Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 10, 2001

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL
253 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2001

A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST ALABAMA THIS
AFTERNOON AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA THIS EVENING, AND SLOWLY WEAKEN AFTER SUNSET.  FOR THE REST
OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING, A FEW OF THESE COULD PRODUCE A
BRIEF DAMAGING MICROBURST.  THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE A LITTLE LESS
NUMEROUS NORTH TOMORROW AND ELSEWHERE THURSDAY, AS SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR
WORKS ITS WAY INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH. TEMPERATURES MIGHT BE A
DEGREE OR TWO LOWER THAN RECENT DAYS, BUT NOT MUCH MORE THAN THAT,
AND MAINLY LOWS DUE TO DRIER AIR.

HSV 073/093 069/092 7c2--
BHM 073/093 072/092 5322
MGM 075/095 074/093 3322

.BHM...NONE.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
121 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2001

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA.

AN WARM AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  AN ORGANIZED AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND INTO
NORTHWEST ALABAMA BY MID AFTERNOON.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN
COVERAGE ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND
SPREAD SOUTHWARD ACROSS MOST OF WEST ALABAMA DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
WILL GENERALLY REMAIN WEST OF INTERSTATE 65...AND SOME OF THE STORMS
COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS.

STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD BE ALERT
TO THE POSSIBILITY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS BEING ISSUED THIS
AFTERNOON.

WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL FACTOR:
HUNTSVILLE IS 4,
BIRMINGHAM IS 4,
MONTGOMERY IS 4,

1 BEING THE LOWEST...AND 5 THE HIGHEST THREAT.

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT A WET MICROBURST IS,
SEE OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BMX/HWO.HTML.