1 flash flood, 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 15, 2:21 PM CST, 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 321 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003 .OVERVIEW... NEED TO MAKE THIS FAST AS AM BEHIND DUE TO SERVER PROBLEMS...AND THE IFPS RUNNING VERY SLOWLY. BASICALLY THE MODELS ARE IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT...AND NOT TOO MANY CHANGES PLANNED. STALLED FRONT REMAINS TO THE STATE/S WEST. RESULT IN MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .SHORT TERM... THE FRONT SEEMS TO BE STALLED WEST OF ALABAMA. MODELS MEANDER IT AROUND...BUT IT WONT MAKE ANY QUICK SOUTHEAST PROGRESS. WITH THIS IN MIND ADJUSTED POPS DOWN A BIT. THINKING IS MAKING A THE ZONES SAY MAINLY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING WORDING. FOR POPS TONIGHT WILL GO WITH SCATTERED EVENING TAPERING OFF TO ISOLATED. KEEP THE HIGHEST POPS TO THE NORTHWEST. .EXTENDED... IF THE FRONT MAKES IT INTO ALABAMA THE MODELS STALL IT ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. THERE MAY BE ENOUGH PUSH FROM A HIGH THAT BUILDS OVER CENTRAL US THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY TO MOVE THE NEW ENGLAND LOW AND STALLED FRONT TO THE EAST. THIS SHOULD LEAVE A TYPICAL SUMMERTIME FORECAST. .PRELIMINARY NUMBERS FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES ONLY... BHM 69 86 69 87 69 / 30 40 30 40 MGM 70 89 70 90 70 / 30 30 20 40 .BHM...NONE. 80
ALZ011>015-017>050-152145- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 136 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE (THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT)... A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE STRONGER STORMS...PRODUCING PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... VERY LITTLE CHANGE IN THE OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEK. WITH MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR SITTING OVER THE REGION...CHANCES OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. MOST OF THE STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS BUT MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL NOT BE NECESSARY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several inches of rain in a short period of time caused flooding on the east side of Montgomery. Several roads were temporarily impassable and a few automobiles were stranded in the high water.
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