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 Mar 2, 3:32 PM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 332 PM CST FRI MAR 02 2001 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST ACROSS CHOCTAW COUNTY AT THIS TIME...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH ALABAMA UNTIL 7 PM. STRONG THERMAL BOUNDARY REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL AL. THIS BOUNDARY WILL LIKELY BE A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH SEVERE WEATHER THREAT ALONG AND SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY. SATELLITE IMAGERY DEPICTS A TROPICAL CONNECTION OVER THE AREA...AND PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WILL REMAIN AT LEAST 200 PERCENT OF NORMAL INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. IT WILL BE BUSY AROUND HERE THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. OUT OF TIME FOR NOW (70) HSV RR 051/057 042/047 027 ++963 BHM RR 058/064 045/050 029 ++951 MGM TR 061/072 053/054 030 ++841 .BHM...NONE.
ALZ001>038-040>050-022230- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 206 PM CST FRI MAR 02 2001 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. A WARM FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE FOCUS FOR RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS AFTERNOON...A WARM FRONT WAS LOCATED NEAR A LINE FROM...MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI TO BIRMINGHAM TO ANNISTON...WITH ANOTHER RAIN COOLED BOUNDARY ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA. THESE TWO BOUNDARIES WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...DEADLY LIGHTENING...LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THIS SYSTEM. BECAUSE OF THIS...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE STATE. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT THROUGH SUNDAY. AT THIS TIME...RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH LOCALLY GREATER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. PLEASE KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST WEATHER STATEMENT AND FORECASTS CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER EVENT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:55 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down across the entire county. The Selma Police Department reported most of the trees were blown down in rural areas.
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