1 flash flood, 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 31, 2:35 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 300 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001 HAD AN AWIPS OUTAGE FOR OVER AN HOUR...SO WILL TRY TO KEEP THIS DISCUSSION SHORT. MAIN IDEA OF CURRENT ZONE PACKAGE WILL REMAIN THE SAME...UNSETTLED CONDITIONS AND RAIN CHANCES THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. SHORT RANGE MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT ON OVERALL PATTERN. RIDGE IN THE GULF AND LOW DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN MS VLY WILL AFFECT THE AREA THE MOST IN SHORT TERM...WITH RIDGE HOLDING STRONG. THIS WILL KEEP IMPULSES RIDING ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL AL THROUGH SUN. SURFACE FRONT WILL ONLY PUSH TO NEAR AL/TN BORDER BY THIS TIME FRAME. THEREFORE...MOISTURE/LIFT AND A FEW SMALLER FOCUSING MECHS TO LEAD TO MORE RAIN. NO FFA ATTM WITH ABSENCE OF BIG FOCUSING MECHANISM AND HIGH FFG VALUES....BUT WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED. IN THE EXTENDED...WILL SHIFT TO SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPS AND MORE DIURNAL CONVECTION THROUGH FRI. PRELIM NUMBERS... HSV WW 070/080 070/083 070 759855 BHM WT 071/082 070/085 070 758855 MGM TT 072/087 072/088 072 755745= .BHM...NONE.
ALZ001>050-312030- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 230 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. LATEST SHORT TERM MODELS INDICATE BEST MOISTURE AND LIFT SHOULD SHIFT SLIGHTLY NORTH THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF ALABAMA...NORTH OF A LINE FROM BIRMINGHAM...TO TUSCALOOSA...AND ALEXANDER CITY. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH LOCAL STREET AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. THE SOUTHERN AREAS WILL HEAT UP A BIT AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP THERE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL NOT BE NECESSARY. 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 Birmingham radar (KBMX), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:57 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Very heavy rain in a short period of time flooded several locations in the city of Birmingham. Several roads were temporarily impassable in Hoover and Birmingham. An automobile dealership, Med Center Mazda, reported several vehicles underwater and severely damaged.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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