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 8, 1:53 PM CST, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 253 PM CDT TUE MAY 08 2001 SURFACE FRONT JUST TO OUR NORTHWEST WILL SLOWLY MOVE INTO AL TONIGHT, DRIFT SOUTHEAST, AND CONTINUE TO WEAKEN. BY WEDNESDAY IT SHOULD BE DIFFICULT TO FIND. THIS FRONT, A WEAK SHORT WAVE ALOFT, AND DAYTIME HEATING SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO KEEP SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS GOING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WELL INTO TONIGHT. SOME WILL LIKELY BE STRONG THIS EVENING. THEY MAY BE A BIT MORE NUMEROUS NORTHWEST. I WILL DECREASE POPS TN VALLEY WEDNESDAY SINCE THERE SHOULD BE SOME MID LEVEL DRYING THERE. THERE WILL BE GOOD MOISTURE ALONG WITH WEAK SURFACE TROF DRIFTING THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS ON WEDNESDAY. THIS SHOULD BE ENOUGH FOR AT LEAST SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHERN ZONES. BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY, THE AIRMASS BECOMES A BIT DRIER AND MORE STABLE OVER MOST OF THE AREA, BUT WILL HOLD ON TO A SLIGHT CHANCE SOUTH. NO BIG CHANGES IN TEMPERATURES FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST OR MOS. HSV 058/076 056/079 62-- BHM 059/078 056/080 541- MGM 059/079 060/081 4522 .BHM...NONE.
ALZ001>038-040>050-082215- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 115 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2001 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. AS THE FRONT GRADUALLY MOVES SOUTH DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...THE BEST CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...ALTHOUGH LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE. WITH THE SLOW MOVING FRONT AND REPEATED RAINFALL OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS...SOME MINOR STREET FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS ARE POSSIBLE. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL NOT BE NECESSARY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were blown down onto power lines in the area of Bear Creek.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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