1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 18, 12:52 PM CST, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 112 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2001 VORT MAX CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI IS KICKING OFF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OUT AHEAD OF IT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW WAVES IN THE WESTERLY FLOW MOVING OVER THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT...SO FEELING IS THAT SCATTERED POPS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. MAIN FRONT CLOSES IN ON ALABAMA TOMORROW MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT SHOWERS AND STORMS TO BE NEARING NORTHERN ALABAMA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS TOMORROW...THEN SPREADING SOUTHWARD DURING THE DAY. BEST BET FOR STRONG STORMS SHOULD BE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TOMORROW. AIRMASS OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT SHOULD HAVE AMPLE TIME TO HEAT UP AND DESTABLIZE BEFORE THE FRONT MOVES IN. RIGHT NOW SPC HAS MUCH OF CENTRAL ALABAMA UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR TOMORROW...AND I REALLY CANT ARGUE WITH THAT. DONT EXPECT AN ALL DAY RAIN...AND STORMS SHOULD REMAIN SCATTERED IN NATURE...SO WILL ONLY WORD THEM AS SUCH AT THIS TIME. FIRST PART OF THE EXTENDED LOOKS TO REMAIN DRY...WITH A RETURN OF MOISTURE AND SHOWERS BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WORKWEEK. CHANTAL COULD MAKE THINGS INTERESTING BY THE END OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD... ESPECIALLY IF IT MAKES IT INTO THE GULF AS A FULL FLEDGED HURRICANE. HSV 70/88 66/88 65 352 BHM 71/90 67/90 66 354 MGM 72/91 70/91 68 354 .BHM...NONE.
ALZ001>050-182027- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 127 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2001 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. A MOIST...AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA... WILL COMBINE WITH DAYTIME HEATING...TO PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL WORK ITS WAY ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON...AND PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AS IT TRACKS EASTWARD. THE COMBINATION OF THE STORM COMPLEX AND A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CREATE CONDITIONS SUFFICIENT FOR STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE CHANCE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRIMARILY BE CONFINED TO AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 59. STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST...AND BE ALERT FOR WATCHES OR WARNINGS. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL FACTOR: HUNTSVILLE IS 1 BIRMINGHAM IS 1 MONTGOMERY IS 1 FOR MORE INFORMATION AND A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT A WET MICROBURST IS... VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BMX/HWO/HWO.HTML
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down in the vicinity of the Shelby County Airport.
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