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 Oct 6, 1:08 PM CST, 13 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 208 PM CDT SUN OCT 06 2002 THE COLD FRONT THAT MOVED INTO NORTH AL YESTERDAY STALLED OVER THE AREA AND WAS WASHING OUT. THE DRY AIR DID NOT GET MUCH FURTHER SOUTH THAN THE TN VALLEY. DEW POINTS OVER CENTRAL AL RECOVERED TO THE LOWER 70S THIS AFTERNOON, AND UPPER 60S HAVE MOVED BACK INTO THE VALLEY. ANOTHER FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST AL TONIGHT, BUT NOT SOON ENOUGH TO DROP TEMPERATURES TO CURRENT FORECAST OR MOS LOWS, SO I WILL GO HIGHER FOR MINS TONIGHT. THIS NEXT FRONT SHOULD BE STRONGER THAN THE LAST ONE AND PUSH FURTHER SOUTH WITH MUCH COOLER AIR. SINCE DEW POINTS WILL BE MOSTLY IN THE 70S AHEAD OF THE FRONT, AND AN UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROF IS PROGGED TO MOVE ACROSS WITH THE FRONT TONIGHT, I WILL LEAN MORE TOWARD THE AVIATION POPS AND GO LIKELY OVER THE NORTH HALF OF THE AREA, CHANCE SOUTH. THERE IS ALSO AN IMPRESSIVE LOOKING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THAT WAS AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND PUSHING RAPIDLY SOUTH THROUGH WESTERN TN, AND APPROACHING NW AL AT THIS WRITING. NOT SURE WHAT IMPACT THIS WILL HAVE YET, BUT IT COULD KICK OFF SOME SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS AS IT MOVES INTO THE MOIST AIR. I WILL INCLUDE CHANCE POPS FOR MUCH OF THE AREA NEAR AND NORTH OF I-20 MONDAY, AND GO LIKELY SOUTH. THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA MAY CLEAR OUT MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT, BUT SOME CLOUDS AND POPS MAY HANG ON ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN RECENT DAYS. HSV 063/072 048/072 051 6300 BHM 068/077 052/075 056 6500 MGM 071/082 060/079 060 4632 .BHM...NONE.
ALZ001>050-062100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 116 PM CDT SUN OCT 6 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. .DAY ONE (THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT)... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
ALZ001-002-070725- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 204 AM CDT MON OCT 07 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING TOWARDS EXTREME NORTHWEST ALABAMA... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS BEEN MOVING ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE BORDER DURING THE PAST HOUR. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH...AND IS LIKELY PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE STORM WILL ENTER WESTERN LAUDERDALE AMD NORTHWEST COLBERT COUNTIES BETWEEN 230 AND 300 AM. IF THE STORM MAINTAINS ITS INTENSITY...A WARNING WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED FOR LAUDERDALE AND COLBERT COUNTIES.
ALZ001-002-070808- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 238 AM CDT MON OCT 07 2002 A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN LAUDERDALE AND COLBERT COUNTIES BETWEEN 245 AND 330 AM. THE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED DURING THE PAST 30 MINUTES...AND HAVE LIKELY FALLEN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS FOR DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER...THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...INTENSE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE WATERLOO... CHEROKEE...COVERDALE...FLORENCE.
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 129 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:17 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were reported down on Bride Road, CR 24, and CR 47 near Green Hill.
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