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 Apr 6, 1:50 PM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 250 PM CDT SUN APR 6 2003 WARM FRONT HAS MOVED NORTHWARD INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY REGION THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SURFACE BASED LIS IN THE -4 TO -8 RANGE IN THE WARM SECTOR. ON-GOING SEVERE WEATHER OVER CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WILL TRACK INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THIS COMPLEX WILL LIKELY WEAKEN AS IT ENCOUNTERS MORE STABLE AIR OVER EASTERN COUNTIES. ANOTHER COMPLEX DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN LOUISIANA COULD BRING ANOTHER ROUND OVER SVR WX LATER TONIGHT. ON MONDAY...DEEPER MOISTURE AND SHEAR WILL SHIFT EAST AND SOUTH OF FORECAST AREA. WITH NUMEROUS BOUNDARIES ACROSS THE AREA AND PLENTY OF CAPE...SCATTERED TSTMS LIKELY TO DEVELOP...SOME SEVERE... PRIMARILY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20...AS THIS AIRMASS NOT LIKELY AS WORKED OVER AS AIRMASS NORTH OF I-20. MODELS INDICATING AN UPPER IMPULSE WILL DEVELOP ON FRONT ALONG TEXAS COAST AND SPREAD SHOWERS AND TSTMS BACK INTO ALABAMA MONDAY NIGHT. SURFACE LOW SHOULD MOVE INTO SW GEORGIA BY 18Z TUESDAY AND BRING AN END TO THE TSTMS. GFS MODEL HAS BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT WITH CUT-OFF LOW FORMING OVER CENTRAL GULF COAST STATES ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS TO MAINLY EASTERN ALABAMA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. UPPER TROF WILL FINALLY SHIFT EAST OF AREA BY FRIDAY WITH CLEARING SKIES AND WARMER TEMPS FOR THE WEEKEND. BHM 64 79 58 65/ 100 30 70 40 MGM 66 81 60 72/ 40 50 70 60 .BHM...NONE. ROSE/58
ALZ011>015-017>050-062100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 102 PM CDT SUN APR 06 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE (THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT)... FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXIST FOR THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA. A WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS...ALONG WITH A WARM FRONT...WILL PROVIDE THE INSTABILITY NEEDED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT THE GREATEST THREAT OF ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER WILL BEGIN AROUND 4 PM OVER WESTERN ALABAMA AND SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS... AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN SUFFICIENTLY UNSTABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT UNTIL A COLD FRONT EXITS THE FORECAST AREA EARLY TUESDAY. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL MOST LIKELY BECOME NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON.
ALZ011>015-017>050-062000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1151 AM CDT SUN APR 6 2003 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE ACROSS ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A MODERATE RISK EXISTS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA. WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE NORTHWARD MOVEMENT OF A WARM FRONT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON OUT AHEAD OF THE MAIN THREAT...BUT THE MAIN LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO WEST ALABAMA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE GREATEST THREAT OF ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER WILL BEGIN AROUND 4 PM IN WESTERN ALABAMA...AND SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES. THOSE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND FORECASTS...AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
228 PM CDT SUN APR 6 2003
.A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF DECATUR...MISSISSIPPI...IS
MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 40 MILES PER HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE
INTO WESTERN SUMTER COUNTY BETWEEN 3:15 AND 3:30 PM.
THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG DAMAGING
WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL.
PLEASE TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS NOW BEFORE THE STORM IS ON
TOP OF YOU.
LAT...LON 3243 8839 3297 8831 3289 8820 3279 8811
3269 8811 3269 8805 3263 8809 3259 8806
3260 8798 3245 8801 3242 8805 3235 8805The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were blown down between Carrollton and Aliceville.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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