1 hail, 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 22, 11:13 AM CST, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1113 AM CST TUE FEB 22 2005 .UPDATE...FORECAST FRESHENED UP TO REFLECT (SLOWLY) DISSIPATING FOG...AND TEMPERATURE TRENDS. MAIN CONCERN CONTINUES TO BE POTENTIAL FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION...MAINLY SOUTH OF A TUSCALOOSA TO ANNISTON LINE. WEAK BOUNDARY MEANDERING ACROSS THE AREA...WITH JUICY WARM AIR SOUTH OF THE LINE. AFTERNOON MODELS AND FORECAST PROFILES SHOW -4 TO -7 LIFTED INDICES...AND CAPES OF 1500 TO 2000. AT THE MOMENT...JUST LOOKS LIKE A MATTER OF TIME...EARLY AFTERNOON...FOR INITIATION. OVERALL...NO MAJOR CHANGES. && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 81
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 128 PM CST TUE FEB 22 2005 ALZ011>015-017>050-231330- 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- 128 PM CST TUE FEB 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT). A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT WILL REMAIN DRAPED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON...ROUGHLY ALONG INTERSTATE 20 FROM TUSCALOOSA TO ANNISTON. A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE CLOSE TO THIS BOUNDARY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY). THE QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT CONTINUES TO MEANDER ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA ON WEDNESDAY. A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LINDEN TO MONTGOMERY TO EUFAULA. ...SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING... MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Nickel size hail was reported across northern and eastern Tallapoosa County. The hail fell from near New Site all the way to the Georgia state line. The hail completely covered the ground at the Horseshoe Bend Military Park.
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