 3399 8711 3386 8743
      3388 8822
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 296DEG 17KT 3427 8757 3406 8808

10/ARM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
749 PM CDT SUN AUG 07 2011

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

0725 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HAMILTON                34.14N 87.98W
08/07/2011                   MARION             AL   911 CALL CENTER

            SEVERAL TREES REPORTED DOWN IN HAMILTON.

&&

AG

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
814 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

ALZ012>015-023-080200-
FAYETTE AL-LAMAR AL-TUSCALOOSA AL-WALKER AL-WINSTON AL-
814 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN WINSTON...WALKER...
NORTHWESTERN TUSCALOOSA...SOUTHEASTERN LAMAR AND FAYETTE COUNTIES
UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 809 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF SMITH DAM
TO ARLEY IN SOUTHEASTERN WINSTON COUNTY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35
MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  FAYETTE...
  JASPER...
  MILLPORT...
  CORDOVA...
  SUMITON...

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3381 8814 3392 8778 3391 8764 3396 8764
      3411 8711 3399 8710 3397 8713 3390 8708
      3390 8701 3386 8697 3380 8696 3377 8703
      3369 8704 3362 8712 3362 8717 3351 8728
      3334 8784 3353 8785 3353 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 348DEG 29KT 3400 8709 3374 8801

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
913 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

ALZ024-025-034-080300-
BIBB AL-JEFFERSON AL-SHELBY AL-
913 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SHELBY...JEFFERSON AND
NORTHEASTERN BIBB COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...

AT 908 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM TRUSSVILLE TO BULL CITY...
AND MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  VESTAVIA HILLS...
  BESSEMER...
  HOOVER...
  HELENA...
  PELHAM...

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3376 8660 3366 8652 3356 8655 3355 8648
      3350 8648 3349 8638 3330 8636 3328 8643
      3318 8651 3312 8646 3302 8652 3307 8662
      3307 8688 3295 8688 3292 8702 3322 8717
      3322 8711 3328 8707 3332 8718 3345 8729
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 341DEG 29KT 3356 8655 3332 8725

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
916 PM CDT SUN AUG 07 2011

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

0835 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CORDOVA                 33.76N 87.19W
08/07/2011                   WALKER             AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TREE DOWN ON POWER LINES.

0855 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FORESTDALE              33.58N 86.90W
08/07/2011                   JEFFERSON          AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TREE DOWN ON POWER LINES.

0857 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FORESTDALE              33.58N 86.90W
08/07/2011                   JEFFERSON          AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TREE DOWN ON PRATT HIGHWAY AND OAK RIDGE DRIVE.

&&

AG

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
917 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

ALZ022-023-080300-
PICKENS AL-TUSCALOOSA AL-
917 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TUSCALOOSA AND EASTERN PICKENS
COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...

AT 913 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF OAK
GROVE TO REFORM...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  GORDO...
  CARROLLTON...
  NORTHPORT...
  HOLT...
  TUSCALOOSA...

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3341 8819 3354 8732 3351 8731 3350 8726
      3350 8728 3348 8729 3349 8733 3346 8733
      3342 8725 3332 8718 3329 8710 3324 8709
      3320 8720 3313 8720 3312 8729 3304 8732
      3300 8760 3302 8784 3315 8784 3304 8805
TIME...MOT...LOC 0217Z 003DEG 37KT 3345 8723 3333 8809

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