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 Jun 1, 2:00 AM CST, 7 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 300 AM CDT FRI JUN 01 2001 SATELLITE IMAGES AND RUC ANALYSIS SHOWING UPPER LOW/TROUGH OVER THE GREAT LAKES/UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION THIS MORNING. FARTHER NORTH, A STRONG SHORTWAVE WAS MOVING SOUTHWARD OVER PARTS OF NORTH DAKOTA. AT THE SURFACE, SURFACE LOW WAS MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST INDIANA. FROM THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE, COLD FRONT EXTENDS NEAR A KEVV-KMEM-LMLU LINE AT 0700 UTC. AHEAD OF THE FRONT, SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND TENNESSEE. ETA BEST AT INITIALIZATION OF COLD FRONT AND MOVEMENT TO 0600 UTC THIS MORNING. AVN IS A LITTLE FASTER AND HAS BEEN THE CASE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL RUNS. THUS, FORECAST IS MOSTLY BASED ON THE ETA WITH A TWEAK BY THE GHCC MM5. MODELS HAVE AGAIN SLOWED PROGRESS OF COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA. MODELS (AGAIN ETA/GHCC MM5) MOVE COLD FRONT TO NEAR A KCHA-KEET-KPIB LINE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON (0000 UTC). AS A RESULT, FIRST PERIOD PROBABILITIES WILL BE HIGH. WILL CONTINUE WITH A SMALL CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH. THE NORTH DAKOTA SHORTWAVE IS PROGGED TO SWING ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY REGIONS THROUGH SUNDAY. BEST ENERGY AND MOISTURE TO MOVE ACROSS THE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. AT THE SURFACE, ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER CENTRAL PARTS OF ALABAMA THROUGH SUNDAY. STILL DEBATING, BUT LOOKS AS THOUGH CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY FOR THE SOUTH PART OF FORECAST AREA. HSV TE 077/058 079/060 081 65703 BHM TE 078/062 081/061 083 65703 MGM TE 081/065 085/065 086 65702= .BHM...NONE.
ALZ001>038-040>050-011430- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 730 AM CDT FRI JUN 1 2001 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. A FRONT THAT IS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF MISSISSIPPI WILL SLOWLY PUSH INTO ALABAMA TODAY. MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS OVER THE STATE. SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TODAY...ALONG THE FRONT AND THE MANY BOUNDARIES FROM PREVIOUS STORMS. THE RAIN WILL BE ENDING IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE STATE BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOST LIKELY PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...AND DAMAGING WINDS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LIVINGSTON...TO GUNTERSVILLE...TO IDER. SEVERE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ISOLATED. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED BUT THE PERSONNEL SHOULD KEEP AWARE OF THE WEATHER IN CASE A SEVERE STORM DOES DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...AND LOCAL BROADCASTS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down between Dadeville and Alexander City.
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