1 flash flood, 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 5, 1:23 PM CST, 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED PRELIM POPS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 223 PM CDT THU JUL 05 2001 WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK COOL FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HIGH DEWPOINT AIR AND MODERATE INSTABILITY AHEAD OF THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL FUEL A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. RAIN CHANCES DROP OFF FRIDAY AS MORE STABLE AIR FILTERS IN BEHIND THE COOL FRONT. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SHOULD BE RAIN FREE AND HOT AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE STATE. THEN...ANOTHER WEAK FRONT IS EXPECTED ON MONDAY SO WILL PUT CHANCE POPS IN FOR THAT AS WELL. FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...JUST TYPICAL SUMMER WEATHER...HOT AND HUMID WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS: HSV UB 067/090 065/094 072 77200 BHM BB 068/093 0467/095 072 77600 MGM BB 071/093 070/096 072 77620= .BHM...NONE. 77
ALZ001>038-040>050-051930- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1025 AM CDT THU JUL 05 2001 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW POSSIBLY SEVERE...WILL DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST AND CLASHES WITH AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. LATE THIS MORNING...A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHWARD THROUGH CENTRAL TENNESSEE. PORTIONS OF THIS BAND WILL LIKELY ENTER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY BY MIDDAY. IN ADVANCE OF THE MAIN LINE...A FEW STORMS WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN THE QUAD CITIES AND HUNTSVILLE BEFORE NOON. MOST OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY SHOULD EXPERIENCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS BY EARLY AFTERNOON. COOL OUTFLOW FROM THESE STORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD INTO THE NORTH CENTRAL COUNTIES...HELPING TO TRIGGER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE AREA THAT HAS THE GREATEST POSSIBILITY FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE TO THE NORTH OF A CARROLTON TO BIRMINGHAM TO HEFLIN LINE THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS OR STATEMENTS AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL FACTOR: HUNTSVILLE IS 4 BIRMINGHAM IS 3 MONTGOMERY IS 2 1 BEING THE LOWEST...AND 5 THE HIGHEST THREAT. FOR MORE INFORMATION AND3 A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT A WET MICROBURST IS, SEE OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BMX/HWO.HTML.
ALZ001>018-020-052100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA 249 PM CDT THU JUL 05 2001 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 514... COLBERT...FRANKLIN...JACKSON...LAUDERDALE...LAWRENCE... LIMESTONE...MADISON...MARSHALL...MORGAN... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES REMAIN IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 514 WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM... BLOUNT...CHEROKEE...CULLMAN...DEKALB...ETOWAH... FAYETTE...LAMAR...MARION...WALKER...WINSTON...
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:02 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several roads were covered with water and temporarily impassable in and around the city of Cordova.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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