1 heat, 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 Nov 3, 2:10 PM CST, 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 210 PM CST MON NOV 3 2003 .SYNOPSIS...YET ANOTHER NICE DAY OUTSIDE..WITH NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES. COOL-DOWN EXPECTED TOMORROW AS CLOUDS INVADE THE STATE. COLD FRONT SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE REGION BEGINNING WEDNESDAY...WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED FOR THIS WEEKEND. && .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE HAS KEPT SKIES SUNNY ONCE AGAIN ACROSS THE STATE TODAY. EXPECT THIS TO COME TO AN END BY MORNING...AS CLOUDS SHOULD BE ON THE INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH. THIS IS DUE IN PART TO A NICE LOOKING EASTERLY WAVE THAT IS MOVING ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THIS IS FORECAST TO TURN NORTHWARD...AND THEN LOSE ITS IDENTITY AS IT MOVES ONSHORE AND GETS CAUGHT UP IN THE UPPER FLOW. DONT REALLY EXPECT MUCH IN THE WAY OF PRECIP WITH THIS MOISTURE RETURN RIGHT NOW. COLD FRONT NEARS THE REGION WEDNESDAY. FRONT APPEARS TO SLOW DOWN AS IT MOVES THROUGH ALABAMA. BECAUSE OF THIS SLOWDONW...THERE SHOULD BE A SLIGHTLY HIGHER CHANCE OF SEEING PRECIP AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE STATE. STILL AM NOT OVERLY IMPRESSED WITH THE POTENTIAL THOUGH AND HAVE ELECTED TO WORD FOR JUST RAIN SHOWERS. COOLER AIR MOVES IN BEHIND THIS SYSTEM AND SHOULD SETTLE IN FOR THE WEEKEND. && .PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... BIRMINGHAM 58 79 61 76 60 / 10 20 20 30 MONTGOMERY 60 79 62 77 61 / 10 20 20 30 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 99
ALZ011>015-017>050-032030- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 124 PM CST MON NOV 3 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE (THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT)... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
The daytime high temperature at the Birmingham International Airport was 84 degrees. This temperature tied the record high. NWS Observation
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, November 2003
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5335271.