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 Jul 11, 1:53 PM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 253 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2001 WELL...TSTMS HAVE INDEED DEVELOPED IN TN THIS AFTERNOON...AND MOVED INTO NORTHERN AL. WILL HAVE TO BASE FIRST PERIOD POPS ON RADAR TRENDS AT ZONE RELEASE TIME. MODELS STILL INSIST ON SOME AMOUNT OF DRYING GETTING INTO NORTH ALABAMA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. COMPARING VARIOUS MOS WITH SFC OBS... IT APPEARS MODELS HAVE BEEN A BIT TOO GENEROUS WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE COLD FRONT...OR AT LEAST HAVE TRIED TO BRING THE LOWER DEWPOINTS SOUTH TOO QUICK. THE DILEMMA THUS BECOMES...DOES THE FRONT PUSH THROUGH AND SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASE THE INSTABILITY AND RAIN CHANCES...OR DOES THE FRONT STALL AND PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR CONVECTION? AT THIS POINT...SINCE THE MODELS HAVE BEEN SOMEWHAT CONSISTENT WITH THE DRYING TREND IN THE NORTH...I WILL GO WITH A SUNNY AND LESS HUMID FORECAST TOMORROW IN THE TN VALLEY. WILL ALSO...HOWEVER... HAVE SMHALL (AT LEAST) RAIN CHANCES FROM TCL TO MGM AREAS SOUTH. ALL- IN-ALL...A SOMEWHAT LOW CONFIDENCE FORECAST. HSV 067/088/066/090 ?002 BHM 070/090/070/090 ?002 MGM 072/094/071/091 ?212 .BHM...NONE.
ALZ001>038-040>050-112030- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 130 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2001 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG A WEAK FRONT THROUGH TENNESSEE. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY MOVE INTO NORTHERN ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON. OVER THE FORECAST AREA...AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE 90S WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE. THIS WILL ALLOW THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME UNSTABLE AND SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 90 AND 95...COMBINED WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE...WILL PROVIDE A HEAT INDEX AROUND 100 IN THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TO 105 IN THE CENTRAL COUNTIES. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL FACTOR: HUNTSVILLE IS 2, BIRMINGHAM IS 2, MONTGOMERY IS 2, 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.
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:44 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across eastern Lauderdale from Anderson to Rogersville. Some of the fallen trees landed on homes causing minor damage. Lightning from the storms struck a few structures causing minor damage. No injuries were reported with the storms.
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