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 3, 9:55 AM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 1055 AM CDT SUN JUN 03 2001 AREA RADARS INDICATING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN/MIDDLE TN WEAKENING AS THEY REACH NORTH AL BORDER. FEW SHOWERS SPREADING SOUTHWARD CURRENTLY...BUT OUTFLOW FROM MORNING CONVECTION WILL IN DEVELOPMENT OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. 15Z OBS/MSAS ANALYSIS INDICATE SURFACE BOUNDARY ALONG LINE FROM NEAR TUP-HSV-CHA. SURFACE DEWPOINTS INDICATE SOUTHERLY FLOW BRINGING GOOD GULF MOISTURE NORTHWARD. HAD UPDATED EARLIER THIS MORNING TO UP POPS IN NORTHERN AREAS TO LIKELY AND WILL LEAVE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AS THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOP WITH DAYTIME HEATING. CHANCE POPS TCL-BHM-ANB pAND SOUTH LOOKS GOOD. MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO HIGH TEMPS. .BHM...NONE.
ALZ001>038-040>050-040000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1140 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2001 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA FROM RUSSELLVILLE TO HARTSELLE TO FORT PAYNE. THIS FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE NORTHWARD DURING THE AFTERNOON. PORTIONS OF NORTH ALABAMA...IN THE VICINITY OF THIS FRONT...IS WHERE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A DISTURBANCE ALOFT MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH FREQUENT LIGHTENING...LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE. ACROSS THE REST OF THE STATE...THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE...BUT CERTAIN PARAMETERS ARE NOT COMING TOGETHER FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER. ISOLATED STORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...AS ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE IN PLACE AND DAYTIME TEMPERATURES RISE TO NEAR 90. A LACK OF LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE LOOKS TO BY THE LIMITING FACTOR FOR STORMS...BUT IF ANY DEVELOP THEY COULD QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE WITH STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOjULD NOT BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL FACTOR: HUNTSVILLE IS 1 BIRMINGHAM IS 4 MONTGOMERY IS 5
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Nickel to golf ball size hail was reported on SR 204 in and near Duke. A funnel cloud was also reported with this storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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