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NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 16, 2:03 PM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 303 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 2004 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT - SAT NIGHT) PLENTY OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON THE RADAR THIS AFTERNOON. THIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH OLD MCS THAT FORMED LAST NIGHT OVER MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS AND OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED FROM MGM TO MEI AND INTO CENTRAL ARKANSAS. ATMOSPHERE IS MORE UNSTABLE ACROSS THE WESTERN COUNTIES, SO POTENTIAL FOR STRONGEST STORMS SHOULD BE WEST OF I-65 THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO WHAT IS CURRENTLY ON RADAR, SHORT TERM MODELS ARE SUGGESTING ANOTHER MCS TO DEVELOP WITHIN NORTHWEST FLOW LATER TONIGHT (TIMING STILL AN ISSUE) AND MOVE THROUGH THE AREA...ALONG OR VERY CLOSE TO OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT IS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS TONIGHT...MAYBE HIGHER. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED SATURDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA BY SATURDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. WILL LEAVE LIKELY POPS IN FOR SATURDAY. && .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY - FRI NIGHT) AS FRONT PASSES THROUGH AREA SATURDAY EVENING/NIGHT...MUCH DRIER AIR FOLLOWS FOR SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE MIGHT BE A FEW LEFT OVER SHOWERS ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST EARLY SUNDAY. OTHERWISE, STILL EXPECTING VERY PLEASANT CONDITIONS CONSIDERING THE TIME OF YEAR. WE SHOULD SEE LOWER AND MID 60S ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA MONDAY MORNING. ATMOSPHERE MODERATES TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY WITH MORE TYPICAL TEMPS AND HUMIDITIES BY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. && .PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... GADSDEN 69 86 68 85 63 / 60 60 30 10 ANNISTON 70 85 69 85 63 / 60 60 30 10 BIRMINGHAM 70 86 69 85 65 / 70 60 30 10 TUSCALOOSA 70 86 69 88 67 / 70 60 30 10 CALERA 70 86 69 87 65 / 70 60 40 10 AUBURN 72 86 71 86 65 / 60 70 50 20 MONTGOMERY 72 87 71 88 67 / 70 70 50 20 TROY 73 87 71 88 66 / 60 70 50 20 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 88
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1144 AM CDT FRI JUL 16 2004 ALZ011>015-017>050-171230- 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- 1144 AM CDT FRI JUL 16 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE (THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT)... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST ALABAMA... GENERALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. A CLUSTER OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST TENNESSEE WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHWEST ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON. ALSO...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER EAST MISSISSIPPI AND WEST ALABAMA DURING THE AFTERNOON HEATING. THE AIRMASS IS VERY UNSTABLE ACROSS WEST ALABAMA...AND THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SOME OF THE STORMS TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY ACROSS WEST ALABAMA. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL THIS AFTERNOON: BIRMINGHAM...MODERATE MONTGOMERY...MODERATE .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY) A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTH ALABAMA SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL TRIGGER SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME OF THE STORMS TO BE SEVERE...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON. ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 205 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 2004 ALZ030>032-039-161930- GREENE-HALE-MARENGO-SUMTER- 205 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR MARENGO...SUMTER...HALE AND GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM CDT... ...WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 204 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF DEMOPOLIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR DEMOPOLIS AND GALLION THROUGH 230 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS SMALL HAIL. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...IS POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS...TAKE SHELTER NOW. ANOTHER THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS MINOR FLOODING. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS... FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS...RISING WATER ALONG CREEKS...AND UNDERPASSES WITH STANDING WATER ARE POSSIBLE. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS ROADWAYS COVERED WITH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 348 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 2004 ALZ011-162115- MARION- 348 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR MARION COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM CDT... ... IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... ...WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 346 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTH OF BEXAR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR BEXAR...WESTON... HAMILTON AND HACKLEBURG THROUGH 415 PM CDT. ANOTHER THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS MINOR FLOODING. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS... FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS...RISING WATER ALONG CREEKS...AND UNDERPASSES WITH STANDING WATER ARE POSSIBLE. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS ROADWAYS COVERED WITH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 435 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 2004 ALZ023-024-162200- JEFFERSON-TUSCALOOSA- 435 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN TUSCALOOSA AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT... ...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 432 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTH JOHNS...MOVING EAST AROUND 15 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR NORTH JOHNS... HUEYTOWN AND BESSEMER THROUGH 500 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS...TAKE SHELTER NOW. IF LIGHTNING IS OBSERVED... WAIT AT LEAST 30 MINUTES AFTER THE LAST LIGHTNING FLASH OR THUNDER BEFORE RESUMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. ANOTHER THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS MINOR FLOODING. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS... FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS...RISING WATER ALONG CREEKS...AND UNDERPASSES WITH STANDING WATER ARE POSSIBLE. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS ROADWAYS COVERED WITH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees and power lines were blown down in an around Montgomery. One home and one outbuildingwere damaged by fallen trees.
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