1 lightning, 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 Jun 16, 6:50 PM CST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 750 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2004 .SYNOPSIS...LAST HURRAH FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING...BEFORE WE REVERT BACK TO A TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN. BERMUDA HIGH WILL BUILD EAST AS HEIGHT RISES TO OUR WEST OPEN THE DOOR. HEIGHT RISES WILL RESULT IN WARMER TEMPERATURES...LOW 90S LOOK LIKELY AND IT WOULDNT SURPRISE ME TO SEE A FEW LOCALIZED AREAS NEAR 95. PWS BACK OVER 2 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON...BUT PROBABLY DUE TO TS PROXIMITY. SHOULD SEE A DRYING TREND AT ALL LEVELS. NEVERTHELESS... INTENSE HEATING WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AFTERNOON TYPE THUNDERSTORMS. THROUGH THE WEEKEND ITS HARD TO PICK OUT ANY PARTICULAR DAY WHEN POPS WILL BE MAXIMIZED...BUT EARLY NEXT WEEK CHANCES SHOULD INCREASE AGAIN. GFS HINTING AT A STALLING FRONT TO OUR NORTHWEST... POSSIBLY INTO NORTHWESTERN AL SUNDAY NIGHT/EARLY MON. NOT BITING ON THIS SCENARIO YET...MAINLY FOR CLIMATOLOGICAL REASONS. NEVERTHELESS...FLOW WILL GRADUALLY TURN MORE SOUTHWESTERLY EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE AMPLIFIED RIDGE UP THE PACIFIC COAST BREAKS DOWN...SENDING IMPULSES ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN...AND EVENTUALLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. && .SHORT TERM...HOT AND HUMID WITH AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS (30%) VIRTUALLY EVERY DAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SEABREEZE MAY BECOME A PLAYER FOR OUR SOUTHERN ZONES BY SATURDAY...INCREASING CHANCES SLIGHTLY. && .LONG TERM...BY MONDAY OR TUESDAY...EXPECTING SLIGHTLY BETTER RAIN CHANCES...ALONG WITH A RETURN BACK TO SEASONALLY NORMAL TEMPS (UPPER 80S AS OPPOSED TO LOW AND MIDDLE 90S). && .PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... BIRMINGHAM 75 90 73 91 73 / 40 30 30 30 MONTGOMERY 76 91 74 92 74 / 30 40 30 40 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 12
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 109 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2004 ALZ011>015-017>050-171800- 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- 109 PM CDT WED JUN 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)... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY GROW STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OVER 30 MPH OR SMALL HAIL. HOWEVER...NO WIDESPREAD OR ORGANIZED AREAS OF SEVERE WEATHER ARE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND STORM SPOTTERS IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 805 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2004 ALZ022-023-031-032-170145- GREENE-HALE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA- 805 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR GREENE...PICKENS... TUSCALOOSA AND NORTHWESTERN HALE COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT... ...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE FROM APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS... AT 805 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 6 MILES WEST OF ELROD TO EUTAW...MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR UNION...EUTAW...KNOXVILLE...MOUNDVILLE AND ELROD THROUGH 830 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 Birmingham radar (KBMX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:33 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A Tuscaloosa police officer was struck by lightning while attending to a car accident. The officer was at the intersection of I-20 and McFarland Blvd. The officer suffered minor injuries that did not appear life threatening.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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