1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Jun 22, 1:44 PM CST, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 244 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004 .SYNOPSIS...AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN HAS SET UP RESIDENCE ACROSS THE STATE AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS CURRENTLY TRACKING SOUTHWARD TOWARDS THE AREA. THIS FRONT WILL LIKELY STALL SOMEWHERE ACROSS OR JUST NORTH OF THE AREA. WITH THIS FOCUS MECHANISM NEARBY...SEVERAL IMPULSES WILL RIDE ALONG THIS BOUNDARY WHICH WILL KEEP RAIN CHANCES THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST PERIOD. && .SHORT TERM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FINALLY MOVED INTO THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON. ONE COMPLEX IS MOVING NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF COAST AND ANOTHER EASTWARD FROM CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THESE TWO COMPLEXES WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. MOST AREAS SHOULD SEE SOME RAINFALL BY MORNING. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CURRENTLY OVER EASTERN TEXAS IS PROGGED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY AVAILABLE...THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED. DEPENDING ON WHAT MODEL YOU PREFER...THE FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA (GFS) OR JUST NORTH OF THE AREA (ETA). REGARDLESS... ENOUGH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL BE AROUND FOR RAIN. THUS IT WILL BE HARD TO GET MUCH OF A BREAK ON THURSDAY SO HAVE KEPT CHANCE POPS IN THE FORECAST. ANOTHER DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY WHICH WILL KEEP HIGH CHANCE POPS IN THE FORECAST. HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDANT ON THUNDERSTORMS AND CLOUD COVER. STILL WENT A FEW DEGREES ABOVE MOS GUIDANCE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES DUE TO THE FACT IF THE SUN BREAKS OUT...HEATING WILL TAKE PLACE FAST. && .LONG TERM...ANOTHER FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ENTER THE REGION BY THE WEEKEND...NOT QUITE SURE HOW FAR SOUTH THIS ONE WILL GO...BUT A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY AS SUMMER IS IN FULL EFFECT. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE JUST BELOW NORMALS FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. && .PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... BIRMINGHAM 71 84 69 86 69 / 80 70 50 50 MONTGOMERY 72 87 71 87 71 / 60 60 40 50 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && KH/99
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 130 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004 ALZ011>015-017>050-231830- 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- 130 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 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 ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL THIS AFTERNOON IS LOW DUE TO STABLE AIR IN THE MID LEVELS. HOWEVER... SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES...WIND GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)... ISOLATED STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AS A WEAK SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS TO OUR WEST...AND A FRONT REMAINS STATIONARY TO OUR NORTH. IN THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS... WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 35 MPH...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL BE POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND STORM SPOTTERS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
ALZ023-222200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 418 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004 ALZ023-222200- TUSCALOOSA- 418 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR TUSCALOOSA COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM CDT... ...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE FROM APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH 30 MPH WINDS... AT 416 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAMANTHA TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOSTERS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR NORTHPORT...FOSTERS...TUSCALOOSA...SAMANTHA...HOLT...KELLERMAN AND BROOKWOOD THROUGH 500 PM CDT.
ALZ034-222230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 454 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004 ALZ034-222230- BIBB- 454 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR BIBB COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CDT... ...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM ALOGN WITH WIND GUSTS TO 30 AND PEA SIZE HAIL... AT 454 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST BLOCTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR WEST BLOCTON AND MARVEL THROUGH 530 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THESE WINDS CAN BREAK OFF SMALL TREE LIMBS...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS.
ALZ034-222230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 454 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004 ALZ034-222230- BIBB- 454 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR BIBB COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CDT... ...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL... AT 454 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST BLOCTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR WEST BLOCTON AND MARVEL THROUGH 530 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THESE WINDS CAN BREAK OFF SMALL TREE LIMBS...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA
506 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004
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0438 PM WIND DAMAGE SAMANTHA 33.50N 87.61W
06/22/2004 TUSCALOOSA AL EMA
A FEW TREES DOWN NEAR SAMANTHA.SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 514 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004 ALZ025-222300- SHELBY- 514 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR SHELBY COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CDT... ...WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 507 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER MONTEVALLO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR MONTEVALLO... ALABASTER...PELHAM AND COLUMBIANA THROUGH 600 PM CDT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 520 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004 ALZ024-222245- JEFFERSON- 520 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CDT... ...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... ...WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 517 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER HUEYTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR SYLVAN SPRINGS... MINOR...HUEYTOWN...HOMEWOOD...BIRMINGHAM...FULTONDALE AND BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT THROUGH 545 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.
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 8 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:26 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down in the southwest part of Shelby County. Trees and street signs were blown down along CR 17 and along SR 119 in Alabaster. A few trees were blown down along CR 10 in Montevallo and temporarily blocked the roadway.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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