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NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 7, 4:28 AM CST, 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 428 AM CST TUE DEC 7 2004 .SYNOPSIS... TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM. A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF DAMAGE ALONG THIS LINE. THE LINE SHOULD BEGIN TO WEAKEN AFTER DAYBREAK AFTER IT CROSSES I-65 AND MOVES ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE. && .SHORT TERM... THE DRIVING UPPER-LEVEL SUPPORT THAT KICKED THIS LINE OFF CONTINUES TO LIFT WELL INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. RIGHT NOW THESE STORMS ARE FEEDING OFF THE RICH AIR-MASS OVER THE AREA NOW...AND SHOULD BEGIN TO WEAKEN AS THE LINE MOVES ACROSS DUE TO THE LOSS OF THE UPPER SUPPORT. THE FRONT WILL NOT MAKE IT FAR TODAY AS THE UPPER PUSH IS BEING LOST. IT SHOULD HANG UP ACROSS THE SOUTH END OF THE STATE BEFORE REBOUNDING TOMORROW AFTERNOON AS A WARM FRONT. LOOKING LIKE WELL SEE ANOTHER GOOD SURGE OF RICH WARM DEWPOINTS SLIDING BACK ACROSS US ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY JUST AHEAD OF THE NEXT UPPER SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE A GOOD BET AGAIN FOR THURSDAY. THIS IS LOOKING LIKE ROUND 2 FOR THE WEEK. && .LONG TERM... AFTER THURSDAYS SYSTEM LONG-WAVE TROF REALLY DEEPENS OVER THE EAST COAST...LEAVING US ON THE STRONG SUBSIDENT SIDE OF THE TROF. NICE COLD ADVECTION PATTERN SETS-UP FOR A COUPLE DAYS AFTER BRINGING TEMPS BACK TO NEAR SEASONAL NORMS. ANOTHER COLD FRONT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL MAKE IT BY LATE WEEKEND/BEGINNING OF THE WORK WEEK. THIS ONE IS LOOKING DRY...WITH ANOTHER GOOD SURGE OF COLD-AIR BEHIND IT. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... 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. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 70 45 64 61 70 / 90 00 00 40 ANNISTON 71 47 64 62 70 / 80 00 00 40 BIRMINGHAM 72 45 65 62 68 / 99 00 00 40 TUSCALOOSA 71 44 67 63 68 / 99 00 00 40 CALERA 72 46 67 63 70 / 90 00 00 40 AUBURN 70 57 68 64 70 / 60 40 00 40 MONTGOMERY 74 55 71 66 72 / 70 30 20 40 TROY 73 58 71 65 72 / 60 50 20 40 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 AM FOR A LINE FROM ETOWAH...ST. CLAIR...SHELBY...CHILTON AND DALLAS COUNTIES WESTWARD. && JONES/90
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.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
413 AM CST TUE DEC 07 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0350 AM TSTM WND DMG N HAMILTON 34.14N 87.98W
12/07/2004 MARION AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN HWY. 43 NORTH OF HAMILTON.
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KLSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 418 AM CST TUE DEC 7 2004 ALZ011>015-022-023-030-031-071115- FAYETTE-GREENE-LAMAR-MARION-PICKENS-SUMTER-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON- 418 AM CST TUE DEC 7 2004 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM... A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TO NEAR A HALEYVILLE...TO FAYETTE...TO CARROLLTON...TO EMELLE LINE BY 430 AM. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO REQUIRE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WARNINGS AS IT MOVE EAST AT 50 MPH. BY 5 AM...THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE NEAR A DOUBLE SPRINGS...TO BERRY...TO ALICEVILLE LINE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 430 AM CST TUE DEC 7 2004 ALZ017-018-024>026-032>035-039-040-071130- BIBB-BLOUNT-CHILTON-DALLAS-ETOWAH-HALE-JEFFERSON-MARENGO-PERRY- SHELBY-ST CLAIR- 430 AM CST TUE DEC 7 2004 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM... THE LEADING EDGE OF SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AT 50 MPH... INTO BLOUNT...JEFFERSON...BIBB...HALE...AND MARENGO COUNTIES... THROUGH 5 AM. A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEAR A HALEYVILLE...TO FAYETTE...TO CARROLLTON...TO EMELLE LINE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WARNINGS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO BE REQUIRED ALONG THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 6 AM.
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:15 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were blown down along US 11 near Eutaw.
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