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 4, 1:40 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 140 PM CST TUE NOV 4 2003 .SYNOPSIS...A SOUTHEAST FETCH OF TROPICAL MOISTURE AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL BRING PLENTY OF CLOUDS...SCATTERED SHOWERS...AND WARM TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL THEN WORK THROUGH THE AREA ON THURSDAY...BRINGING DRIER AND COOLER WEATHER FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. && .SHORT TERM...PRECIPITATION CHANCES ARE THE MAIN SHORT TERM CONCERN. AT 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON...SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH LITTLE TO NO THUNDER WERE OVER THE FORECAST AREA. TEMPERATURES AND DEWPOINTS WERE WELL ABOVE NORMAL AS TEMPERATURES WERE AROUND 80 DEGREES AND DEWPOINTS WERE CLOSE TO 70 DEGREES. THE ATMOSPHERE WAS MORE TYPICAL OF EARLY SEPTEMBER INSTEAD OF EARLY NOVEMBER. THE COMBINATION OF ABUNDANT MOISTURE IN PLACE AND LIFT GENERATED FROM THE LOW PRESSURE DISTURBANCE OVER THE GULF IN AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL LEAD TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THURSDAY. BEST CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON WEDNESDAY WHEN MOISTURE...LIFT...AND INSTABILITY WILL BE BEST. SOME DRIER AIR IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY MOVE INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...LIMITING PRECIP CHANCES...ALTHOUGH A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE NORTH. AS FOR TEMPERATURES...MODEL GUIDANCE APPEARS TO BE TOO COOL DURING THE SHORT TERM PERIOD AS TROPICAL AIRMASS WILL LIKELY KEEP THE AREA UNSEASONABLY WARM...NEAR RECORD WARMTH. && .LONG TERM...BEYOND THURSDAY...A COLD FRONT PASSAGE WILL BRING COOLER AND DRIER WEATHER INTO THE AREA. COOL AIRMASS WILL BE SHALLOW SO DO NOT THINK TEMPERATURES WILL BE TOO COOL...MORE LIKELY TO BE NEAR NORMAL. A WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK...BUT WILL NOT INTRODUCE PRECIPITATION CHANCES AS TIMING AND STRENGTH OF SYSTEM ARE STILL UNCERTAIN. && .PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... BIRMINGHAM 68 79 63 78 54 / 30 50 20 30 MONTGOMERY 68 81 63 82 59 / 30 50 20 20 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && MBS/91
ALZ011>015-017>050-042115- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 107 PM CST TUE NOV 4 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 (WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)... 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 high temperature measured at the Tuscaloosa Municipal Airport was 86 degrees. This temperature established a new 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: 5335267.