1 cold/wind chill, 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 Aug 15, 2:49 AM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 349 AM CDT SUN AUG 15 2004 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT - MONDAY NIGHT) TEMPS ARE FALLING INTO THE 50S AGAIN TONIGHT...WITH RECORD LOWS STILL POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK. SLOW WARMING TREND WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND MONDAY. INVERTED TROF FEATURE CONTINUES TO SHOW UP WELL IN ETA PROGS ACROSS EAST ALABAMA FOR MONDAY. THIS COULD AFFECT CLOUD COVER BUT DONT THINK THERE IS MUCH CHANCE FOR PRECIP AND WILL LEAVE OUT POPS. && .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY - SATURDAY) BY TUESDAY EVERYONE SHOULD BE CLOSE TO NORMAL VALUES. DECENT RETURN FLOW SETS UP BY MIDWEEK AND WILL GO WITH LOW END CHANCE POPS THUR THROUGH SAT. GFS CONTINUES TO SHOW A STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING TO OUR WEST BY WEEKEND. TROPICS: EARL IS FCST TO BE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF SOMETIME THURSDAY. && .PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... GADSDEN 59 87 62 88 65 / 00 00 00 00 ANNISTON 59 87 63 88 66 / 00 00 00 00 BIRMINGHAM 62 87 65 89 68 / 00 00 00 00 TUSCALOOSA 62 88 64 90 67 / 00 00 00 00 CALERA 62 88 65 89 68 / 00 00 00 00 AUBURN 62 89 65 89 68 / 00 00 00 00 MONTGOMERY 65 90 68 94 71 / 00 00 00 00 TROY 63 90 66 90 69 / 00 00 00 00 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 88
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 111 PM CDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ALZ011>015-017>050-142030- 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- 111 PM CDT SAT AUG 14 2004 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. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL: BIRMINGHAM...NONE. MONTGOMERY...NONE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY). NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND STORM SPOTTERS IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
The morning low temperature measured at Dannelly Field was 59 degrees. This temperature established a new record low. The previous record was 62 degrees set back in 1964.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, August 2004
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: 5416569.