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 Jan 29, 3:11 PM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 311 PM CST MON JAN 29 2001 SURFACE LOW OVER PARTS OF IOWA AND MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM THE SURFACE NEAR A KSTL-KJBR-KGWO. THIN BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL PARTS OF ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER BAND WAS MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN ALABAMA. BOTH HAVE PRODUCED LITTLE IN THE WAY OF SEVERE WEATHER. TIGHT SURFACE GRADIENT CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA WITH WINDS IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH AT TIMES. WILL CONTINUE ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION HAS NOT OCCURRED ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER THIS AFTERNOON. CLOUD COVER AND STABLE AIR HAVE BEEN KEEPING CONVECTION IN THE LOW TO MARGINAL RANGE. AS A RESULT, WILL REMOVE SEVERE WORDING FROM THE NORTH, WHERE THE MAIN PROBLEMS WILL BE STRONG GRADIENT WINDS AND RAINFALL. KEEP SEVERE WORDING WITH THE CURRENT BAND OF CONVECTION MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH PARTS OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. MODELS SHOWING RAIN EXITING THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE FORECAST AREA, BARBOUR AND RUSSELL COUNTIES, BY 12OO UTC. WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE DIMINISHING RAIN WORDING IN THE WEST AND ENDING IN THE MORNING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. SURFACE AND UPPER LOW LIFT FARTHER NORTH AND EAST WITH SOUTHWEST SURFACE FLOW EXPECTED TUESDAY. THIS SHOULD KEEP TEMPERATURES NEAR TODAYS VALUES. WAVE DEVELOPS ON OLD FRONT ALONG THE COASTAL SECTIONS LATE WEDNESDAY AND INTO THURSDAY BRINGING A CHANCE OF RAIN TO THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS............. HSV EE 044/060 041/051 037 65+-- BHM EE 046/063 041/058 038 65+0- MGM EE 047/066 043/063 043 65+0-= .BHM...WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT ENTIRE AREA.
ALZ001>038-040>050-300100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1245 PM CST MON JAN 29 2001 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR ALL OF ALABAMA...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...IS CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS EASTERN MISSISSIPPI...AND WILL ENTER WESTERN ALABAMA AROUND 1:30 PM...AND CONTINUE ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH THE EVENING. WITH THE VERY STRONG WINDS WITH THIS SYSTEM...THE MAIN THREAT LOOKS TO BE DAMAGING WINDS. ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO COULD BE POSSIBLE. A LIMITING FACTOR WILL BE THE LACK OF INSTABILITY. AT THIS TIME...THE MAIN AREA FOR SEVERE STORMS LOOKS TO BE SOUTH A LINE FROM VERNON TO BIRMINGHAM TO ANNISTON. NORTH OF THIS LINE IS STILL UNDER A SLIGHT RISK...BUT THE WEAK INSTABILITY COULD BE OVERCOME BY THE STRONG DYNAMICS...AND THE THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS SHOULD KEEP ALERT FOR FUTURE WATCHES...WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS...CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SYSTEM. STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:45 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and power lines were knocked down on 4th Avenue South.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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