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 3, 9:27 PM CST, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 927 PM CST MON FEB 03 2003 COLD FRONT CURRENTLY PLOWING THROUGH WEST TN...NORTH MS...AND NORTH LA...AND STILL POISED TO TRAVERSE ALABAMA OVERNIGHT. ASIDE FROM THE (WHAT SEEMS TO BE DIMINISHING) THREAT OF CONVECTION...THE OTHER BIG THING TO WATCH TONIGHT HAS BEEN THE WINDS. WINDS HAVE BEEN A BIT GUSTY HERE SO FAR...BUT MORE SO TO THE NORTH AND CLOSER TO THE FRONT. WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO UP THE WINDS A BIT...POSSIBLY INTO THE CAUTION ADVISED AREA. BEEN SITTING ON SOME PRETTY HIGH POPS SO FAR...AND STILL FEEL THAT MOST/ALL LOCATIONS WILL GET SOME RAIN BEFORE MORNING. BUT IT STILL MAY NOT BE UNTIL WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT BEFORE SOME PARTS OF THE EAST GET RAIN. SO WHILE I AM UPDATING FOR WINDS...I WILL ALSO LIKELY TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE THE EXPECTED ONSET OF RAIN IN THOSE AREAS. TEMPS WONT BEGIN TO FALL UNTIL AFTER FROPA...AND I DONT REALLY HAVE ANYTHING NEW TO MAKE ANY LOW TEMPERATURE TWEAKS. THUSLY...WILL LEAVE TEMPS ALONE OVERNIGHT. .BHM...NONE.
ALZ011>015-017>050-032102- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...RETRANSMISSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 102 PM CST MON FEB 03 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE (THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT)... AN ACTIVE UPPER-LEVEL SYSTEM WILL BE SWINGING ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY LATER THIS EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. SEVERITY OF STORMS ARE NOT IMPRESSIVE AT THIS TIME...BUT THERE MAY BE SOME VERY ISOLATED WIND REPORTS WITH A THIN LINE OF STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO CHANGING CONDITIONS...HOWEVER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
ALZ025-027-035-036-040730- THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1253 AM CST TUE FEB 4 2003 .A THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR CHILTON...COOSA...SHELBY AND TALLADEGA COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM CST... .WINDS GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE LIKELY FROM THESE STORMS. AT 1247 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALPINE BAY RESORT TO 12 MILES WEST OF JEMISON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR COLUMBIANA...ALPINE BAY RESORT...WILSONVILLE...JEMISON...CHILDERSBURG...THORSBY... WINTERBORO AND TALLADEGA SPRINGS THROUGH 200 AM 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 PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS MINOR FLOODING. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS... FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS...RISING WATER ALONG CREEKS...AND UNDERPASSES WITH WATER WILL BE POSSIBLE LAT...LON 3364 8608 3296 8688 3276 8668 3355 8585
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:09 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were blown down around the city of Lincoln.
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