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NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 12, 1:01 PM CST, 5 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 201 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2005 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT - SUNDAY NIGHT) SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON THE RADAR AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. SO FAR, MOST NUMEROUS OVER EAST ALABAMA, BUT A FEW ECHOS BEGINNING TO SHOW UP IN EAST MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHWEST ALABAMA...AND MAY FILL IN WITH TIME. HOT AND HUMID WHERE IT IS NOT RAINING...WITH LOWER 90S FROM TUP TO TCL AND MEI. BASIC UPPER LEVEL PATTERN EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEKEND. UPPER LOW SWIRLING OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT SLOWLY NORTHEAST-WARD WITH TIME. WITH STEEPER LAPSE RATES...ITS NOT GOING TO TAKE A WHOLE LOT OF HEATING TO GET SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. PLAN TO GO WITH LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE EAST ON SATURDAY AND SCATTERED ELSEWHERE...THEN BACK DOWN TO SCATTERED WORDING ON SUNDAY AS UPPER LOW BEGINS TO BECOME ABSORBED IN UPPER FLOW PATTERN. HIGHS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY VERY SIMILAR TO TODAY...AND HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON SHOWER/STORM ACTIVITY. LOWS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 67 IN RURAL AREAS TO 73 NEAR THE CITIES. .LONG TERM...(MONDAY - FRIDAY) MODELS CONTINUE TO AGREE ON WEAKENING AND LIFTING UPPER LOW TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AND OUT OF OUR AREA BY MONDAY. REMAINDER OF FORECAST TO BE INFLUENCED BY PROXIMITY OF BERMUDA RIDGE. IT COULD GET TOASTY BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...BUT NOTHING UNUSUAL FOR AUGUST. HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S WITH LOWS 69 TO 75. POPS ABOUT AVERAGE FOR NOW. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 71 89 69 89 / 20 60 20 50 ANNISTON 72 88 71 88 / 20 60 20 50 BIRMINGHAM 73 90 72 90 / 20 60 20 50 TUSCALOOSA 73 92 72 92 / 20 50 20 50 CALERA 72 89 71 89 / 20 60 20 50 AUBURN 71 89 69 89 / 20 60 20 50 MONTGOMERY 73 90 72 90 / 20 60 20 50 TROY 72 90 70 90 / 20 60 20 50 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. && 88/88
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 118 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2005 ALZ011>015-017>050-131822- 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- 118 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 9 PM TONIGHT. THESE STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL: BIRMINGHAM...LOW. MONTGOMERY...LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY). NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. JONES/90
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 416 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2005 ALZ040-122145- DALLAS- 416 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR DALLAS COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM CDT... ...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... ...WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 414 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL DALLAS COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR THROUGH 445 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. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. THESE WINDS CAN BREAK OFF SMALL TREE LIMBS...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. 12/SIRMON
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
452 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0345 PM FLASH FLOOD CENTRE 34.15N 85.67W
08/12/2005 CHEROKEE AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
FLASH FLOODING RESULTED IN WATER COVERING PARK STREET IN
DOWNTOWN CENTRE PROMPTING A ROAD CLOSURE.
&&
12/SIRMONPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
500 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0345 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 S SPRAGUE 32.11N 86.24W
08/12/2005 MONTGOMERY AL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
FLASH FLOODING RESULTED IN WATER COVERING HWY 331 BETWEEN
ADA AND SELLERS.
&&
12/SIRMONSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 529 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2005 ALZ039-122315- MARENGO- 529 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR MARENGO COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT... ...WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 524 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER THOMASTON. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR THOMASTON THROUGH 615 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THESE WINDS CAN BREAK OFF SMALL TREE LIMBS...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. ADDITIONALLY....MINOR FLOODING MAY BECOME A PROBLEM DUE TO THE STORMS SLOW MOVEMENT. 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. 12/SIRMON
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 621 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2005 ALZ022-122345- PICKENS- 621 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR PICKENS COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT... ...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... ...WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 620 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER CARROLLTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR CARROLLTON THROUGH 645 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THESE WINDS CAN BREAK OFF SMALL TREE LIMBS...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. ADDITIONALLY...MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. 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. 12/SIRMON
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 657 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2005 ALZ014-130030- WINSTON- 657 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR WINSTON COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CDT... ...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE FROM A THUNDERSTORM WHICH IS NEARLY STATIONARY NORTHWEST OF DOUBLE SPRINGS. AT 656 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER DOUBLE SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTH AT LESS THAN 5 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR DOUBLE SPRINGS THROUGH 730 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. ADDITIONALLY MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. 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. 12/SIRMON
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:04 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A roof was blown off an old vacant business office in downtown Double Springs. This office was located on State Highway 195.
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