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 Nov 23, 8:00 PM CST, 4 hours 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 800 PM CST TUE NOV 23 2004 ...CORRECTED FOR FLOOD WATCH... .MESOSCALE DISCUSSION... JUST THE BEGINNING OF AN ACTIVE NIGHT SETTING UP ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PUSH NORTH-NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. CURRENTLY, THE BEST CONCENTRATION OF THUNDERSTORMS IS ACROSS NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE CWA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 85. THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER THE NEXT THREE HOURS WILL BE ACROSS OUR NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF OUR CWA WHERE HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN LAMAR COUNTY. EXPECT THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE MOVING OFF TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST ACROSS MARION COUNTY OVER THE NEXT HOUR. A LARGE CLUSTER OF STORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. WITH THE CURRENT TRACK OF THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS, THE BULK OF IT WILL MOVE NORTH OF THE AREA AND ONLY BRUSH OUR NORTHWEST COUNTIES. THE MAIN CONCERN FOR CENTRAL ALABAMA TONIGHT WILL BE WHAT IS BREWING ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THUS, ANOTHER TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED SHORTLY FOR CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. EXPECT THIS AREA OF STORMS TO CONTINUE ON INTO ALABAMA AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES BRINGING STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. TIMING OF THIS LINE OF STORMS CONTINUES TO BE AROUND 1AM-4AM WEST...4AM-8AM CENTRAL...8AM-12PM EAST. && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES....FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL BUT SOUTHEAST THROUGH 6PM WEDNESDAY. && KH/99
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1130 PM CST TUE NOV 23 2004 ALZ011>015-017>050-241300- 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- 1130 PM CST TUE NOV 23 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...(OVERNIGHT) A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE TOWARDS CENTRAL ALABAMA BRINGING A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA OVERNIGHT. AS THE COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVE CLOSER TO THE STATE...SEVERAL FACTORS WILL COME TOGETHER TO BRING A THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES TO CENTRAL ALABAMA. INCREASING WIND PROFILES AND UPPER LEVEL FORCING...ALONG WITH AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS...WILL RESULT IN A SQUALL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FORMING...WITH ISOLATED SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE AROUND 2AM AND BE NEAR THE BIRMINGHAM METRO AREA AROUND 5 AM AND THEN ACROSS EAST ALABAMA AROUND 7AM. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE. WITH MANY LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 HAVING RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN ALREADY...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. A FLOOD WATCH WILL BE REISSUED TONIGHT FOR ALL BUT THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT OF THE FORECAST AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY) STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN PROGRESS WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE SQUALL LINE TRACKS THROUGH CENTRAL ALABAMA...AND EXITS THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE FORECAST AREA BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. OTHERWISE NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA
756 PM CST TUE NOV 23 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0752 PM HAIL SULLIGENT 33.89N 88.13W
11/23/2004 1.25 IN LAMAR AL SPOTTER
HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 278 JUST WEST
OF SULLIGENT.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1131 PM CST TUE NOV 23 2004 ALZ011>015-017>050-241330- AUTAUGA AL-BARBOUR AL-BIBB AL-BLOUNT AL-BULLOCK AL-CALHOUN AL- CHAMBERS AL-CHEROKEE AL-CHILTON AL-CLAY AL-CLEBURNE AL-COOSA AL- DALLAS AL-ELMORE AL-ETOWAH AL-FAYETTE AL-GREENE AL-HALE AL- JEFFERSON AL-LAMAR AL-LEE AL-LOWNDES AL-MACON AL-MARENGO AL- MARION AL-MONTGOMERY AL-PERRY AL-PICKENS AL-PIKE AL-RANDOLPH AL- RUSSELL AL-SHELBY AL-ST. CLAIR AL-SUMTER AL-TALLADEGA AL- TALLAPOOSA AL-TUSCALOOSA AL-WALKER AL-WINSTON AL- THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...(OVERNIGHT) A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE TOWARDS CENTRAL ALABAMA BRINGING A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA OVERNIGHT. AS THE COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVE CLOSER TO THE STATE...SEVERAL FACTORS WILL COME TOGETHER TO BRING A THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES TO CENTRAL ALABAMA. INCREASING WIND PROFILES AND UPPER LEVEL FORCING...ALONG WITH AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS...WILL RESULT IN A SQUALL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FORMING...WITH ISOLATED SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE AROUND 2AM AND BE NEAR THE BIRMINGHAM METRO AREA AROUND 5 AM AND THEN ACROSS EAST ALABAMA AROUND 7AM. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE. WITH MANY LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 HAVING RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN ALREADY...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. A FLOOD WATCH WILL BE REISSUED TONIGHT FOR ALL BUT THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT OF THE FORECAST AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY) STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN PROGRESS WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE SQUALL LINE TRACKS THROUGH CENTRAL ALABAMA...AND EXITS THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE FORECAST AREA BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. OTHERWISE NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING.
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:32 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous roads were reported covered with water. Widespread three to four inches rain amounts fell across the county as indicated by Doppler Radar. Isolated amounts may have been as high as 8 to 10 inches.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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