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 Jun 15, 10:32 AM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 1132 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2001 UPDATED EARLIER TO REMOVE BECOMING WORDING FROM ZONES. FIRST AREA OF CONVECTION HAS MOVED OVER THE EASTERN PARTS OF STATE THIS MORNING. RADARS SHOWING CONVECTION STARTING TO FORM ALONG THE COLD FRONT OVER PARTS OF TENNESSEE AND MISSISSIPPI. 1600 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWING COLD FRONT EXTENDING NEAR A KHOP-KTUP-KHEZ LINE. AIRMASS CONTINUES TO BE MOIST AND UNSTABLE, LAPS LIFT INDICES -2 AND LOWER, SURFACE CAPES 2000 OR GREATER, DEW POINTS IN THE 70S. EXPECT CONVECTION TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF APPROACHING COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. .BHM...NONE.
ALZ001>038-040>050-152222- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 126 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2001 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY PASSING THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA...COMBINED WITH AMPLE MOISTURE...AND THE HEATING OF THE DAY...WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALTHOUGH A FEW OF THE STORMS THAT FORM MAY BECOME CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS OR HAIL...NO WIDESPREAD OR ORGANIZED AREAS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL NOT BE NECESSARY. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL FACTOR: HUNTSVILLE IS 1, BIRMINGHAM IS 1, MONTGOMERY IS 2, FOR MORE INFORMATION AND A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT IS A WET MICROBURST, 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.
Large trees were blown down and some were blocking roadways near Athens.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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