1 strong 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 Sep 7, 2:48 AM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 348 AM CDT TUE SEP 7 2004 .UPDATE... UPON FURTHUR REVIEW...HAVE DECIDED TO TAKE THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY ALL THE WAY TO THE WEST (WHICH WILL ALSO COINCIDE BETTER WITH LWA ISSUED BY HUN AND JAN). REMAINDER OF DISCUSSION IS UNCHANGED. .DISCUSSION... LEFTOVERS (GOT TIRED OF SAYING REMNANTS) OF FRANCES HAVE MOVED INTO ALABAMA...WITH A CENTER OF CIRCULATION NOT TOO FAR FROM EUFAULA. INTERESTING THING IS THAT RAIN SHIELD HAS ACTUALLY ROTATED TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE STORM...WITH SIGNS THAT IT MAY CONTINUE TO ROTATE EVEN MORE (AT LEAST IN PART) TO THE WEST SIDE. WILL OBVIOUSLY NEED CATEGORICAL POPS ACROSS A LARGE PART OF THE CWA TODAY. WILL MAKE THE FINAL DETERMINATION ON JUST HOW FAR WEST TO TAKE THOSE CATEGORICAL POPS BASED ON RADAR TRENDS JUST BEFORE ZONE RELEASE TIME. REGARDING THE FLOOD WATCH...THE AFOREMENTIONED RE-ORIENTATION OF THE PRECIP SHIELD WILL REQUIRE A SIMILAR RE-ORIENTATION OF THE WATCH. RAINFALL RATES HAVENT BEEN TERRIBLY EXCESSIVE SO FAR...WITH A HALF INCH OR LESS PER HOUR...AND AN INCH OR LESS STORM TOTOAL...IN EASTERN ALABAMA. INCIDENTALLY...KMXX SEEMS TO BE ESTIMATING THE RAINFALL BETTER (LESS UNDERESTIMATION) THAN KBMX. THE MAIN PROBLEM THE WINDS CREATE IS WHETHER TO GO WITH A WIND ADVISORY (22 TO 31 KNOTS SUSTAINED) OR A LAKE WIND ADVISORY (17 TO 21 KNOTS SUSTAINED) NEAR THE CIRCULATION CENTER. INITIAL THOUGHT IS TO LEAVE THE WIND ADVISORY AND LAKE WIND ADVISORY AREAS AS ISSUED PREVIOUSLY. WILL BE BORDER LINE...BUT WITH SOME MIXING DOWN OF WINDS ALOFT THERE WILL PROBABLY BE A FEW 22+ KNOTS OF SUSTAINED WIND TODAY. EXPECT WINDS TO DECREASE BELOW LWA CRITERIA TONIGHT. MOISTURE AND CIRCULATION CENTER FORECAST BY MODELS TO EXIT TO THE NORTHEAST WEDNESDAY/WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WILL TAPER OFF POPS ACCORDINGLY. LONG RANGE GFS INDICATES DRY WEATHER INTO AT LEAST THE WEEKEND. IVAN...IS THAT YOU KNOCKING? && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 80 71 78 64 84 / 99 99 70 20 ANNISTON 78 71 80 65 84 / 99 90 80 20 BIRMINGHAM 81 71 80 65 85 / 90 70 50 10 TUSCALOOSA 82 71 82 65 86 / 80 50 20 00 CALERA 81 71 81 64 86 / 99 60 40 10 AUBURN 78 71 81 68 85 / 99 60 60 10 MONTGOMERY 82 72 84 67 88 / 99 50 20 00 TROY 80 72 83 68 86 / 99 50 20 00 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH TODAY ZONES 18>21-27>29-36>38-45-47>48. WIND ADVISORY TODAY ZONES 19-21-27>29-35>38-41>50. LAKE WIND ADVISORY TODAY ZONES 11>15-17-18-20-22>26-30>34-39-40. && 61
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 710 PM CDT MON SEP 6 2004 ALZ011>015-017>050-071230- 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- 710 PM CDT MON SEP 6 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...(TONIGHT) ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH ACROSS EXTREME EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST... THE EFFECTS OF THE REMNANTS OF FRANCES ARE IMPACTING SOUTHEAST ALABAMA TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY PERSISTS OVERNIGHT, FOR AREAS IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA, WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. PLEASE REFER TO THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER GRAPHICS AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BMX/HWO/HWO.HTML .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY) ON TUESDAY...THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION OF FRANCES IS FORECAST TO MOVE ALONG THE ALABAMA AND GEORGIA BORDER. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL OCCUR TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER...WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EXTREME EASTERN COUNTIES. THE REMNANTS OF FRANCES WILL CONTINUE WEAKEN AS IT MOVES FARTHER INLAND, BUT WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE OVER EAST ALABAMA DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE UPDATES FROM THE TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS ON FRANCES. THE REMNANTS OF FRANCES SHOULD EXIT ALABAMA EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE REQUIRED MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were downed from the Remnants of Frances. One tree fell on a vehicle injuring the occupant.
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