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 31, 2:02 PM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 302 PM CDT TUE JUL 31 2001 A RARE EVENT FOR THE DEEP SOUTH IN MID SUMMER AS BACK DOOR COOL FRONT PUSHED INTO EAST ALABAMA TODAY. WEDGE ARRIVED A LIITLE FASTER AND STRONGER THAN ANTICIPATED YESTERDAY. VERY LIITLE CONVECTION ON EAST SIDE OF WEDGE BOUNDARY...AND MODELS SHOW LOW LEVEL INFLUX OF SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH WESTWARD ACROSS ALABAMA. MOISTURE AT THE MID LEVELS OF THE AIRMASS ALSO DECREASING...AND CHANCES OF RAIN WILL BE MINIMAL NEXT FEW DAYS. MODELS DO BRING A WEAK SHORT WAVE TROF INTO NORTH ALABAMA LATE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THIS FEATURE MAY KICK OFF SOME AFTERNOON SHOWERS (TSTMS?)...BUT WILL PLAY CONSERVATIVE AT THIS POINT AND FORECAST ONLY ISOLATED POPS. A LITTLE BIT STRONGER SHORT WAVE TROF WILL ARRIVE THIS WEEKEND...AND WILL INDICATE HIGHER POPS DURING THIS PERIOD. TEMPERATURES WILL BE VERY SIMILAR ACROSS FORECAST AREA DUE TO EASTERLY FLOW. LOW LEVEL THICKNESS VALUES DECREASE NEXT TWO DAYS... AND WILL FOLLOW MOS GUIDANCE WHICH PREDICTS LOWER MAX TEMPS FOR DAY2. HSV 072/091 069/089 068 -1-1 BHM 072/091 070/089 068 11-1 MGM 073/091 070/089 069 11-1= .BHM...NONE. 58
ALZ001>038-040>050-312130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 130 PM CDT TUE JUL 31 2001 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. MOISTURE NEAR THE SURFACE WILL REMAIN HIGH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME DRYING IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE IS OCCURRING ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...AND IS SLOWLY PUSHING TOWARD THE SOUTH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN VERY WIDELY SCATTERED OR EVEN ISOLATED. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL NOT BE NECESSARY. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL FACTOR: HUNTSVILLE IS 1 BIRMINGHAM IS 3 MONTGOMERY IS 3 FOR MORE INFORMAbTION 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.
A microburst produced damage to one-third of the roof of a house. The damaging wind also knocked several large limbs down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, July 2001
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