1 hail, 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 26, 9:08 AM CST, 3 hours 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 1008 AM CDT TUE JUN 26 2001 UPPER LOW OVER NCNTL TN THIS MORNING...CONTINUING TO DRIFT SLOLY WWD. BMX 12Z SOUNDING APPEARS FAIRLY UNSTABLE WITH LARGE LAPSE RATES AND AMPLE AMOUNTS OF CAPE EXPECTED BY AFTN. GIVEN THIS...WILL NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE QUITE A BIT OF CONVECTION ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE LOW...MAINLY FROM BHM NWD. CURRENT ZONES FOR THE MOST PART APPEAR OK...BUT WILL PROBABLY LOWER POPS ACROSS THE SRN HALF OF THE FA THIS AFTN TO 30%...PERHAPS A BIT HIGHER FROM SELMA TO AUB ON NRN PERIPHERY OF CURRENT BKN CLOUD FIELD. TEMPS LOOK OK...BUT MAY MAKE A COUPLE OF MINOR CHANGES PRIOR TO RELEASE. UPDATES OUT SHORTLY. 66 .BHM...NONE.
ALZ001>038-040>050-262300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1100 AM CDT TUE JUN 26 2001 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW...JUST TO THE NORTH OF ALABAMA...WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN WEATHER MAKER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE ATMOSPHERE HAS MOISTENED UP FROM YESTERDAY AND BECOME MORE UNSTABLE...AS UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR ALOFT HAS SPREAD OVER THE FORECAST AREA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH LESSER COVERAGE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE IN THE FORM OF LARGE HAIL...WITH SOME DAMAGING WIND POSSIBLE. ALSO...THESE STORMS WILL GENERALLY MOVE EASTWARD AT LESS THAN 10 MPH...THUS BRINGING THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING WITH THE LARGER THUNDERSTORMS. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER...LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMA OFFICIALS OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA SHOULD REMAIN ABREAST OF DEVELOPING WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION...AND BE ESPECIALLY PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL WITH A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL FACTOR: HUNTSVILLE IS 3, BIRMINGHAM IS 3, MONTGOMERY IS 2, 1 BEING THE LOWEST...AND 5 THE HIGHEST THREAT. FOR MORE INFORMATION AND A UDESCRIPTION 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 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Dime size hail was observed in Moulton. Numerous large tree limbs were also snapped off during the storm.
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