1 flash flood, 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 29, 2:14 PM CST, 4 hours 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 314 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 2004 .SYNOPSIS...RAIN LOOKS LIKE IT WILL STICK AROUND THROUGH AT LEAST THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD...WITH SLIGHTLY LESS CHANCES TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. WE CONTINUE TO BE DOMINATED BY THE SAME WEATHER PATTERN. && .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)...WELL...NOT MUCH CHANGE WAS DONE TO THE SHORT TERM. A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ALONG A STALLED FRONT JUST NORTH OF ALABAMA AROUND THE TENNESSEE AREA THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS IS EXPECTED TOMORROW AS ONE OF THOSE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEMS MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. BOTH GFS AND ETA MODELS SHOW A GOOD AMOUNT OF RAIN OVER THE AREA...SO LIKELY POPS FITS WELL. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL BE HARDER TO FORECAST AS IT ALL DEPENDS ON CLOUD COVER. THE SAME PATTERN WILL OCCUR THURSDAY AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE. WENT WITH LIKELY POPS FOR THOSE AREAS...AND JUST A CHANCE FOR THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. FOR FRIDAY...THINGS CONTINUE TO LOOK WET ALTHOUGH THESE SHOWERS WILL BE THE HIT AND MISS KIND. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW WET WEATHER ON FRIDAY AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND. BOTH MODELS CONTINUE TO BE CONSISTENT...BUT GFS SEEMS TO BE HANDLING THINGS BETTER. SO... DECIDED TO PRETTY MUCH GO WITH THE GFS SOLUTION THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. && .LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)...DIDNT REALLY CHANGE MUCH IN THE EXTENDED. ADJUSTED POPS ACCORDING TO NEW MODEL DATA. WEEKEND STILL LOOKS A BIT WET AS A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL LOW APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE WEST. ALTHOUGH THE SURFACE LOW IS NOT FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE STATE...IT WILL MOVE CLOSE ENOUGH THAT WILL BRING ADDITIONAL RAIN. I WAS VERY MODERATE ON THE RAIN FOR NOW. WAITING TO SEE HOW THE NEXT FEW MODEL RUNS HANDLE THIS LOW AND WHERE IT WILL BE POSITIONED. A GLIMMER OF HOPE MAY COME AROUND THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK AS LONG RANGE GFS SHOW A DRYING TREND. DOES THAT MEAN WILL SEE THE SUN FOR MORE THAT AN HOUR? TIME WILL TELL. FOR THE TIME BEING...IT LOOKS LIKE RAIN WILL STICK AROUND FOR A WHILE LONGER. && .PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... BIRMINGHAM 70 82 69 84 71 / 50 60 40 60 MONTGOMERY 70 86 70 90 72 / 40 60 40 50 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 10-MONTANEZ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1253 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 2004 ALZ011>015-017>050-292030- 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- 1253 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE (THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT)... A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE STRONG AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH MAY PRODUCE SOME LOCALIZED WIND DAMAGE. HOWEVER...NO ORGANIZED HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)... AT THIS TIME...NO ORGANIZED HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND STORM SPOTTERS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 526 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 2004 ALZ024-292315- JEFFERSON- 526 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT... ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 526 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER CAHABA HEIGHTS...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR CAHABA HEIGHTS...MOUNTAIN BROOK...BIRMINGHAM...HOMEWOOD...AND HOOVER THROUGH 615 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY 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. OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM AS WELL.
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:20 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water covered several roads near Patton Creek in Vestavia Hills. A few of the roads were temporarily impassable.
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