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 Aug 21, 11:05 AM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1205 PM CDT SUN AUG 21 2005 .UPDATE... TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA HAVE QUICKLY SOARED INTO THE LOWER 90S AND ARE RUNNING A FEW DEGREES ABOVE YESTERDAY AT 16Z. SEVERAL PLACES ARE ALREADY SEEING HEAT INDICES RANGING FROM 100 TO 105 DEGREES. HEAT ADVISORY ALL LOCATIONS THROUGH 7PM WITH HEAT INDICES TOPPING OUT AROUND 110 DEGREES. PER MORNING SOUNDINGS...WE ARE QUICKLY APPROACHING THE CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURE AND THE CUMULUS HAS STARTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA...EVEN A FEW SHOWERS TRYING DESPERATELY TO GET GOING. OUTFLOW BOUNDARY/PREFRONTAL TROUGH FROM PREVIOUS NORTHERN CONVECTION CLOSE TO NORTHWEST SECTIONS BUT HARDLY DISCERNIBLE ON THE SURFACE OBS. MID TO UPPER LEVEL TEMPERATURES STILL VERY WARM ACROSS THE AREA. WENT AHEAD AND LOWERED POPS A TAD WITH NO GREAT FOCUS. WITH DISCRETE BOUNDARY NORTHWEST...LEFT THE TREND OF HIGHEST POPS WEST AND FAR SOUTH. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL STILL RUNNING RELATIVELY HIGH...SO IF ANY STORM CAN GET GOING WITH ANY UMPH...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE. THESE STORMS WILL BE BRIEF AND UNORGANIZED. FOR THE UPDATE...MADE MINOR CHANGES TO HIGH TEMPERATURES...HOURLY TEMPERATURES...AND POPS. OVERALL...THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME. BE CAREFUL OUTSIDE AND DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS. && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...HEAT ADVISORY ALL ZONES UNTIL 7 PM CDT. && 75/LINHARES
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 622 AM CDT SUN AUG 21 2005 ALZ011>015-017>050-221030- 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- 622 AM CDT SUN AUG 21 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT). A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA THROUGH 700 PM CDT TONIGHT. AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES ARE ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 110 DEGREES ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. ALSO...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE BETWEEN 2 AND 8 PM. THE MAIN THREAT BEING STRONG DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND MICROBURSTS. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL: BIRMINGHAM...MODERATE. MONTGOMERY...HIGH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY). 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.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A portion of the tin roof was blown off and a back door was blown in at the AC Leg Spice Plant. A back door was blown in at Gout Tech. Both of these businesses were located on US Highway 31.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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