1 thunderstorm wind, 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, 2:04 PM CST, 4 hours 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 304 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2004 .SYNOPSIS... THE FORECAST AREA IS STILL SANDWICHED BETWEEN THE HIGH TO THE EAST AND THE UPPER LEVEL LOW TO THE WEST. THE HIGH WILL MOVE WEST RETURNING THE AREA TO A MORE TYPICAL JUNE PATTERN. && .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY) THE RADAR FROM TODAY HAD GOOD COVERAGE WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. EXPECT THE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS AND THEN DIE OFF AFTER SUNSET. WENT WITH CHANCE POPS AREA WIDE AND A BIT HIGHER I-65 AND WEST. FOG AND LOW CLOUDS SHOULD DEVELOP AGAIN TOWARD MORNING AND BURN OFF RAPIDLY. THE BERMUDA HIGH TO THE EAST WILL START ITS WESTWARD MIGRATION TOMORROW AND EXPECT THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO BE MORE OF AN AFTERNOON ISSUE FROM THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM TO THE WEST WILL TRY TO MOVE EAST A BIT SO WENT WITH HIGH CHANCE POPS FOR THE NORTHWEST AREA TOMORROW AND CHANCE EVERYWHERE ELSE. && .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY) TYPICAL JUNE TYPE WEATHER WITH AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IT THE LOWER 90S AND LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. && .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. && 80
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.
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:42 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several power lines were knocked down in and around the city of Akron.
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