1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 7, 6:37 PM CST, 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 737 PM CDT WED APR 7 2004 .UPDATE...JUST UPDATED ZONES TO INCLUDE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA. AT 730 PM CDT...TWO MAIN THUNDERSTORMS...ONE IN NORTHERN HALE COUNTY AND ANOTHER IN SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTY...WERE THE STRONGEST. THE HALE COUNTY STORM WAS SLOWLY MOVING EAST TOWARD BIBB COUNTY WHILE THE DALLAS COUNTY STORM WAS QUICKLY MOVING NORTHEAST. BOTH STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF UP TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL...THOUGH GUSTY WINDS MAY OCCUR AS WELL...ESPECIALLY IN DALLAS COUNTY EARLY THIS EVENING. EXPECT THE STORMS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING...BUT WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE STORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE CENTREVILLE...SELMA...AND MAPLESVILLE AREAS THROUGH 10 PM CDT. LATER THIS EVENING...ANY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA WILL BE ISOLATED. && .PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... BIRMINGHAM 58 77 52 79 54 / 50 30 00 00 MONTGOMERY 58 78 53 80 55 / 50 30 00 00 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT ROUGHLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. && MBS/91
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 120 PM CDT WED APR 07 2004 ALZ011>015-017>050-072015- AUTAUGA-BARBOUR-BIBB-BLOUNT-BULLOCK-CALHOUN-CHAMBERS-CHEROKEE- CHILTON-CLAY-CLEBURNE-COOSA-DALLAS-ELMORE-ETOWAH-FAYETTE-GREENE-HALE- JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY- PICKENS-PIKE-RANDOLPH-RUSSELL-SHELBY-ST CLAIR-SUMTER-TALLADEGA- TALLAPOOSA-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON- 120 PM CDT WED APR 07 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE (THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT)... SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG WITH SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA
734 PM CDT WED APR 7 2004
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0620 PM HAIL 7 SW NORTHPORT 33.14N 87.65W
04/07/2004 TUSCALOOSA AL EMA
PENNY SIZE HAIL IN ROMULUS 11 MILES SSW OF NORTHPORT
0632 PM HAIL 11 SW NORTHPORT 33.15N 87.66W
04/07/2004 TUSCALOOSA AL PUBLIC
QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN ROMULUS
0631 PM HAIL 7 SW NORTHPORT 33.15N 87.66W
04/07/2004 TUSCALOOSA AL PUBLIC
DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN ROMULUS 11 MILES SSW OF
NORTHPORTThe Birmingham radar (KBMX), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:10 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Penny size hail was observed in the Brent and Centreville areas. In some locations, the hail covered the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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