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NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 24, 1:43 AM CST, 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 143 AM CST WED NOV 24 2004 .SHORT TERM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE TORNADOES ARE STILL GOOD POSSIBILITY ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING ARE ALSO A MAJOR CONCERN...ESPECIALLY AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 59. AT 130 AM CST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE AND WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MARION AND LAMAR COUNTIES. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT FOR THESE COUNTIES. ANOTHER BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED FROM NEAR SELMA TO BIRMINGHAM TO FORT PAYNE AND WERE PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. ALTHOUGH TWO TORNADO WATCHES COVERED ALL BUT THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE FORECAST AREA...NO ACTIVE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT. AS FOR THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL THROUGH THE MORNING...IT WILL INCREASE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...FROM WEST TO EAST. NUMEROUS STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MISSISSIPPI WILL CROSS THE STATE LINE INTO WEST ALABAMA AROUND 3 AM CST. WITH STRONG WINDS JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE AND UPWARDS...GOOD INSTABILITY WITH LIFTED INDICES -4 TO -5...SEVERE STORMS WITH MAINLY DAMAGING WINDS AND EVEN ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. THE BEST TIMING FOR SEVERE STORMS ARE AS FOLLOWS...WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA BETWEEN 3 AND 6 AM CST... THE BIRMINGHAM AREA AROUND 6 AM CST...AREAS ALONG A MONTGOMERY TO ANNISTON LINE BETWEEN 8 AND 10 AM CST...THEN EXITING THE SOUTHEAST CORNER INTO GEORGIA AROUND MIDDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES...POSSIBLY UP TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER AREAS MAINLY NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 59. FLASH FLOODING AND SOME RIVER FLOODING IS A CONCERN IN THESE AREAS...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. && .UPDATE...INCLUDED NEW TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 6 AM CST FOR AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 59 AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TODAY FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A DEMOPOLIS TO CALERA TO ANNISTON LINE. && MBS/91
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.
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 Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:10 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees and power lines were reported blown down in and around Cedar Bluff.
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