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 Feb 15, 10:25 PM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED FOR WORD USAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 1025 PM CST SAT FEB 15 2003 A LITTLE BUSY THIS EVENING. STILL SEEING A NICE BOW ON THE RADAR. UPDATING THE ZONES TO TAKE OUT TORNADO WATCH WORDING. WILL ALSO DECREASE THE POPS FOR THE WEST. ALL OF THIS EVENINGS ACTIVITY...WHICH WAS ALL AHEAD OF THE FRONT...HAS RAKED OVER THE ATMOSPHERE. BELIEVE TOMORROWS ACTIVITY WILL NOT BE AS STRONG FOR OUR CWA. WILL BACK OFF ON THE STRONG WORDING FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. .BHM...NONE. JONES/90
ALZ011>015-017>050-160215- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 722 PM CST SAT FEB 15 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE (TONIGHT)... AN UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MOIST ATMOSPHERE RESIDES ACROSS MUCH OF ALABAMA THIS EVENING. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT...WILL VERY SLOWLY PUSH TOWARDS ALABAMA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. THE LOW WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN ALABAMA BY DAYBREAK. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE SPREADING INTO THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE THIS EVENING. THE RAIN COVERAGE WILL SLOWLY INCREASE OVERNIGHT FROM WEST TO EAST. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...ESPECIALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. ISOLATED TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THE STORMS SHOULD SLOWLY WEAKEN INTO EASTERN ALABAMA...BUT ISOLATED STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)... THE SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE THROUGH AREA ON SUNDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS FEATURE. ONCE AGAIN...SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE STRONG GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20...PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. ISOLATED STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THE REMAINDER OF THIS TIME FRAME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THROUGH TONIGHT.
ALZ030-031-039-160230- THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 728 PM CST SAT FEB 15 2003 .A THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR MARENGO...SUMTER AND GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CST... .WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 10 PM. AT 727 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF GAINESVILLE TO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BELLAMY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR LIVINGSTON...GAINESVILLE...EPES...BELLAMY...BOLIGEE...CLINTON... FORKLAND...DEMOPOLIS...AND EUTAW THROUGH 830 PM CST. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS STRONG WINDS. WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE...TRASH CANS....OR OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS COULD BE BLOWN AROUND.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several large tree limbs were snapped off. One home sustained siding damage. One large barn was damaged.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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