1 flash flood, 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 Sep 10, 2:01 PM CST, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 301 PM CDT MON SEP 10 2001 A WEAK SURFACE FRONT CONTINUES TO SINK SLOWLY SOUTHWARD ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE FRONT WILL EVENTUALLY WASH OUT AS IT GETS CAUGHT UP IN NORTHEASTERLY FLOW AROUND CIRCULATION IN NE GULF OF MEXICO. LOW LEVEL DRYING BEHIND FRONT WILL LIKELY BE SHORT-LIVED... AS FLOW BECOMES MORE EASTERLY AS SURFACE HIGH MOVES EAST OF THE APPALACHIAN MTNS. THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF MOISTURE IN THE 1000-850MB LAYER THROUGH MID-WEEK...AND WILL CONTINUE WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS...DESPITE LOW POPS. AT THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE...DRYING INDICATED BY MODELS...AND WILL LEAVE OUT POPS FOR AREAS NORTH OF INTERATATE 20/59 THROUGH THE WEEK. ENOUGH MOISTURE AVAILABLE ACROSS SOUTH ALABAMA FOR SMALL POPS. HSV BB 064/085 064/085 063 58000 BHM EE 068/086 068/086 066 58--- MGM EE 070/089 070/088 068 58232= .BHM...NONE.
ALZ001>050-102100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 130 PM CDT MON SEP 10 2001 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. AT 130 PM...A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL EXTENDED ALONG A LINE FROM FORT PAYNE TO JASPER TO REFORM. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP SOUTHEAST OF THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORMS ARE NOT FORECAST TO BE SEVERE. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL INDEX... HUNTSVILLE 1 BIRMINGHAM 1 MONTGOMERY 2
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall in a short period of time caused flooding in and around Brierfield. A local fire station reported five inches of rain in a few hours. Several roads were temporarily closed due to high water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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