1 heat, 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 Feb 21, 2:43 PM CST, 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 243 PM CST MON FEB 21 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT - WED NIGHT) STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WANTING TO SINK SOUTHWARD, BUT NOT A WHOLE LOT OF PUSH BEHIND IT. DEWPOINTS OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA ARE IN THE LOW AND MID 60S WITH NEAR RECORD HIGHS ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES. AIRMASS WILL REMAIN UNSTABLE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TOMORROW. MAIN QUESTION IS HOW FAR SOUTH WILL THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MAKES IT. ETA 12Z RUN IS SLOWER THAN THE GFS IN SHOWING THE DRIER AIR WORKING SOUTHWARD THROUGH OUR CWA BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. WILL LEAN TOWARD THE SLOWER AND MORE UNSTABLE ETA FOR THE SHORT TERM. THIS MEANS KEEPING POPS IN THE LIKELY RANGE OVERNIGHT FOR OUR NORTHERN HALF WITH MID AND MID CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE SOUTH. A LOT OF THIS MAY BE DIURNALLY DRIVEN, BUT WITH HIGH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY, SEEMS LIKE THE REASONABLE WAY TO GO. TUESDAY...NIETHER THE GFS OR ETA ARE SHOWING MUCH QPF TOMORROW, BUT ETA CONTINUES TO SHOW VERY UNSTABLE AND MOIST AIRMASS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH SEVERAL WEAK UPPER LEVEL IMPULSES MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. WITH BOUNDARY SLOWLY WORKING ITS WAY ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA...WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF AND LOW TO MID CHANCE ACROSS THE NORTH. LOOKS LIKE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE DIURNALLY DRIVEN...SO A LOT SHOULD DEPEND ON MAX TEMPS. WEDNESDAY IS ANOTHER TOUGH DAY AS A SERIES OF WEAK SHORT WAVES MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST GENERATING ANOTHER ROUND OF POTENTIALLY HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA...PRIMARILY ALONG AND NEAR WHATS LEFT OF OLD BOUNDARY. SO LOCATION OF THIS BOUNDARY WILL BE KEY TO DETERMNING TEMPS AND LOCATION OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL POTENTIAL. WILL GO WITH CATEGORICAL POPS ACROSS THE SOUTH AND LIKELY TO HIGH CHANCE NORTH. 18Z ETA CAME IN WITH 60 DEGREE DEWPOINT LINE AS FAR NORTH AS CLANTON ON WED...SUGGESTING BOUNDARY MAY GET HUNG UP BETWEEN CLANTON AND MGM. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY - MONDAY) NOT GOING TO MAKE MANY CHANGES IN THE LONG TERM. LOOKS LIKE DRIER AIR...AT LEAST IN THE LOWER LEVELS...SHOULD WORK ITS WAY THROUGH THE AREA LIMITING RAIN CHANCES THROUGH FRIDAY. TEMPS SHOULD BE A BIT MORE SEASONAL, BUT WITH UPPER LEVEL ZONAL FLOW, DONT SEE ANY FREEZING TEMPS. BY SATURDAY, GFS IS SHOWING A GULF LOW DEVELOPING...POSSIBLY SPREADING SHOWERS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE CWA SO WILL INCLUDE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR THESE AREAS. DEEPER SOUTHWEST FLOW DEVELOPS BY SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY BRINGING THE NEXT WIDE SPREAD CHANCE FOR A FEW SHOWERS. WILL STAY CLOSE TO GUIDANCE FOR TEMPS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 58 65 43 58 / 60 30 10 30 ANNISTON 61 70 44 59 / 60 30 10 40 BIRMINGHAM 60 69 45 59 / 60 30 20 60 TUSCALOOSA 61 73 47 61 / 60 30 20 80 CALERA 61 73 47 61 / 60 40 20 70 AUBURN 60 76 50 66 / 40 60 40 70 MONTGOMERY 58 77 52 67 / 40 60 50 90 TROY 58 77 54 68 / 30 60 50 90 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 88
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 122 PM CST MON FEB 21 2005 ALZ011>015-017>050-221330- 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- 122 PM CST MON FEB 21 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...(THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT). STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD MOVE AS FAR SOUTHWARD AS INTERSTATE 20 BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO MOVE INTO THE AREA WILL BE LARGE HAIL...ALTHOUGH SOME DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH BY MID TO LATE EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY). A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP DURING THE DAY TIME HOURS BOTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. ...SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE BIRMINGHAM COUNTY WARNING AREA SHOULD NOW BE ACTIVATED DUE TO THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 959 AM CST MON FEB 21 2005 ALZ011>015-211645- FAYETTE-LAMAR-MARION-WALKER-WINSTON- 959 AM CST MON FEB 21 2005 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 24 HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: MARION...WINSTON...LAMAR...FAYETTE AND WALKER. APPROACHING BOUNDARY HAS WEAKENED AND STAYED WELL NORTH OF THE AREA.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
The afternoon high temperature measured at Dannelly Field was 79 degrees. This afternoon reading tied the established record high for this date. The previous record high was recordedin 1945.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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