1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Jun 27, 8:25 AM CST, 5 hours 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 925 AM CDT THU JUN 27 2002 CURRENT REGIONAL OBS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWING LOCATIONS ACROSS N AND CNTRL AL EXPERIENCING MOCLDY TO OVC SKY CONDITIONS. SE LOCATIONS MOCLR. 12Z BHM SOUNDING PROFILE ONLY SHOWING OVC CONDITIONS IN LOWEST 1000/S FT...I.E. BOUNDARY LAYER. HOWEVER....TEMP/DEWPOINT PROFILES ALOFT ONLY SLIGHTLY SEPARATED. LAMP GUIDANCE SHOWING MAINLY OVC SKY CONDITIONS. RUC SHOWING 1000-500MB RH OVER 70% MOST LOCATIONS THRU 00Z FRI. SFC PATTERN SHOULD REMAIN DIFFUSE ENOUGH...ALONG WITH SWLY FLOW ALOFT...TO CONTINUE CLOUDINESS TRENDS. AS A RESULT...WILL UPDATE ALL LOCATIONS TO MOCLDY SKIES FOR TODAY...EXCEPT SE ZONES. DO EXPECT LOWER LEVEL OVC AREAS TO BURN OFF LATER THIS MORNING...WITH BREAKS IN CLOUD COVER EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. SE AREAS...WITH HEATING... SHOULD DEVELOP PTCLDY SKIES AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. BHM SOUNDING FORECAST MAX TEMP 86...CLOSE TO YESTERDAY/S BHM HIGH. LAMP VALUES RUNNING A FEW DEGREES COOLER ON HIGHS THAN MORNING CCF ISSUANCE. TEMPS COULD BE SLIGHTLY COOLER ACROSS CNTRL AL...AND POSSIBLE SLIGHTLY WARMER ACROSS N AL...AS WITNESSED YESTERDAY WITH HSV HIGH WARMER THAN BHM. HOWEVER...ZONES TEMPS MESH WELL WITH REGIONAL TEMP FORECAST. WILL MONITOR TEMP TRENDS FOR LATER UPDATED IF NEEDED. WITH CURRENT REGIONAL RADAR MOSAICS SHOWING SHWR ACTIVITY TO OUR N AND W...WITH NO CWA ECHOES...WILL ADDRESS SCT SHWRS/TSTM AS MAINLY AFTERNOON. .BHM...NONE. 89 JBW
ALZ001>050-272130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 132 PM CDT THU JUN 27 2002 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA... WARM...MOIST...AND UNSTABLE GULF AIR REMAINS ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH EXTENDING FROM EASTERN TEXAS NORTHWARD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY...WILL BRING GREATER CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS TO WESTERN ALABAMA...AS WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE NORTHWARD THROUGH THE TROUGH. HOWEVER...WITH AMPLE MOISTURE AND HEATING...THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. LOCATIONS THAT APPEAR MORE FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT INCLUDE...THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES FROM DEMOPOLIS...TO SELMA...MONTGOMERY...AND NORTHEASTWARD ALONG I 85...AND NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA FROM FAYETTE...TO ADDISON...AND HUNTSVILLE. SOME AREAS HAVE BEEN FAIRLY CLOUD-FREE THIS MORNING... WHICH HAS ALLOWED MORE HEATING THAN IN THE LAST FEW DAYS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. ACROSS NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA...THERE IS A HIGHER POTENTIAL FOR WET MICROBURST ACTIVITY. ISOLATED OCCURRENCES OF DAMAGING WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE. NO ORGANIZED OR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL FACTOR: HUNTSVILLE...4 BIRMINGHAM...3 MONTGOMERY...3
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees and power lines were blown down near York. One tree fell across SR 17 temporarily blocking traffic.
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