1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 25, 2:00 AM CST, 8 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 300 AM CDT TUE JUN 25 2002 NOT MUCH CHANGE OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS AS THE UPPER LOW REMAINS JUST ABOUT IN PLACE OVER TX/AR/LA. WARM MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW CONTINUES TO KEEP PW IN THE 1.5 TO 2.0 INCH RANGE AND SURFACE DP AT OR ABOVE 70 DEGREES. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS DURING THE DAY AND THAN LINGER THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. DURING WEDNESDAY THE UPPER LOW BECOMES AN ELONGATED TROUGH OVER THE SAME AREA. UPPER FLOW BECOMES MORE SOUTHWEST BUT PW STILL REMAINS HIGH. SO EXTENDED WILL SOUND VERY MUCH LIKE THE PRESENT. HSV 089/070 090/070 524 BHM 090/071 091/070 524 MGM 091/071 091/070 524 .BHM...NONE.
ALZ001>050-251330- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 713 AM CDT TUE JUN 25 2002 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA... DEEP SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP AN ALREADY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING ALLOWING FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:58 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a home in Kennamer Cove and started a fire on the third floor. The fire was confined to the top of the structure but caused major damage. No injuries were reported.
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