1 flash flood, 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 Sep 2, 2:04 PM CST, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 304 PM CDT THU SEP 2 2004 .SYNOPSIS...ALL EYES ARE ON FRANCES AS EVENTUAL TRACK WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON ALABAMAS WEATHER FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. BEST NEWS FOR OUR AREA IS THAT A MAJORITY OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND WILL BE RAIN FREE...WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND SMALL RAIN CHANCES. FORECAST IS BASED ON HURRICANE CENTER GUIDANCE WITH REMNANTS OF FRANCES MOVING INTO EAST ALABAMA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. && .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY) CONVECTION HAS FIRED ALONG A WEAK SURFACE CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY ALONG LEADING EDGE OF EASTERLY FLOW. THIS CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NORTHWARD THIS EVENING...BUT LIKELY DISSIPATE QUICKLY AFTER 00Z AS IT ENCOUNTERS MORE STABLE AIRMASS AND LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. A FEW OF THE MESO-SCALE MODELS PREDICT CONVECTION TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY ETA. I WILL LEAVE 20% POPS FOR ALL ZONES AFTER MIDNIGHT. ON FRIDAY...EASTERLY FLOW SHOULD ESTABLISH ITSELF A LITTLE BETTER AND CONVERGENCE AREA WILL LIKELY SHIFT TO THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE...HENCE SLIGHTLY HIGHER RAIN CHANCES ON FRIDAY. PATTERN OF A STABLE EASTERLY FLOW ON NORTH SIDE OF FRANCES WILL PRIMARILY SUPPRESS CONVECTION SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. && .LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY) FORECAST BASED LARGELY ON CURRENT HURRICANE CENTER GUIDANCE. RAIN CHANCES AND SURFACE WINDS WILL BE INCREASED STEADILY STARTING MONDAY IN THE SOUTHEAST ZONES AND SPREADING NORTHWARD INTO EAST ALABAMA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. WEST ALABAMA SHOULD BE MORE ON SUBSIDENCE SIDE OF FRANCES AND RAIN CHANCES WILL BE KEPT IN THE CHANCE CATEGORY FOR NOW. FRANCES SHOULD GET CAUGHT UP IN MIDWEST TROF AND ACCELERATE NORTHWARD AWAY FROM ALABAMA BY TUESDAY NIGHT. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY LOOKS GOOD DUE TO DRIER AIRMASS BEING PULLED INTO ALABAMA BEHIND EXITING TROPICAL CYCLONE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 70 84 68 86 70 / 20 30 20 10 ANNISTON 70 84 69 85 71 / 20 30 20 10 BIRMINGHAM 70 86 70 87 72 / 20 30 20 10 TUSCALOOSA 70 89 70 90 72 / 20 40 20 20 CALERA 70 87 70 87 72 / 20 30 20 10 AUBURN 70 86 70 86 72 / 30 30 20 10 MONTGOMERY 71 90 72 91 73 / 30 30 20 10 TROY 70 88 70 90 72 / 30 30 20 10 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 58/ROSE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1250 PM CDT THU SEP 2 2004 ALZ011>015-017>050-032350- 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- 1250 PM CDT THU SEP 2 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...(THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT) NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL FOR THIS AFTERNOON: BIRMINGHAM...LOW. MONTGOMERY...LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY) THE FORECAST STARTING LATE DURING THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE TRACK OF HURRICANE FRANCES. STAY TUNE FOR UPDATES ON THE CHANGING CONDITIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND STORM SPOTTERS IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 301 PM CDT THU SEP 2 2004 ALZ043-022045- ELMORE- 301 PM CDT THU SEP 2 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR ELMORE COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM CDT... ...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 259 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTH OF KENT...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR KENT AND ECLECTIC THROUGH 345 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS SMALL HAIL. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...IS POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS...TAKE SHELTER NOW.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 440 PM CDT THU SEP 2 2004 ALZ046-049-022230- BULLOCK-PIKE- 440 PM CDT THU SEP 2 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN PIKE AND SOUTHERN BULLOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT... ...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... ...SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 440 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF LINWOOD...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR SHOPTON...ORION... LINWOOD AND FITZPATRICK THROUGH 530 PM CDT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 530 PM CDT THU SEP 2 2004 ALZ046-022315- BULLOCK- 530 PM CDT THU SEP 2 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR BULLOCK COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT... ...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... ...SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 524 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF UNION SPRINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR UNION SPRINGS THROUGH 615 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS SMALL HAIL. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...IS POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS...TAKE SHELTER NOW.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 611 PM CDT THU SEP 2 2004 ALZ049-030000- PIKE- 611 PM CDT THU SEP 2 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR PIKE COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT... ...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... ...SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 609 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRUNDIDGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR TROY...BRUNDIDGE AND BANKS THROUGH 700 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. IN ADDITION...SMALL HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...IS POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS...TAKE SHELTER NOW.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Slow moving thunderstorms dropped several inches of rain across Pike County in a short period of time. Major street flooding was reported in the city of Troy around 7 pm and continued across the area for the next hour or so.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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