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NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 13, 1:30 PM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 230 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2004 .SYNOPSIS...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY...AS GULF MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE. HIGH PRESSURE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA BY THE WEEKEND...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY BECOMING ISOLATED BY SUNDAY. .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT - WEDNESDAY)...SIMPLY...MULTIPLE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM CONVECTION TO OUR N AND E HAVE BEEN A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR SHWR AND TSTM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 80S TO AROUND 90 WHERE BREAKS IN CLOUD COVER HAVE OCCURRED...MID 70S IN RAIN SATURATED AREAS. SEVERAL LOCATIONS HAVE EXPERIENCED RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH...WITH ISOLATED LOCATIONS ACROSS N CENTRAL AL APPROACHING THREE INCHES. BEST INSTABILITY REMAINS ACROSS W AREAS. SURFACE FRONTAL ANALYSES SHOWING SUBTLE FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED NW TO SE ACROSS AREA. ALSO OF PARTICULAR NOTE IS A BROAD SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED OVER W GULF OF MEXICO...WITH A LARGE AREA OF CLOUDINESS AND SCT TSTMS ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO. THIS WEATHER SYSTEM IS POORLY ORGANIZED AT THIS TIME. 12Z SUN REGIONAL MODEL EVOLUTIONS THRU 12 THU IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT ALOFT...WITH UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING INTO TX COASTAL REGION AND RIDGING DEVELOPING ACROSS E GULF. AS FOR THE SURFACE... MODELS ARE HAVING TROUBLE INITIALIZING ON LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND WHERE IT WILL GO. HOWEVER...ETA STILL HAS THE BEST HANDLE AND IS THE MOST REASONABLE FOR THE SHORT RANGE PERIOD. FORECAST QUANDARIES...INFLUENCE OF POSSIBLE TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMATION ON AREA...PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION...TEMPERATURES. WILL NEED TO MAKE A FINAL PRESS TIME DECISION ON PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION WORDING FOR TONIGHT...BUT AM LEANING TOWARD LIKELY POPS DURING AT LEAST THE EVENING HOURS. HPC STATING THAT CONDITIONS MAY BECOME A LITTLE MORE FAVORABLE FOR A TROPICAL DEPRESSION TO FORM DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO IF SYSTEM MOVES SLOWLY N. HOWEVER...BANDS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY AFFECT PORTIONS OF LA AND THE UPPER TX COAST. ETA MOVING CURRENT WEAK W GULF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA N TO LA DELTA BY 12Z MON AND CONTINUE A NW PROGRESSION INTO E TX BY 00Z WED. THIS WILL KEEP HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION TO OUR SW...BUT SOME POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS W AND SW ZONES THRU TUE. NO MATTER WHAT ACTUAL MOVEMENT SCENARIO IS...AREA WILL BE PRIME FOR RAINFALL PRODUCTION THRU TUE...WITH AT LEAST HIGH SCATTERED POPS ON WED...AS HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AND INSTABILITY ABOUND. WILL RAISE PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION WORDING TO LIKELY CATEGORY ALL LOCATIONS...EXCEPT FOR GOING CATEGORICAL ACROSS W ZONES THRU TUE AND SCATTERED POPS ACROSS SE LOCATIONS ON TUE. WILL GO WITH HIGHER SCT POPS TUE NIGHT INTO WED. WILL NEED TO MONITOR RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE AREA...AND BELIEVE ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE IS NEEDED...IN CONJUNCTION WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS...TO CONSIDER ISSUING ANY FLOODING TYPE PRODUCTS. TEMPERATURES...WITH AT LEAST MOCLDY SKIES AND RAINFALL EXPECTED ACROSS MANY LOCATIONS THRU TUE...WILL GO IN LINE WITH CURRENT ETA REASONING OF HIGHS IN THE MID 80S AND LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. && .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY - SUNDAY)...RIDGING SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL AGAIN BUILD INTO THE REGION THU THRU SUN. DO EXPECT MAINLY DIURNAL BASED SCATTERED SHWRS AND TSTMS ON THU...BECOMING ISOLATED AS THE WEEKEND PROGRESSES. TEMPERATURES STILL LOOK TO BE AROUND CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL VALUES. CURRENT FORECAST HANDLING SITUATION WELL...AND WILL MAKE ONLY MINOR CHANGES IF ANY. && .PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... BIRMINGHAM 74 85 73 86 71 / 60 70 60 60 50 MONTGOMERY 75 86 74 87 72 / 60 70 60 50 50 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 02 JBW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 136 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2004 ALZ011>015-017>050-141836- 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- 136 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 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 TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL. THE PRIMARY CONCERNS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRONG...SLOW MOVING STORMS...WILL BE THE HEAVY RAINFALL. LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH SOME STORMS EARLIER TODAY...AND WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... A TROPICAL WAVE CURRENTLY IN THE GULF OF MEXICO IS FORECASTED TO MOVE NORTHWARD TOWARDS THE GULF COAST. AS THIS DISTURBANCE MOVES NORTHBOUND...ADDITIONAL MOISTURE WILL STREAM IN ACROSS THE STATE. WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE AVAILABLE AND SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY, LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY, MONDAY NIGHT, AND TUESDAY AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM AS WELL. THIS SITUATION WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY AS THERE IS A POTENTIAL THAT THIS COULD BECOME A HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND STORM SPOTTERS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 431 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2004 ALZ021-028-132215- CLAY-CLEBURNE- 431 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR CLAY AND CLEBURNE COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT... ...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE FROM APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS... ...WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS... AT 431 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF DELTA TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ASHLAND...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR PYRITON...MILLERVILLE...LINEVILLE...CHEAHA STATE PARK...ASHLAND... DELTA AND HEFLIN THROUGH 515 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS FRE06Z...THEN EXPECT MOST OF IT TO DISSIPATE AFT 06Z. WILL SEE CONVECTION REGENERATE AFTER 12Z MONDAY AS TROPICAL SYSTEM EDGES CLOSER AND INSTABILITY INCREASES AS BACKDOOR FRONT DISSIPATES. AFTER 06Z STRATUS SHOULD DEVELOP AGAIN AND THIS WILL HOLD UNTIL AFTER SUNRISE AND THEN IT SHOULD BURN OFF. HOWEVER WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE I EXPECT CIGS TO REMAIN IN THE MVFR CATEGORY THROUGH 18Z...THEN ABOVE 3000 FT AFT 18Z. VSBYS WILL LOWER TO MVFR MOST AREAS THIS EVENING...THEN IFR IN FOG AND HAZE AFTER 06Z. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE THROUGH 12Z MON...THEN EAST TO SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 KTS AFTER 12Z. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 70 82 71 84 / 50 50 40 50 ATHENS 69 83 70 86 / 50 50 40 50 GAINESVILLE 68 82 69 84 / 50 50 40 50 ROME 70 85 70 83 / 50 50 40 50 COLUMBUS 73 87 72 87 / 50 50 40 50 MACON 71 85 72 87 / 50 50 40 50 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 12
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:43 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck the Mount Sinai Baptist Church as 50 people were eating dinner. The lightning blew a hole in a wall and a few people were hit with debris. All injuries were deemed minor. The lightning damaged a few walls and ignited a small fire.
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