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 17, 2:00 AM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 300 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003 FORECAST QUANDARIES...AREAL COVERAGE/PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION (POP)...CLOUD COVERAGE...TEMPERATURES OK...VARIABLE CLOUDINESS NOTED AND AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HUGGING BORDER WITH GA...AND ISOLATED SHOWERS SE. STATIONARY FRONT DRAPED ACROSS NW AL...WITH BEST INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE ADVECTION IN VICINITY. CLOSED UPPER LEVEL LOW JUST SE OF LAKE MICHIGAN...WITH DIGGING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SWD INTO E TX. TEMPS/DEWPOINTS 70 TO 75 WITH CALM WINDS. 00Z TUE REGIONAL MODEL EVOLUTIONS THRU 00Z FRI IN GOOD AGREEMENT... ESPECIALLY ALOFT. LATEST MODEL DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION AGAIN POINTING TOWARD A COMPROMISE SOLUTION. IN GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH THIS...BUT GFS HAS PERFORMED A LITTLE BETTER THAN OTHER MODELS IN PREDICTING WEAK VORTICITY ADVECTION ALOFT. AGAIN...GOOD MODEL RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY. WILL LEAN TOWARD COMPROMISE SOLUTION...WITH GFS BREAKING ANY DISCREPANCIES. MODELS AGAIN TRYING TO WASH OUT STATIONARY FRONT BY AFTERNOON... AND DEVELOPING ANOTHER FRONT ACROSS MIDWEST INTO OHIO VALLEY... AND PUSHING IT INTO AREA ON THU. AGAIN...AS IT IS WITH THIS TIME OF YEAR...REALLY QUESTION WHETHER FRONT WILL ACTUALLY PUSH AS FAR SOUTH AS MODELS ADVERTISE. WHETHER PRESENT FRONT WILL ACTUALLY WASH OUT IS STILL IN QUESTION...BUT WITH PERSISTING THROUGHING TO OUR WEST AND AN OPEN GULF PATTERN...USHERING IN RICH SWLY FLOW ALOFT... MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THRU PERIOD. GFS DEPICTING WEAK VORTICITY ADVECTION ACROSS REGION DURING AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...AIDING CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. WITH PRECIP WATER VALUES EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO OVER TWO INCHES BY WED...AND REMAIN THAT WAY THRU AT LEAST EARLY THU...BELIEVE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DUE DEVELOP...REACHING STRONG THRESHOLDS...WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING... AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH. CAN NOT TOTALLY RULE OUT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TWO DURING THE AFTERNOON THRU THE PERIOD...WITH GFS BEING MOST AGGRESSIVE WITH HIGH CAPE VALUES...BUT WITH WET BULB ZERO HEIGHTS ABOVE 13KFT... THINK LARGE HAIL POTENTIAL WILL BE MINIMAL. SKY CONDITIONS...ALL MODELS INDICATE...AND I AGREE...WITH THIS RICH MOISTURE FETCH IN PLACE...THAT MOCLDY SKY CONDITIONS WILL BE THE RULE. MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL SOMETIMES BE MADE UP OF LOWER LEVEL CLOUDINESS...AND SOME TIMES HIGHER LEVEL CLOUDINESS...PER CONVECTION INITIATION AND DISSIPATION LOCATIONS. POPS...WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS ALL AREAS TODAY...WITH HIGHER POTENTIAL EAST AND SOUTH....BUT ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE PREVIOUS FORECASTER/S THINKING...THAT THIS WILL NOT TOTALLY COME TOGETHER UNTIL AFTERNOON HOURS. SO WILL KEEP MENTION OF ISOLATED MORNING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN ZONE WORDING. WILL GO WITH HIGHER POPS AGAIN ON WED...AS PRECIP WATER VALUES CONTINUE TO BE IMPRESSIVE. WILL GO WITH SCT POPS ON THU...AS PRECIP WATER VALUES DECREASES. EXTENDED...QUESTION WHETHER FRONT WILL ACTUALLY PUSH INTO AREA AS ADVERTISED...AND BRING DRIER CONDITIONS TO N ZONES LATER THIS WEEK. GFS CONTINUING TO SHOW UPPER LEVEL TROUGHING CHARACTERISTICS ....WITH OPEN GULF PATTERN CONTINUING...AS HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES EAST THRU OHIO AND ATLANTIC STATES AND THEN OF COAST...BY START OF NEXT WEEK. WILL MAKE SOME MINOR CHANGES TO GRIDS...BUT WILL KEEP CURRENT ZONE WORDING FLAVOR. TEMPS...GOOD RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY HERE...AND WILL CONTINUE TO LEAN TOWARD COMPROMISE SOLUTION. THANKS FOR COORDINATION HUN...ATL...JAN. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES ONLY... BHM EE 088/070/087/070/086 60/40/60/40/50 MGM EE 091/070/088/070/088 70/40/60/40/50 .BHM...NONE. 89 JBW
ALZ011>015-017>050-162000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 100 PM CDT MON JUN 16 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 STALLED FRONT REMAINS NORTH OF THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT...SO THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT ACROSS THE AREA WILL ONCE AGAIN LEAD TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE STRONGER STORMS...PRODUCING PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... VERY LITTLE CHANGE IN THE OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEK. MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR SITS OVER THE REGION...AND AS A RESULT...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 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees and fences were blown down in Shorter. Marble size hail also accompanied this storm.
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