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 25, 1:43 PM CST, 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 243 PM CDT SUN AUG 25 2002 UNABLE TO LOCATE ANY FRONT AT THIS TIME AS SEVERAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES MOVE INTO AND ACROSS THE AREA. MODELS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE LARGE SCALE FEATURES THIS RUN. UPPER LOW ALREADY FORMING ACROSS PORTIONS OF KENTUCKY WILL SLOWLY DEEPEN AND REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THIS UPPER LOW WILL THEN SLOWLY RETROGRADE TO THE W/SW AND REMAIN IN THE VICINITY OF THE AREA THROUGH MUCH OF THE WORK WEEK. THIS SAME PATTERN DEVELOPED A FEW WEEKS AGO AND MODELS HAD A DIFFICULT TIME WITH BEST MOISTURE AXIS FROM DAY TO DAY. POPS TONIGHT WILL BE BASED ON LATEST RADAR WITH HIGHEST POPS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS. ON MONDAY...ALTHOUGH SOME DRIER AIR TRIES TO SPREAD ACROSS THE NORTH...WITH UPPER LOW NEAR THE AREA AND A COLD POCKET FORECAST ACROSS THE NORTH...WILL GO WITH CHANCE POPS ALL SECTIONS. IN FACT...WITH THE UPPER LOW NEARBY WILL CONTINUE WITH CHANCE POPS EACH DAY DURING THE PEAK HEATING HOURS AND ISOLATED EVENING POPS. TEMPERATURES THIS WEEK WILL BE NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS. HSV 69/87/69/87/67 23131 BHM 70/89/69/88/68 23131 MGM 71/90/70/90/70 64131 .BHM...NONE.
ALZ001>050-251955- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 100 PM CDT SUN AUG 25 2002 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. A LARGE AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WILL MOVE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON. THE AIRMASS OVER SOUTH ALABAMA IS VERY UNSTABLE...AND AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE REGION...SOME OF THE STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE STORMS WILL ALSO CONTAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... WHICH CAN RESULT IN ELECTRICAL FIRES IN HOMES AND BUILDINGS. THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CARROLLTON...TO TUSCALOOSA...TO MONTEVALLO...TO ROCKFORD...TO LAFAYETTE. ELSEWHERE...ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND BE READY FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH ALABAMA. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL FACTOR: HUNTSVILLE...3 BIRMINGHAM...4 MONTGOMERY...5
ALZ031-251911- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 141 PM CDT SUN AUG 25 2002 AT 135 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING EXTENSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. PERSONS ARE STRONGLY URGED TO SEEK A SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. && DKJ/KL
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 157 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:44 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down along SR 10 near Sweet Water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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