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 Aug 15, 3:58 AM CST, 9 hours 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 458 AM CDT MON AUG 15 2005 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY) SOME WILL BE THANKFUL...BUT AT A BIT OF A LOSS FOR WORDS TONIGHT. THROUGH A COMBINATION OF WEATHER PATTERN BURN OUT...AND A BIT OF MODEL UNCERTAINTY...NOT SURE WHERE TO START. THINGS WERE FAIRLY CERTAIN OF IN THE SHORT TERM...SUB-TROPICAL RIDGE...AND DAILY RAIN CHANCES. A LITTLE LESS CERTAIN ON TEMPERATURES...BUT FAIRLY CONFIDENT TODAY IS GOING TO BE THE WARMEST OF THE BUNCH. NAM AND GFS IN GOOD AGREEMENT BRINGING A SLIVER OF WARMER...RELATIVELY DRIER AIR AND MID LEVEL SUBSIDENCE ASSOCIATED WITH H8 AND H7 RIDGE...INTO WESTERN AND NORTHERN SECTIONS...WHICH WILL PUMP TEMPERATURES UP INTO THE MID 90S IN MANY LOCATIONS. THIS SHOULD ALSO ACT TO INHIBIT SHOWERS A BIT OVER THE AREA. BUT BY TONIGHT...GUIDANCE IS JUMPS ALL OVER SOMETHING...AND GRINDS OUT LIKELY POPS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. GFS CLEARLY SUFFERING FROM FEEDBACK...AND NOT QUITE SURE WHAT NAM IS SEEING. I CAN FIND A BIT OF CONVERGENCE...AND NAM HAS AN INSTABILITY AXIS WITH THE FEATURE...WHICH WORKS NORTHWARD DURING THE EVENING. THERE IS A WEAK CIRCULATION INDICATED IN THE WATER VAPOR OFF THE FLORIDA COAST...BUT DONT BELIEVE THIS IS THE CULPRIT. NAM HAS A NICE VORT AXIS ACROSS SOUTHERN GA/AL AND NORTHERN FL TODAY...BUT DONT BELIEVE THATS THE TICKET EITHER. ULTIMATELY...HAVE DISCARDED BOTH NAM AND GFS SOLUTIONS FOR TONIGHT...AND WENT MUCH CLOSER TO FWC POPS TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH. FOR THE REST OF THE PERIOD...WEAKNESS IN SUBTROPICAL RIDGE LEAVES US IN A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH...WITH CONTINUED ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES. THE WARM/DRY SLOT OVER THE AREA MONDAY GETS PINCHED OUT/MODIFIED...AND TEMPERATURES SHOULD SLIP BACK DOWN MORE TOWARDS NORMAL. SOME MODEL DIFFERENCES SHOWING UP BY THURSDAY...WITH 06Z NAM RATHER PROGRESSIVE WITH WESTERN TROUGH. THE GFS ON THE OTHER HAND...KEEPS A NARROW...FLATTENED RIDGE OVER THE AREA. DONT EXPECT AND FRONTS TO COME INTO PLAY...BUT A BIT CONCERNED WITH POSSIBLE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES SLIPPING INTO THE AREA....FOR THE MOST PART...WE REMAIN IN THE SAME REGIME...AND PITY THE FOLKS WORKING RADAR SHIFTS THIS WEEK. .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY) IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET RE-ACQUAINTED WITH THE WEATHER PATTERN AFTER MY WEEKEND I PERUSED AREA FORECAST DISCUSSIONS AND AGREE THAT GFSS AMPLIFIED SOLUTION IS LIKELY OVERDONE. THAT IS CLIMATOLOGICALLY SPEAKING. BUT LOOKING AT THIS SUMMER...THE RIDGE IN THE WEST/TROUGH IN THE EAST PATTERN HAS BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT. RAISED TEMPERATURES OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK SEVERAL DEGREES. ALSO ADJUSTED WINDS HOLDING ONTO SOUTHERLY FLOW THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD AS HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES THE PATTERN ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH. AS FOR PRECIPITATION...WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN GREATER INSTABILITY...BUT LACK OF ANY SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL MAKE PINPOINTING EXACT LOCATIONS DIFFICULT. THUS STAYED CLOSE TO GUIDANCE...GENERALLY IN THE LOW CHANCE CATEGORY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 93 72 91 74 / 40 30 40 40 ANNISTON 93 72 93 73 / 40 30 40 40 BIRMINGHAM 95 73 93 74 / 30 20 40 40 TUSCALOOSA 97 73 95 75 / 20 20 40 30 CALERA 94 74 94 74 / 40 20 40 40 AUBURN 91 72 90 72 / 60 30 40 20 MONTGOMERY 94 73 94 74 / 60 30 50 30 TROY 92 72 91 73 / 60 40 50 30 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. && 81/12
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 116 PM CDT MON AUG 15 2005 ALZ011>015-017>050-161816- 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- 116 PM CDT MON AUG 15 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...(THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT). ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA BETWEEN 2 PM CDT AND 8 PM CDT...ESPECIALLY NORTHWEST OF A SELMA TO GADSDEN LINE. THE COMBINATION OF VERY WARM...MOIST...AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA...MAINLY BETWEEN 2 PM CDT AND 8 PM CDT. THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR WET MICROBURSTS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...PARTICULARLY NORTHWEST OF A SELMA TO GADSDEN LINE. DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH IS THE MAIN HAZARD WITH ANY STRONG TO SEVERE STORM THAT DEVELOPS. ALSO...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE TO THREE INCHES MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL: BIRMINGHAM...HIGH. MONTGOMERY...HIGH. IN ADDITION...HEAT INDICES WILL MAY APPROACH 105 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 7 PM CDT WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 91 AND 96 DEGREES AND SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY). WHILE A FEW STRONG OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON...NO WIDESPREAD OR ORGANIZED AREAS OF SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MBS/91
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 20 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:30 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Locally heavy rainfall of around 2 inches caused excessive water on the roadways near US Highway31 and Columbiana Road in Vestavia Hills. The roadways were temporarily impassable.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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