1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 6, 3:43 AM CST, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 343 AM CST THU MAR 06 2003 LITTLE TIME FOR DISCUSSION THIS MORNING. FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL SECTIONS WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS THIS MORNING... THEN GO STATIONARY. THIS FRONT THEN MOVES BACK NORTH LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AS SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF. POPS TODAY WILL BE BASED ON LATEST RADAR LOOPS AND THEN HIGHEST POPS WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST SECTIONS IN VICINITY OF BOUNDARY. BHM 59/45/65/48/69 2110 MGM 69/50/68/50/72 745- .BHM...NONE.
ALZ011>015-017>050-060645- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1147 PM CST WED MAR 5 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE (TONIGHT)... A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THE STORMS WILL BE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...AND LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH. A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY ADVANCE ACROSS ALABAMA OVERNIGHT AND WILL BE LOCATED FROM NEAR ROANOKE TO MONTGOMERY BY EARLY THURSDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)... A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH SOUTHEAST ALABAMA EARLY ON THURSDAY. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT.
ALZ012-060730- THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1225 AM CST THU MAR 6 2003 .A THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR LAMAR COUNTY UNTIL 130 AM CST... .WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM. AT 1220 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOLLOY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IN ADDITION...OTHER STORMS WERE ENTERING THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF LAMAR COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR MOLLOY AND VERNON THROUGH 130 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. LAT...LON 3369 8829 3356 8814 3374 8794 3387 8802
ALZ012-060715- THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1249 AM CST THU MAR 6 2003 .THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR LAMAR COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 1249 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED OUT OF THE ADVISORY AREA...THUS THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3396 8799 3367 8798 3361 8825 3401 8821
ALZ015-060800- THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 127 AM CST THU MAR 6 2003 .A THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR WALKER COUNTY UNTIL 200 AM CST... .WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM. AT 124 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER OAKMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR OAKMAN...PARRISH... JASPER AND CORDOVA 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. LAT...LON 3374 8752 3359 8738 3378 8712 3397 8720
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down on Lovelady Road in Reeltown.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, March 2003
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