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 4, 9:50 AM CST, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 1050 AM CDT MON JUN 04 2001 RETREATING BOUNDARY...WARM FRONT...WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST OF CHATTANOOGA. EXPECT THIS BOUNDARY TO CONTINUE TO RETREAT NORTH OF THE AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON. A THERMAL GRADIENT HAS SET UP THIS MORNING FROM ABOUT SUMTER COUNTY TO LEE COUNTY...WHERE THICKER CLOUDS TO THE NORTH WERE KEEPING TEMPS SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN TO THE SOUTH. AIRMASS REMAINS VERY HUMID AND UNSTABLE...AND SOUTHERLY FLOW TODAY SHOULD INCREASE PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED NORTH OF MOBILE BAY...WHILE A FEW SHOWERS HAVE JUST FORMED OVER WEST-CENTRAL ALABAMA. LIFTED INDICES WERE ALREADY RUNNING AROUND -8 OVER WHERE CONVECTION HAS FORMED. EXPECT LIFTED INDICES TO APPROACH -11 LATER THIS AFTERNOON...SO SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE INTENSE AT TIMES. EXPECT AFTERNOON CAPES AROUND V4000 J/KG. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL APPEARS TO BE HIGHEST AT BHM AND MGM. PLAN TO BUMP POPS UP SLIGHTLY FOR THIS AFTERNOON AT MOST AREAS. (70) .BHM...NONE.
ALZ001>038-040>050-050000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1130 AM CDT MON JUN 4 2001 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE STATE TODAY. WITH TEMPERATURES RISING TO NEAR 90 DEGREES...SCATTERED TO OCCASIONALLY NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE MARGINAL SIZED HAIL AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. AN AREA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HAMILTON TO TALLADEGA TO AUBURN SEEM TO HAVE THE GREATEST THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS...WITH THE ENTIRE STATE SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BECOME NECESSARY TODAY. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL FACTOR: HUNTSVILLE IS 3, BIRMINGHAM IS 4, MONTGOMERY IS 5, FOR MORE INFORMATION AND A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT IS A WET MICROnBURST SEE OUR WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BMX
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:09 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees and power lines were blown down across the county. Some of these trees temporarily blocked roadways.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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