1 strong wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Huntsville, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 29, 7:45 PM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 845 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2003 SFC ANALYSIS QUITE CHAOTIC THIS EVENING WITH AN ILL-DEFINED RIDGE AXIS JUST WEST OF THE MS RVR. A SFC LOW WAS LOCATED ACROSS THE DAKOTAS W/ A TROUGH EXTENDING SOUTH THROUGH THE PLAINS. IR IMAGERY SHOWING SOME MID/HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS STREAMING TOWARD THE REGION IN NW FLOW ALOFT. OF GREATER INTEREST IS THE DEVELOPING MCS NEAR THE KC METRO AREA THIS EVENING. QUICK LOOK AT THTE PROFILES AND CORIFIDI VECTORS WOULD SUGGEST THAT THIS SYSTEM (IF IT WAS TO HOLD TOGETHER) WOULD TRACK EAST OF OUR AREA OVERNIGHT. TEMPS ACROSS NRN AL RANGE FROM THE M60S IN THE ERN VLYS AND RIDGES TO THE L70S IN MOST LOCATION. DWPTS ARE STILL QUITE LOW...MAINLY IN THE 40S. SFC LOW HAS MOVED OFF THE MID ATLANTIC SEABOARD AND GRADIENT HAS SLACKENED CONSIDERABLY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS. NO MAJOR CHGS PLANNED TO THE FCST THIS EVENING. WILL UPDATE TO REFLECT DIMINISHED SFC WINDS AND WILL MONITOR 02Z TEMPS TRENDS FOR POSSIBLE ADJUSTMENTS. .HUN...NONE. CBD
ALZ001>010-016-301000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1249 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...EXPECT STRONG WINDS OF 20 MPH GUSTING TO 30 MPH THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THIS EVENING WINDS WILL SUBSIDE TO AROUND 10 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. KTW
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
portion of roof damaged at restaurant in sheffield due to strong non-thunderstorm winds.
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