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 Jun 11, 2:30 PM CST, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 330 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003 DEALING WITH THE CURRENT AND UPCOMING WET WEATHER PATTERN IS THE FORECAST CONCERN IN THIS PACKAGE. THIS DISCUSSION IS RATHER SHORT DUE TO THE BUSY ONGOING WEATHER. AT 3 PM...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALIGNED NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS ALABAMA...MOVING EAST. SOME OF THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. THE ATMOSPHERE WAS VERY UNSTABLE. TONIGHT...WILL GO NUMEROUS WORDING FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING ALONG EAST OF INTERSTATE 65...AND CHANCE WEST AS THE AIR HAS STABILIZED SOME WHERE THE SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE ALREADY PAST. WILL MENTION DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE THIS EVENING IN EASTERN AREAS. OVERNIGHT...SOME SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY LINGER AROUND AS SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY. BEYOND TONIGHT...WILL KEEP SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN FORECAST AS UNSETTLED PATTERN WILL CONTINUE. THE COVERAGE WILL BE HIGHEST IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE HEATING OF THE DAY...AND POPS WILL GENERALLY BE ALIGNED HIGHEST NORTH AND LOWEST SOUTH WHERE THE LIFT WILL BE BEST. WILL HAVE TO MONITOR FOR WET MICROBURSTS AND HEAVY RAINFALL FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. EXPECT NORMAL TEMPS THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST PERIOD WITH HIGHS 85 TO 90 AND LOWS AROUND 70. BHM 072/086 072/087 071 56554 MGM 072/088 071/089 071 55554 .BHM...NONE. MBS/91
ALZ011>015-017>050-112000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 130 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE (THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT)... VERY WARM...MOIST...AND UNSTABLE AIR...WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ENERGY THAT COULD RESULT IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE MAIN THREAT OF ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DUE DEVELOP WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)... WARM MOIST AIR...AND SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL PERSIST OVER THE AREA... FOR CONTINUED CHANCES OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE NECESSARY TODAY AND TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
348 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0336 PM ONEONTA AL WIND DAMAGE
06/11/03 BLOUNT A FEW TREES DOWN ACROSS
THE COUNTY. REPORTED BY
LOCAL EMA OFFICIALS.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
354 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0322 PM PELL CITY AL WIND DAMAGE
06/11/03 ST. CLAIR PUBLIC REPORT OF 63 MPH
WIND GUST NORTHEAST SIDE
OF PELL CITYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
358 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0322 PM MOODY AL WIND DAMAGE
06/11/03 ST. CLAIR TREES DOWN FORM MOODY TO
BRANCHVILLE. REPORTED BY
LOCAL EMA OFFICIALS.ALZ047-112200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
404 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003
.A THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR LEE COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM CDT...
.FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING
THUNDERSTORM.
AT 400 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF AUBURN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR AUBURN...OPELIKA AND
SALEM THROUGH 500 PM CDT. IN ADDITION TO THE LIGHTNING...GUSTY
WINDS TO NEAR 40 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
LAT...LON 3254 8555 3242 8541 3262 8510 3273 8514
3273 8543PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
407 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0343 PM ALTOONA AL WIND DAMAGE
06/11/03 ETOWAH TREE DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY
132 NEAR ALTOONA.
REPORTED BY LOCAL EMA
OFFICALS.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
442 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0345 PM ASHVILLE AL WIND DAMAGE
06/11/03 ST. CLAIR A FEW TREES DOWN IN THE
CHANDLER MOUNTAIN AREA
NEAR STEELE. REPORTED BY
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:17 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were blown down across the northern half of the county.
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