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 5, 2:42 PM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 342 PM CDT TUE JUN 05 2001 CONVECTION WAY DOWN FROM PAST SEVERAL AFTERNOONS...HOWEVER SURFACE DEW POINTS HAVE RECOVERED INTO THE LOWER 70S AT MOST LOCATIONS. GREATEST INSTABILITY EXTENDED FROM AUO TO MGM TO MOB. WILL HAVE TO ADJUST POPS FOR THIS EVENING BASED ON RADAR DATA RIGHT BEFORE RELEASE OF ZONES. AT THIS TIME...EXPECT FAIRLY LOW POPS TONIGHT. GUIDANCE FROM NGM AND AVN MODELS INDICATE HIGH POPS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY OVER FORECAST AREA. ETA MODEL INDICATES YOU CAN PUT THOSE UMBRELLAS UP THROUGH THURSDAY. ETA IS STRONGEST WITH THE UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN FLORIDA TO MEMPHIS...AND CONSEQUENTLY DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH T.S. ALLISON PILES UP GENERALLY WEST OF ALABAMA THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY. OTHER MODELS HAVE MOISTURE INCREASING OVER FORECAST AREA DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. MM5 FROM GHCC NOT TOO ABUNDANT WITH QPFS EITHER THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY. PLAN TO GO WITH JUST SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... AND THEN INCREASE POPS WEST TO EAST THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. COULD SEE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE AREA BY THEN... ESPECIALLY IF REMNANTS OF ALLISON GET ADVECTED NORTHEAST INTO ALABAMA. AT ANY RATE...CONFIDENCE NOT VERY HIGH ON THE EXPECTED SCENARIO. IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST...PLAN TO CONTINUE WITH A DRY FORECAST SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH A LARGE TROF DEVELOPING ALONG THE EAST COAST. (70) HSV 68/85 68/80 66 2436 BHM 68/86 68/82 67 1335 MGM 70/90 70/87 70 2334 .BHM...NONE.
ALZ001>038-040>050-060030- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 130 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS ALABAMA IS NOT AS UNSTABLE TODAY AS THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS...BUT SOME INSTABILITY DOES STILL EXIST AS THE ATMOSPHERE SLOWLY RECOVERS ACROSS THE SOUTH. A LARGE MID LEVEL CLOUD DECK IS HOLDING TEMPERATURE DOWN ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE...THUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL NOT FORM OR WILL BE VERY ISOLATED TODAY. SOUTH OF THE CLOUD DECK...SURFACE HEATING IS OCCURRING AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ARE POSSIBLE. THE DIVIDING LINE LOOKS TO BE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HAMILTON TO BIRMINGHAM TO AUBURN. CERTAIN PARAMETERS FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ARE ABSENT TODAY...THUS THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP...SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL NOT BE NECESSARY. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL FACTOR: HUNTSVILLE IS 1, BIRMINGHAM IS 2, 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/HWO.HTML
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down near Booth and in the Old Kingston Community. Some of these trees fell onto homes causing minor roof damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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