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 May 11, 1:36 PM CST, 4 hours 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 236 PM CDT SAT MAY 11 2002 WEDGE MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA THROUGHOUT THE MORNING, HAS SLOWED ITS WESTWARD PROGRESSION SOMEWHAT, AND LEADING EDGE NEAR ALABAMA/GEORGIA STATE BORDER. SOME CONVECTION HAS STARTED DEVELOPING NEAR THIS BOUNDARY. LAPS DATA SHOWING -4 TO -6 LIFT INDICES, 1800 CAPE OR BETTER, AND PRECIPITABLE WATERS AROUND 1.50 INCHES. WILL CONTINUE WITH SLIGHT CHANCE PROBABILITIES FOR THIS EVENING, BUT MAY ADJUST PER LATEST RADAR IMAGES. WILL CONTINUE WITH SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SUNDAY. MAIN EVENT WILL BE MONDAY AS NEXT COLD FRONT AND UPPER SHORTWAVE SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA. COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE NORTH EARLY MONDAY MORNING, AND THEN EXIT THE AREA MONDAY EVENING. DRY, COOL AIR SPREADS ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY. HSV 066 086 066 074 050 / 20 20 30 80 BHM 067 089 067 076 050 / 20 20 20 80 MGM 067 092 068 086 054 / 20 20 20 60 .BHM...NONE.
ALZ001>050-112100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 144 PM CDT SAT MAY 11 2002 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN WARM AND HUMID ACROSS A LARGE PART OF NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS IS EXPECTED TO LEAD TO THE FORMATION OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS... ESPECIALLY FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL THE EARLY EVENING. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OR MOVE INTO PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED THIS AREA UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THE PRIMARY THREAT OF ANY SEVERE STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE LARGE HAIL...WITH A SECONDARY THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS. OUTSIDE OF THE SLIGHT RISK AREA...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY GROW STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE LOTS OF LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...BUT THESE SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS IN EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA SHOULD BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. ELSEWHERE...ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Dime size hail was reported on CR 33 near Louisville. Dime size hail was also observed in the Edgefield area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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