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, 1:50 PM CST, 5 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 250 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2001 500 MB SHORT WAVE FCST TO MOVE INTO AND ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. SEVERAL IMPULSES WILL PASS ACROSS THE AREA(1 SOUTH/1 NORTH)...THEN SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA ON TUE. WEAK BNDRY JUST NORTH OF THE AREA WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD TO NEAR OR JUST S OF BHM BY LATE TUE AFT. MODELS DEPICT DRIER AIR SPREADING INTO THE NRN HALF OF THE AREA...BUT WORRISOME 700 MB FLOW WILL BRING ANY ACTIVITY THAT DVLPS TO OUR WEST INTO PORTIONS OF W AL TUE AFTN. THIS COUPLED WITH NMRS BNDRYS ALREADY IN PLACE WILL STILL WARRANT SOME SMALL POPS ACROSS THE N AND CHC POPS SOUTH FOR TUE. NEXT SYS WILL APPROACH THE AREA ON WED AND WILL ALSO CARRY SMALL POPS(ISOLD WORDING). TEMPS WILL BE CLOSE TO SEASONAL NORMS. HSV 61/82/58/82 61-1 BHM 64/84/60/84 52-1 MGM 64/85/62/86 5312 .BHM...NONE.
ALZ001>038-040>050-282200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 309 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2001 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...AND MOIST...UNSTABLE AIR...ARE COMBINING TO PRODUCE ACTIVE WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WITH HIGHLY UNSTABLE AIR...AND STRONGER MID LEVEL WINDS...STORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. AS A RESULT...THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED ALL OF ALABAMA UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE NECESSARY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE EVENING OR NIGHTTIME HOURS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...AND LOCAL BROADCASTS.
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:16 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
An amateur radio antenna was blown down 13 miles north of Gadsden.
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