1 heat, 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 Jan 29, 2:31 PM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 231 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2002 MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE WEST ON THURSDAY AND THEN MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY. MODELS THIS RUN CONTINUE TO SLOW THE FRONT DOWN...SO WILL GO WITH THE HIGHEST POPS THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE EXTREME NORTH AND THEN HIGHEST POPS EASTERN SECTIONS ON FRIDAY. WITH THE NORTHERN EXTENT OF THE FRONT APPROACHING THE NW LATER ON WED THROUGH THURSDAY...WILL INCLUDE SMALL POPS ACROSS THE NW WED AND WED NITE...THEN CHANCE POPS MOST SECTIONS ON THURSDAY. WILL GO WILL CATEGORICAL POPS ACROSS THE TN VLY THURSDAY NIGHT AND THEN TAPER POPS SOUTHWARD. ALTHOUGH THE MAIN DYNAMICS PASS NORTH OF THE AREA...WILL INCLUDE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTH THURSDAY AFTN...AND THEN FOR THE ENTIRE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT. MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL ONCE AGAIN ALLOW LOW CLOUDS...FOG AND PATCHY DRIZZLE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND WILL WORD FORECAST ACCORDINGLY. FCSTID = 50 HSV 57 72 58 70 / 10 10 20 40 BHM 57 75 58 72 / 10 10 10 30 MGM 58 77 58 75 / 10 10 10 30 .BMX... AL...NONE.
ALZ001>050-292100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 130 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2002 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. A VERY MOIST AND TROPICAL AIRMASS REMAINS SITUATED OVER ALABAMA. CLOUDS SHOULD INCREASE AGAIN TONIGHT. PATCHES OF DENSE FOG COULD ALSO FORM OVER MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE IN SOME AREAS. MORNING COMMUTERS MAY NEED TO ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO GET TO WORK AND DRIVE WITH EXTRA CAUTION. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL NOT BE NECESSARY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
The temperature reached 73 degrees at the Huntsville International Airport tying the old record of 73 set in 1959.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, January 2002
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