1 flash flood, 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 Jul 2, 1:22 PM CST, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 222 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004 .SYNOPSIS...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY THROUGHOUT THE EVENING WITH SOME SHOWERS POSSIBLY LINGERING ACROSS THE NORTHWEST. && .SHORT TERM...SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR HAS SPREAD INTO THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL BE RATHER SHORT LIVED AS ANOTHER SHORT WAVE IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO AND ACROSS THE AREA LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT. EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA ON SATURDAY AND CONTINUE FOR SATURDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTH. ONCE THIS SHORT WAVE SHIFTS EAST OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY...EXPECT MORE OF A NORMAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN TO DEVELOP. WILL GENERALLY FORECAST A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY. && .LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)...LITTLE CHANGE IN THE OVERALL PATTERN ACROSS THE AREA. ALTHOUGH A WEAK BOUNDARY APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST ON THURSDAY...BELIEVE THIS WILL STALL TO OUR NORTH. AIR MASS WILL REMAIN MOIST AND UNSTABLE WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY...MAINLY DURING THE PEAK HEATING HOURS. && .PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... GADSDEN 71 84 71 87 70 / 20 50 50 30 ANNISTON 71 85 71 88 71 / 20 40 40 30 BIRMINGHAM 71 87 71 89 71 / 20 50 40 30 TUSCALOOSA 72 88 72 90 71 / 20 50 40 30 CALERA 72 87 72 90 72 / 20 50 40 30 AUBURN 72 86 72 89 72 / 30 40 20 30 MONTGOMERY 72 91 73 92 73 / 30 40 20 30 TROY 72 89 73 90 73 / 30 40 20 30 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 50
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 110 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004 ALZ011>015-017>050-031200- 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- 110 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE (THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT)... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)... THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES BY SATURDAY EVENING AND SATURDAY NIGHT...AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND STORM SPOTTERS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 146 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:02 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water was reported over several roads in the town of York. A few of the roads were temporarilyimpassable.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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