1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Aug 20, 10:16 AM CST, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1116 AM CDT FRI AUG 20 2004 .SYNOPSIS...CONVECTION REALLY GETTING GOING AT 16Z...REALLY MORE AND EARLIER THAN ANTICIPATED TO OUR SOUTH. UPDATE WAS REQUIRED ANYWAY TO ELIMINATE MORNING WORDING BUT ALSO ADJUSTED TEMPS/POPS ETC TO ACCOUNT FOR CURRENT CONDITIONS. EXPECTING THE MAIN AREA OF PRECIP TO ENTER THE CWA AROUND 2PM...AND INTO CENTRAL AL AROUND 3 OR 4 BUT WITH CURRENT TEMPS IN THE MIDDLE 80S...AND CONVECTIVE TEMPS IN THE SAME RANGE...HEAT INDUCES STORMS POSSIBLE ANY TIME. && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 12
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 140 PM CDT FRI AUG 20 2004 ALZ011>015-017>050-211838- MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE- CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA- CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA- CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON- BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- 140 PM CDT FRI AUG 20 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...(THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT). ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS NORTHERN HALF... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AREA EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY) NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. ONCE AGAIN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WHERE STORMS PERSIST. AT THIS TIME...NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE REQUIRED.
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 54 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:08 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several power lines were blown down in Brilliant.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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