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 Jul 12, 1:23 PM CST, 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 115 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2003 BACK TO BASICS...FORECASTING 101...WITH SATELLITE LOOP, OBS, AND A MIX OF NEW AND OLD MODEL RUNS IN HAND. IN THE SHORT TERM...MID LEVEL CAP CONFIRMED PER 18Z SOUNDING...AND APPARENT AXIS OF DILATATION ORIENTED SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA...RESULTING IN DIMINISHED CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA. OF COURSE THE CONCERN WITH A CAPPED SITUATION IS...IF SOMETHING PUNCHES THE CAP...IT COULD BE INTERESTING. WITH DRIER AIR IN MID LEVELS... THE WET BULB ZERO HAS ALSO DESCENDED. STILL...THINK THAT THE MID- LEVEL SUBSIDENCE WILL HELP TO KEEP THINGS IN CONTROL. WILL DIMINISH CONVECTION THROUGH THE EVENING. AS FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY...12/12Z MESO ETA THATS IN OUR SYSTEM GENERATES QUITE A BIT OF CONVECTION OVERNIGHT TONIGHT ALONG THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...ARKANSAS/LOUISIANA/WESTERN TENNESSEE AREA. WITH THIS MORNINGS MODEL WOES...THE PRECIP OUTPUT JUST DOESNT LOOK RIGHT...AND HAVE QUITE A BIT OF DOUBT IN THE SOLUTION FROM SUNDAY MORNING ON. COULD IT SOMEHOW BE FEEDBACK FROM THE TROPICAL SYSTEM? ANYWAY...WITH THE BASIC UPPER PATTERN REMAINING LARGELY UNCHANGED... AND A MOISTURE DISCONTINUITY LINGERING IN THE REGION...WILL LEAVE SUNDAY LARGELY UNTOUCHED AND LET LATER MODEL RUNS ARRIVE BEFORE MAKING ANY MAJOR CHANGES. FOR TUESDAY...TROUGH SEEMS TO WEAKEN SLIGHTLY...AND RIDGE SEEMS TO BUILD IN ACROSS THE TN VALLEY. STILL THINK WERE LOOKING FOR ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACTIVITY HERE...PERHAPS A FEW DEGREES WARMER. IN THE EXTENDED...WILL REMAIN VERY CLOSE TO CLIMATOLOGY AND PERSISTENCE...AND ADJUST AS WE GET CLOSER. 81 PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... BHM 69 87 69 89 71/ 30 40 30 30 10 MGM 72 91 72 91 73/ 20 40 30 40 20 .BHM....
ALZ011>015-017>050-122000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 130 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE (THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT)... WITH DRIER AIR IN THE MIDDLE LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY, SOME OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS. HOWEVER, DEVELOPMENT MAY BE HINDERED SOMEWHAT BY A TEMPERATURE INVERSION AT MID LEVELS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN ON SUNDAY, AND SOME OF THESE COULD HAVE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:16 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were blown down on CR 97 near the Fullerton community.
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