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 Dec 7, 2:55 AM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 255 AM CST TUE DEC 7 2004 .SHORT-TERM DISCUSSION UPDATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS RAPIDLY APPROACHING THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE CWA. BEST TWO HOUR SURFACE PRESSURE FALLS EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL TN INTO NORTHWEST AL. MOST UNSTABLE CAPES WERE ON THE ORDER OF 500 TO 750 J/KG...WHILE 0-3 KM SR HELICITY VALUES WERE ABOVE 350 M2/S2. EXPECT THE STRONGEST HELICITY VALUES WILL LIFT NORTHWARD WITH TIME. SOME OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMS OVER WINSTON COUNTY...MISSISSIPPI...AND SCOTT COUNTY...MISSISSIPPI. SO FAR HAVE SEEN SEVERAL BOWS WRAP UP INTO COMMA HEAD SHAPES OVER MISSISSIPPI. EXPECT SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TO MOVE INTO MARION...AND LAMAR COUNTIES AFTER 300 AM. 03 &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 138 PM CST MON DEC 6 2004 ALZ011>015-017>050-071330- AUTAUGA AL-BARBOUR AL-BIBB AL-BLOUNT AL-BULLOCK AL-CALHOUN AL- CHAMBERS AL-CHEROKEE AL-CHILTON AL-CLAY AL-CLEBURNE AL-COOSA AL- DALLAS AL-ELMORE AL-ETOWAH AL-FAYETTE AL-GREENE AL-HALE AL- JEFFERSON AL-LAMAR AL-LEE AL-LOWNDES AL-MACON AL-MARENGO AL- MARION AL-MONTGOMERY AL-PERRY AL-PICKENS AL-PIKE AL-RANDOLPH AL- RUSSELL AL-SHELBY AL-ST. CLAIR AL-SUMTER AL-TALLADEGA AL- TALLAPOOSA AL-TUSCALOOSA AL-WALKER AL-WINSTON AL- 138 PM CST MON DEC 6 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...(THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT) A BAND OR LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES LATE TONIGHT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD START TO MOVE INTO WESTERN ALABAMA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY...BETWEEN 3 AND 6 AM. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS LINE OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. HOWEVER...ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...EITHER IN STORMS THAT SHOULD DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE LINE OR IN BRIEF SPIN-UPS WITHIN THE LINE ITSELF. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BRING A THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY) THE ONGOING SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TONIGHT WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH A SQUALL LINE WITH DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THE FIRST SQUALL LINE WILL WEAKEN. IF THIS HAPPENS...THEN PARTS OF EASTERN ALABAMA SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85 COULD SEE A REDEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS AS CONDITIONS DESTABILIZE ONCE AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO BRING MORE RAIN AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM COULD AGGRAVATE ANY ONGOING FLOODING CAUSED BY THE RAIN EARLIER IN THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ACTIVATION DUE TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:12 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down between Ethelsville and Carrollton.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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