1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 4, 2:00 PM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 300 PM CDT WED JUL 04 2001 OVERALL SYNOPTIC PATTERN WILL AMPLIFY THROUGH THE SHORT TERM PERIOD. UPPER RIDGE OVER INTER MOUNTAIN WEST BUILDS AND SLIDES EASTWARD AS EASTERN US TROUGH DIGS AND POSITIONS ITSELF JUST EAST OF THE CWA. BOTH ETA AND AVN INDICATE SHEAR AXIS ALIGNED NE-SW ACROSS CENTRAL AL WILL SLIDE SE AS MEAN TROUGH POSITION PUSHES EAST. AS THE TROUGH MOVES EAST...700 MB AN UP WINDS QUICKLY GAIN A NW TO N COMPONENT TONIGHT. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS MUCH DRIER AIR ALOFT PUSHING TOWARD THE REGION IN THIS N FLOW. PRECIP WATER VALUES DROP FROM AROUND 2 IN TO 1-1.5 RANGE. THEREFORE...EXPECT ALITTLE LESS IN THE WAY OF CONVECTION TOMORROW IN N AL. SURFACE FRONT PUSHES INTO N AL LATE THURSDAY AND INTO FRI BUT MOISTURE WILL REMAIN SHALLOW ENOUGH THAT 20 TO 30 POPS CENTRAL AND SOUTH WILL BE BEST. SHORT RANGE MODELS KEEP BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE AND SURFACE DEW POINTS ABOUT THE SAME... SO LOW TEMPS MAY ONLY VARY A FEW DEGREES. HIGH TEMPS SHOULD BEGIN WARMING UP A BIT WITH UPPER RIDGE PUSHING TOWARD THE AREA. GENERALLY TOOK A MIX OF GUIDANCE NUMBERS. 1ST PERIOD POPS WILL BE SUBJECT TO LATEST OBSERVATIONS AND RADAR TRENDS..BUT EXPECT A GENERAL DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WILL ONCE AGAIN ADD AN EVENING PERIOD TO ZONES. PRELIM NUMBERS... HSV BB 069/090 068/093 069 75421-- BHM BB 071/091 069/092 071 75421-- MGM BB 071/0g91 070/094 071 7544211= .BHM...NONE.
ALZ001>038-040>050-042100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 100 PM CDT WED JUL 04 2001 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE AIRMASS OVER THE REGION WILL REMAIN MOIST AND UNSTABLE THROUGH TONIGHT. A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL COMBINE WITH DAYTIME HEATING TO PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THOSE AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MUSCLE SHOALS TO BIRMINGHAM TO ROANOKE WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF EXPERIENCING THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. MOST OF THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD DIMINISH BY SUNSET. WHILE NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 45 MILES AN HOUR. BOATERS ON AREA LAKES AND WATERWAYS NEED TO MINDFUL OF THE THREAT POSED BY LIGHTNING AND STRONG WIND GUSTS...AND BE PREPARED TO HEAD TO SHORE QUICKLY IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL FACTOR: HUNTSVILLE IS 1 BIRMINGHAM IS 2 MONTGOMERY IS 3 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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees and power lines were knocked down in and around Muscle Shoals.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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