1 flash flood, 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 May 6, 9:14 AM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 1014 AM CDT TUE MAY 06 2003 MOIST...UNSTABLE AIR MASS CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA. SOUNDING DATA INDICATES THAT CAP WILL ERODE BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. AS WE CONTINUE TO HEAT UP...EXPECT MORE SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. WILL GENERALLY CONTINUE WITH THE SAME BASIC FORECAST AND JUST ADJUST THE WORDING SLIGHTLY. .BHM...NONE.
ALZ011>015-017>050-061400- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 718 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE (TODAY AND TONIGHT)... ALABAMA REMAINS IN A VERY WARM AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS THIS MORNING... AND STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED EARLY THIS MORNING IN AREAS TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA SERVED BY THE BIRMINGHAM OFFICE. AS CONDITIONS WARM UP AGAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY...THERE IS A CHANCE THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP OR MOVE INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA. ALTHOUGH THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...THERE IS ALSO A CONTINUED POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED TORNADOES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)... AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL GRADUALLY BUILD IN FROM THE SOUTH OVER THE REST OF THE WEEK. THIS WILL MOVE THE AREA OF POTENTIAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS A LITTLE FARTHER NORTH EACH DAY. THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL WILL BE IN AREAS GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 ON WEDNESDAY...AND THEN BE COMPLETELY NORTH OF ALABAMA BY THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...NO WIDESPREAD OR ORGANIZED AREAS OF SEVERE STORMS AREA EXPECTED ON THOSE DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY.
ALZ011-014-017>021-026-061115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA 600 AM CDT TUE MAY 06 2003 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 262... BLOUNT...CALHOUN...CHEROKEE...CLEBURNE...ETOWAH... MARION...ST CLAIR...WINSTON...
ALZ011-061345- THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 817 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 .A THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR MARION COUNTY UNTIL 845 AM CDT... .WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM. AT 817 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF HACKLEBURG...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR HACKLEBURG AND BEAR CREEK THROUGH 845 AM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH IS LIKELY. OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE...TRASH CANS....OR OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS COULD BE BLOWN AROUND. ANOTHER CONCERN IS HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...CAN PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND DRAINAGE AREAS. LAT...LON 3422 8819 3432 8816 3431 8764 3417 8765
ALZ011-061415- THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 846 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 .A THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR MARION COUNTY UNTIL 915 AM CDT... AT 842 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF HACKLEBURG...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR HACKLEBURG AND BEAR CREEK THROUGH 915 AM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS STRONG WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HAIL. WINDS OF 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 3432 8802 3415 8802 3414 8765 3430 8765
ALZ014-061445- THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 858 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 .A THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR WINSTON COUNTY UNTIL 945 AM CDT... AT 853 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 26 MILES WEST OF GRAYSON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR GRAYSON THROUGH 945 AM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS STRONG WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND HAIL. WINDS OF 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 3430 8763 3416 8763 3419 8719 3430 8718
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:29 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several roads were flooded around Gaylesville and Broonsville. Most county roads north of Centre were temporarily impassable.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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