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 9, 1:51 PM CST, 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 251 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT - THURSDAY NIGHT) SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN TODAY. UPPER LOW THAT HAS BEEN INFLUENCING THE WEATHER HAS PRETTY MUCH WASHED OUT OVER THE AREA AND RETROGRADED WESTWARD. HOWEVER, WE WILL STILL BE LEFT IN AN AREA OF WEAK TROFING AND SLIGHTLY LOWER MID LEVEL HEIGHTS THROUGH THURSDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAYTIME HOURS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...WITH SCATTERED TO ISOLATED OVERNIGHT. VARIABILITY IN DAYTIME HIGHS DUE TO SCATTERED NATURE OF STORMS, BUT SHOULD FALL BETWEEN 85 AND 92. LOWS 67 TO 73. .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY - TUESDAY) BY FRIDAY, WEATHER BEGINS EVOLVING INTO A MORE CLIMATOLOGICAL PATTERN. ATLANTIC 500 MB RIDGING WILL CREEP WESTWARD, BUT NEVER COMPLETELY SETTLES IN OVER THE AREA. SOME INDICATION FROM THE 12Z ECMWF AND UKMET WE GET CAUGHT ON THE FRIDGE OF THE RIDGE WITH AN IMPULSE OR TWO RIDING NORTHWARD THROUGH THE AREA ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. BUT FOR NOW WILL CONTINUE PREVIOUS FORECAST TREND OF CLIMATOLOGICAL POPS AND TEMPS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 69 90 70 91 / 30 40 20 30 ANNISTON 70 89 71 90 / 30 50 20 40 BIRMINGHAM 72 90 73 91 / 30 40 20 30 TUSCALOOSA 72 92 72 93 / 20 40 20 30 CALERA 71 90 71 91 / 30 40 20 40 AUBURN 71 90 71 90 / 30 60 30 50 MONTGOMERY 72 90 73 90 / 30 60 30 50 TROY 72 89 72 90 / 30 60 30 60 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. && 88/88
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 532 AM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005 ALZ011>015-017>050-101038- 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- 532 AM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT). SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. WHERE ANY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS PERSIST FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL...WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL: BIRMINGHAM...LOW. MONTGOMERY...MODERATE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY). NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THE TIME.
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 48 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:02 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash flooding occurred near the intersection of Fort Williams Street and Broadway Avenue in downtownSylacauga. The water had risen over the tires on vehicles and made the roads temporarily impassable.
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