1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 16, 1:20 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 220 PM CDT SAT AUG 16 2003 .OVERVIEW... MODELS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH PLACEMENT OF MAIN FEATURES IN SHORT TERM. THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN U.S. SINKS SOUTH AS RIDGE CONTINUES TO RETROGRADE. SEVERAL IMPULSES WILL MOVE ACROSS AREA THROUGH TOMORROW BRINGING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .SHORT TERM... CURRENT RADAR LOOP INDICATES A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN AREAS OF FORECAST AREA. ETA INDICATING THAT REDEVELOPMENT BEHIND THE LINE WILL BE ISOLATED THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS. WILL BASE FIRST PERIOD POPS ON RADAR AT TIME OF ISSUANCE BUT EXPECT ISOLATED OR LOW CHANCE POPS WILL SUFFICE. WILL ALSO ADD PATCHY MORNING FOG MOST LOCALES AS GROUND WILL BE PRETTY SATURATED OVERNIGHT. AS FOR TOMORROW...EXPECT SCATTERED CONVECTION TO DEVELOP AGAIN AS ANOTHER IMPULSE MOVES ACROSS AREA. ETA BRINGS MCS ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF AREA LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING...HOWEVER NOT REAL CONFIDENT IN THIS FEATURE AND WILL GO WITH 30 POPS NORTH... 20 SOUTHERN AREAS AT THIS TIME. .EXTENDED... UPPER TROUGH MOVES OFF TO EAST AS NEXT TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER THE PLAINS BY MIDWEEK. SOUTHERN FLOW AT THE LOWER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SOME GULF MOISTURE...BUT WITH A MORE ZONAL FLOW ALOFT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS CONTINUE TO LOOK GOOD THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIODS. .PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... BHM 72 92 72 92 71 / ?? 40 30 20 MGM 73 94 73 93 72 / ?? 40 20 20 .BHM...NONE. 83
ALZ011>015-017>050-162030- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 134 PM CDT SAT AUG 16 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE (THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT)... A WEAK SURFACE PRESSURE TROUGH ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA...FROM ALICEVILLE...TO TUSCALOOSA...BIRMINGHAM...AND TALLADEGA...WILL ACT AS A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR ENHANCED CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE...RAINFALL COULD BE LOCALLY HEAVY WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.
ALZ037-162045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 243 PM CDT SAT AUG 16 2003 .A THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR TALLAPOOSA COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM CDT... .FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM. AT 242 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER NEW SITE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR NEW SITE... GOLDVILLE...JACKSONS GAP...DADEVILLE AND CAMP HILL THROUGH 345 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS...TAKE SHELTER NOW. IF LIGHTNING IS OBSERVED... WAIT AT LEAST 30 MINUTES AFTER THE LAST LIGHTNING STRIKE BEFORE RESUMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL. STRONG WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES. UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS COULD BE BLOWN AROUND. LAT...LON 3314 8577 3309 8597 3270 8589 3278 8559
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down in Hackneyville.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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