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 Aug 24, 8:35 PM CST, 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 935 PM CDT SAT AUG 24 2002 SFC FRONT STILL ACROSS MS/OHIO RIVER VALLEYS...CONVECTION LINE ACROSS NW AL. LINE STILL POSSESS SHWRS/TSTMS...BUT INTENSITY HAS DECREASED. ISOLATED SHWRS/TSTMS NOTED ACROSS CNTRL AND FAR W COUNTIES. MSAS DEPICTING ATM DESTABLIZATION CONTINUING IN ALL AREAS...EXCEPT FAR NWLY ZONES WHERE MORE STABLE AIR MOVING IN...AND SOME BREAKS IN PCPN NOTED. HOWEVER...ATM TO THE NW STILL SUPPORTING EMBEDDED SHWRS/TSTMS ACROSS W TN. IF LINE REMAINS IN TACT...N LOCATIONS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY SHOULD EXPERIENCE SHWRS/TSTMS AROUND 10 PM. 00Z BHM SOUNDING ILLUSTRATING PRECIP WATER VALUES AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE 2 INCHES. RUC CONTINUING NWLY UPPER LEVEL FLOW PATTERN... WITH MOISTURE REMAINING IN LOWEST LEVELS...AS FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE FARTHER SOUTH TO NEAR N TN BORDER...BY SUN MORNING. DESPITE SOME BREAKS NOTED N...WILL CONTINUE WITH CAT WORDING...AND ADDRESS TRANSITION ZONES TO LIKELY TO SCT WORDING TO THE SW. PER MGM LAPS SOUNDING PROFILES CONTINUING TO SHOW ATM DESTABILIZATION... WILL NOT ELIMINATE POPS S. WILL MENTION ISOLATED POPS 89 JBW
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:26 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees and power lines were blown down in Fort Payne. A few of the trees temporarily blocked roadways.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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