1 hail, 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 7, 1:55 PM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 255 PM CDT SUN JUL 07 2002 THE AIRMASS DRIED SOME OVER NORTH AL OVERNIGHT, BUT MOISTURE RETURNED RAPIDLY FROM THE EAST TODAY. MODELS SHOW AN EASTERLY FLOW CONTINUING OVER THE REGION AND A MOIST AXIS MOVING ACROSS AL OVERNIGHT. THE ETA SHOWS WEDGING AND A DRY SLOT MOVING IN FROM THE EAST MONDAY. THE AVN DID NOT SHOW AS MUCH DRY ADVECTION. I FAVOR THE ETA, BUT CONFIDENCE FOR TOMORROWS POP IS LOW. FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS I WILL GO WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, AND MAINLY AFTERNOON EXCEPT TOMORROW. FOR TONIGHT, I WILL NOT SPECIFY AN EVENING TIME PERIOD FOR PRECIPITATION, SINCE THE CHANCE COULD CONTINUE OVERNIGHT, AS THE MOIST AXIS MOVES THROUGH. I THINK STORMS WILL BE ISOLATED TN VALLEY AND SCATTERED ELSEWHERE. FOR TOMORROW, I DONT WANT TO DROP POPS, BUT BECAUSE OF DRYING INDICATED BY THE ETA, I WILL ONLY GO ISOLATED CENTRAL AND SOUTH. THE EASTERLY FLOW SHOULD ALSO HELP BRING MAX TEMPERATURES CLOSER TO OUR SEASONAL NORMALS. HSV 071/092 071/091 070 2323 BHM 072/092 072/091 071 3223 MGM 072/092 072/092 072 3223 .BHM...NONE.
ALZ001>050-072130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 134 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 2002 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA... MOIST EASTERLY FLOW OFF THE ATLANTIC...WILL QUICKLY REPLACE THE DRY AIR THAT FILTERED INTO NORTHERN ALABAMA LAST NIGHT. AN AXIS OF INSTABILITY...COMBINED WITH INCREASING MOISTURE FROM THE EAST...WILL BRING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION... AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY LEFT OVER FROM OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA...WILL SERVE AS A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES IN THE FORECAST AREA. WITH VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS...A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST OVER THE AREA...WITH A RISK OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ELSEWHERE...SOME STORMS COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS DUE TO WET MICROBURST ACTIVITY...WITH STRONG WIND BEING THE PRIMARY HAZARD. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY.
ALZ001>050-072130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED TO ADD MICROBURST POTENTIAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 213 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 2002 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA... MOIST EASTERLY FLOW OFF THE ATLANTIC...WILL QUICKLY REPLACE THE DRY AIR THAT FILTERED INTO NORTHERN ALABAMA LAST NIGHT. AN AXIS OF INSTABILITY...COMBINED WITH INCREASING MOISTURE FROM THE EAST...WILL BRING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION... AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY LEFT OVER FROM OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA...WILL SERVE AS A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES IN THE FORECAST AREA. WITH VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS...A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST OVER THE AREA...WITH A RISK OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ELSEWHERE...SOME STORMS COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS DUE TO WET MICROBURST ACTIVITY...WITH STRONG WIND BEING THE PRIMARY HAZARD. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL FACTOR: HUNTSVILLE...4 BIRMINGHAM...4 MONTGOMERY...3
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Dime to quarter size hail was reported just east of Harpersville on CR 85. One very large pine tree was knocked down and several large limbs were broken during this same storm.
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