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 Jul 11, 1:54 PM CST, 4 hours 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 254 PM CDT THU JUL 11 2002 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORMED VERY CLOSE TO BOUNDARY ACROSS THE CENTRAL SECTIONS AND MOVED SOUTH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. MODELS CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE SIMILAR SOLUTIONS WITH THE DIFFERENCE MAINLY IN THE TIMING FOR TONIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WILL GO WITH SMALL POPS ACROSS THE NORTH AND MAINLY SCATTERED TYPE POPS ACROSS THE SOUTH. FOR FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...BELIEVE SURFACE BOUNDARY/WEAK SFC LOW WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE AREA. AIR MASS REMAINS VERY MOIST WITH PRECIP. WATER NEAR 2 INCHES AND UNSTABLE WITH LIS NEAR MINUS 5. IN ADDITION...LOW IN THE GULF IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN AND SHIFT NORTHWARD...AND UPPER TROF TO OUR NORTH WILL PIVOT TO OUR NW AND DEEPEN. SEVERAL WEAK IMPULSES WILL MOVE THROUGH THE BASE OF THE TROF...MAINLY FRIDAY AFTN/EVE AND THEN AGAIN ON SATURDAY. WITH NUMEROUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ACROSS THE AREA...AND DEBRIS FROM TSTMS THIS AFTN...AND GIVEN THE ABOVE SCENARIO I FEEL THAT LIKELY POPS ARE JUSTIFIED FOR ALL LOCATIONS. WILL BEGIN TO TAPER POPS OFF SLIGHTLY ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY...THEN GO WITH ONLY ISOLATED POPS TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AS UPPER HIGH BUILDS IN FROM THE EAST. HSV 72/85/72/85/72 2666 BHM 72/87/72/87/72 3766 MGM 73/89/72/89/72 5666 .BHM...NONE.
ALZ001>050-111930- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 130 PM CDT THU JUL 11 2002 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS OVER THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS ALSO. THE HEAVIER STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY LOCAL RAIN AMOUNTS. SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS. ONLY IN ISOLATED STORMS SHOULD DOWNBURSTS REACH SEVERE LIMITS. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY.
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:31 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall in a short period of time caused some flooding in the Birmingham Metropolitan area. Several roads were temporarily impassable due to the high water.
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