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NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 24, 9:45 AM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 1045 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2002 TEMPS RUNNING A FEW DEGREES WARMER TODAY COMPARED TO YESTERDAY...AND DEWPOINTS ARE EVEN OR SLIGHTLY HIGHER AS WELL. PRECIP WATER ALSO VERY CLOSE OR SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN YESTERDAY...ALL OF WHICH WOULD LEAD ME TO BELIEVE THAT RW/TRW COVERAGE SHOULD BE AT LEAST AS MUCH AS YESTERDAY. TRIGGER TEMPERATURE IN THE LOWER/MID 80S IS BEING REALIZED...AND SOME SHOWERS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED NEAR GAD AND JASPER. SO...WILL BUMP UP THE POPS AREA WIDE TO 50 PERCENT FOR THE AFTERNOON...AND GO WITH A SCATTERED WORDING (AS APPOSED TO CHANCE). VERY MINOR DIFFERENCES IN THE FORECASTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA...WITH THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PATTERN REMAINING. .BHM...NONE.
ALZ001>050-241930- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 100 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2002 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA... A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED, AND THEY WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY OF THE SHOWERS OR STORMS, AND THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. AN ISOLATED STORM COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS, HOWEVER, NO ORGANIZED OR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL FACTOR: HUNTSVILLE...2 BIRMINGHAM...2 MONTGOMERY...2
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down in and around Vernon. Some of the trees landed on buildings causing damage. A few signs were also blown down and one landed on an automobile. A church steeple was knocked off the First United Methodist Church and a pavilion was destroyed. No injuries were reported.
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