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 6, 2:00 PM CST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 300 PM CDT THU JUN 06 2002 FRONT IS DRIFTING INTO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE AND WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT INTO THE SOUTH PART OF THE STATE BY FRIDAY. TSTMS HAVE DEVELOPED JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND ARE MOVING EAST/SOUTHEAST FROM TCL..BHM..ANB...NORTH. ELSEWHERE MORE WIDELY SCATTERED TSTMS ARE DEVELOPING AND SHOULD BECOME MORE NUMEROUS IN THE EVENING HOURS AS THE FRONT GOES THROUGH. WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS IN TONIGHT EXCEPT SLIGHT CHANCE IN NORTHWEST. SHOULD BE DRY FROM BHM NORTH FOR FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS IN CENTRAL COUNTIES THROUGH THE 7 DAYS AS FRONT CONTINUES TO PROVIDE A BOUNDARY IN THAT AREA. WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS IN OVER CWFA FROM SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AS WEAK RIDGE BUILDS OVER SOUTHEASTERN U.S. TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN NEAR NORMAL FOR THE SEASON OVER THE NEXT 7 DAYS. HSV 064/086 065/087 200 BHM 066/087 066/088 300 MGM 069/090 067/090 443 .BHM...NONE.
ALZ001>050-061930- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 130 PM CDT THU JUN 6 2002 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. A COLD FRONT HAS ENTERED NORTHWEST ALABAMA AND WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE STATE. THE FRONT SHOULD PUSH JUST PAST A TUSCALOOSA...TO BIRMINGHAM...TO ANNISTON LINE BY 5 OR 6 PM. THE FRONT WILL THEN PASS THROUGH AUBURN...MONTGOMERY...AND SELMA EARLY THIS EVENING. THE FRONT WILL THEN STALL IN THE VICINITY OF THE ALABAMA FLORIDA STATE LINE LATE THIS EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP GENERALLY ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FRONT INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SOME ISOLATED STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG...BUT MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE CONFINED TO SOUTH ALABAMA FOR FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS UNLIKELY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL FACTOR: HUNTSVILLE...2 BIRMINGHAM...3 MONTGOMERY...3
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:13 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees and power lines were blown down on Jackson Road in Pinson.
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