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 Sep 16, 1:09 PM CST, 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 209 PM CDT MON SEP 16 2002 SURFACE CHARTS SHOWING WEAK BOUNDARY LOCATED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON. NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY TEMPS ARE IN THE LOW TO MID 80S MOST AREAS...WHILE SOUTH TEMPS HAVE GENERALLY CLIMBED INTO THE 90S. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE BOUNDARY AND A WEAK UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM TRAVERSING THE AREA. FORECAST AREA SHOULD REMAIN IN A SOUTHWESTERLY UPPER LEVEL FLOW PATTERN THROUGH MIDWEEK. UPPER LEVEL ENERGY SWINGING AROUND TEXAS TROUGH WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR LIKELY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW OVER NORTHERN AND WESTERN ALABAMA. RAIN CHANCES TAPERING OFF SLIGHTLY OVER SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA. PRELIMS FOLLOW. HSV 069/085 069/088 069 4753 BHM 071/087 071/088 071 3644 MGM 071/089 071/089 070 2535 .BHM...NONE.
ALZ001>050-161911- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 111 PM CDT MON SEP 16 2002 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA MAINLY DURING THE PEAK HEATING HOURS OF THE AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL NOT BE NECESSARY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and power lines were blown down on SR 17 and on SR 18 near Vernon.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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