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 Aug 3, 1:45 PM CST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 245 PM CDT SUN AUG 03 2003 CURRENT MCS MOVING SE TOWARDS THE FORECAST AREA. SOME STRONG AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON. SO FOR OUR AREA...CANNOT RULE OUT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OR TWO DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BUT EXPECT MOST OF THE ACTIVITY TO LESSEN IN INTENSITY BY NIGHTFALL. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE CWA SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG OLD BOUNDARIES DURING THE DAYTIME HEATING HOURS BUT SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. PERSISTENT LONGWAVE TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN CONUS WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN OVER OUR AREA AND PROVIDE UPPER LEVEL NORTHWESTERLY FLOW. SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES MOVE SE TOWARDS THE AREA. ONCE AGAIN THESE MCS/S WILL BE HARD TO PINPOINT AS FAR AS TIME AND LOCATION. HOWEVER THINK MON-WED WILL BE THE BEST CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW IMPULSES ROTATE AROUND THE BASE OF THE TROUGH. WILL ALSO HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR LEFTOVER BOUNDARIES AS THATS WHERE NON-MCS RELATED CONVECTION MAY BE INITIATED. BY MIDWEEK...TROUGH MOVES SLIGHTLY EAST AS THIS WILL ALLOW OUR AREA TO RETURN TO A MORE TYPICAL SUMMERTIME AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ROUTINE. WITHOUT THE AREAL COVERAGE OF RAIN... EXPECT TEMPS TO BE MORE AROUND NORMAL UNLIKE THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. MODELS EVEN TREND TOWARD DRIER AIR MOVING IN BY WEEKS END AS TROUGH MOVES THROUGH THE CWA. SO WILL LOWER POPS FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND RAISE HIGH TEMPS AS CLOUD COVER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL BE MINIMAL. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... BHM 71 87 71 88 / 50 50 30 40 MGM 71 89 72 89 / 30 50 30 50 .BHM...NONE. KH/99
ALZ011>015-017>050-032100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 137 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE (THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT)... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEY ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST INTO ALABAMA. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY GROW STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS OR SMALL HAIL. HOWEVER...NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. THE MOST LIKELY PLACE TO EXPERIENCE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE STATE...NORTH AND WEST OF TUSCALOOSA AND BIRMINGHAM. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD START TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE AROUND 7 OR 8 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... AN ACTIVE JET STREAM AND A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL KEEP CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THE MOST ACTIVE DAYS THIS WEEK...WITH THE GREATEST THREAT FOR MORE ORGANIZED STRONG OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WILL BE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. BEYOND THAT...IT APPEARS THE REGION WILL RETURN TO A WEATHER PATTERN A BIT MORE TYPICAL FOR SUMMERTIME WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH LESS ORGANIZED AFTERNOON VARIETY STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... AREA WIDE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY. HOWEVER...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down across the southern part of the county from Hamilton to Guin.
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