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 May 28, 2:13 AM CST, 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 313 AM CDT MON MAY 28 2001 EXTENSIVE CONVECTION PRESENTLY OCCURRING OVER NRN THIRD OF FA WITHIN AN AXIS OF GOOD LOW LEVEL WARM AIR ADVECTION AND INSTABILITY. MODELS SUGGEST THIS PREFERRED AREA WILL PERSIST THRU THE MORNING HOURS OR PERHAPS LIFT NWD A BIT...SO EXPECT WIDESPREAD CONVECTION TO LINGER OVER MOST OF THE NRN ZONES. CATEGORICAL POPS LOOK GOOD HERE...WITH "MAINLY MORNING" WORDING INCLUDED. FURTHER S...AIRMASS SHOULD DESTABILIZE THRU THE DAY...WITH SCATTERED CONVECTION DEVELOPING FROM BHM/TCL SWD INTO THE MGM AREA. CHC POPS LOOK GOOD HERE BOTH TODAY AND TNGT. AIRMASS OVER NRN AL DRIES OUT A BIT TUE...WITH SOME WEAK CAPPING INDICATED ON THE ETA SOUNDINGS. WILL OMIT RAIN CHCS FOR THE TN VLY ZONES...BUT KEEP SMALL POPS IN FOR BHM/MGM WHERE MODEST SFC-BASED INSTABILITY BY AFTN. GUIDANCE TEMPS LOOK PRETTY GOOD THRU THE PD. 66 FIRST PD POPS> SUBJECT TO CHANGE... HSV TB 078/060 084/061 081 66821 BHM TB 084/063 086/062 082 66532 MGM TB 085/065 086/065 085 66433= .BHM...NONE.
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:00 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Two large trees were blown down and blocked US 11 near Steele.
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