Arlene formed late Wednesday June 8th, 2005. The tropical system developed off the coast of Honduras in the western Carribean and moved generally north northwest.
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The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.
Arlene formed late Wednesday June 8th, 2005. The tropical system developed off the coast of Honduras in the western Carribean and moved generally north northwest. The storm grazed the tip of western Cuba on Friday June 10th, 2005 and then entered the Gulf of Mexico, with winds sustained around 70 miles an hour. Arlene weakened just before it reached the United States mainland and did not reach Hurricane force. Arlene made landfall Saturday afternoon, June 11th, 2005 just west of Pensacola, Florida as a Tropical Storm. Arlene was downgraded to a tropical Depression Saturday evening as it entered central Alabama. Arlene continued northward across central Alabama through early Sunday morning. Arlene eventually lost its tropical characteristics over eastern Michigan Monday afternoon, June 13th, 2005.Arlene's local effects were rather minor. Storm total rain amounts were generally 1 to 3 inches east of Interstate 65 and 2 to 5 inches west of Interstate 65. Locally higher amounts up to 6 to 8 inches were possible. Many counties received sustained winds of 20 to 30 miles an hour briefly, mainly associated with stronger outer bands. Estimated maximum wind gusts ranged between 35 and 45 miles an hour with a few higher amounts possible. The heaviest rain and strongest winds were generally experienced west of Interstate 65. Several trees and power lines were blown down across central Alabama as the storm moved through the area. Many thousands of residents were without power for several hours. A few homes suffered minor roof damage. A few cities reported minor urban flooding that lasted only a few hours.The heaviest rain and highest wind gusts were sporatic in nature and occurred from late Saturday afternoon into early Sunday morning areawide. The variability was due to stronger feeder bands and location of the remnant tropical system.Here are a few measured wind gusts (miles per hour) that happened to find the equipment;Mercedes-Benz Vance..40.....Advent Episcopal School Birmingham..38.....Birmingham Race Course..37.....Dannelly Field Montgomery..35.....Auburn..35.....Thorsby..32.....Alexander City Middle School..31.....Gadsden..31.Here are a few measured 48 hour rainfall amounts (inches);Newburn..4.60.....Demopolis..4.52.....Jasper..4.25.....Livingston..4.25.....Uniontown..4.20.....Oliver L&D..4.18.
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 Jun 11, 10:32 AM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1132 AM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005 .UPDATE... THINGS ARE GOING ACCORDING TO PLAN SO FAR...TRACK WAS SHIFTED SLIGHTLY TO THE EAST AS ANTICIPATED. CLOUDS/RAIN ARE SEVERELY LIMITING ANY WARMING THUS LOWERED TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES AREA WIDE. ANY BREAKS IN THE RAIN WILL ALLOW FOR A FEW DEGREES OF WARMING BUT 80S LOOK UNATTAINABLE. NEW SET OF ZONES WILL REFLECT CURRENT THINKING WITH RESPECT TO WIND SPEEDS/GUSTS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 439 AM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005) DISCUSSION... TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WILL BE THE MAIN TOPIC FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO. AT 4 AM TS ARLENE WAS LOCATED IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO ABOUT 170 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MOBILE. THE HURRICANE CENTER HAS THE WINDS INCREASING TO 65KT /74 MPH/ AT LAND FALL...BUT THE LATEST DISCUSSION SAID THAT COULD BE A KNOT OR TWO TOO STRONG. ANYWAY...IT WILL BE AT MINIMUM A TROPICAL STORM. LAND FALL IS FORECASTED AROUND 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON...AND THE PATH IS PRETTY MUCH MOBILE BAY AND NORTH ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI...ALABAMA LINE. THE GFS IS THE CLOSEST SOLUTION...SO THIS FORECAST IS HEAVILY BASED ON THAT. WHILE THE GFS TAKES ARLENE UP ALONG THE STATE LINE AS A CLOSED LOW UNIT IT HITS WESTERN TENNESSEE SUNDAY EVENING...AND THEN NORTHEAST IN FRONT OF THE SHORT WAVE...THE ETA TAKES ARLENE WELL WEST INTO MISSISSIPPI AND THEN DUE NORTH TO THE GREAT LAKES AT WHICH TIME IT GETS CAUGHT UP IN THE FRONT MONDAY NIGHT. LIKE THE GFS SOLUTION FOR ARLENE AND LAND FALL...NOT SURE IT WILL MOVE OUT AS QUICK AS IT ADVERTISES. WILL TAKE A BLEND OF THE GFS AND ETA STARTING AROUND 06Z MONDAY. TODAY AND TONIGHT... WIND AND RAIN WILL BE THE STORY. THE FIRST TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BE FELT IN OUR FORECAST AREA...MARENGO COUNTY... AROUND 2 PM...AND WILL LAST UNTIL 10 AM SUNDAY MORNING WHEN THE MAIN WINDS LEAVE WINSTON COUNTY. THUS HAVE ADJUSTED THE INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH ACCORDINGLY. STILL EXPECT THE MAIN THREAT TO BE HEAVY RAIN...THE OFFICIAL FORECAST IS 4 TO 8 INCHES. SOME LOCATIONS...WEST WILL SEE A BIT LESS. SUNDAY AND MONDAY... ARLENE WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BUT THINK IT WILL BE SLOWER THAN THE GFS SO LEFT CHANCE POPS SUNDAY AND MONDAY. DID CUT THEM 10% FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY... THE VIGOROUS SHORT WAVE MOVES THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY CATCHES THE REMNANTS OF ARLENE..AND DRAGS A COLD FRONT THROUGH HERE. AS THE TREND SHOWED LAST NIGHT...MOISTURE COULD BE LIMITED. THE FRONT IS NOT AS FAST AS LAST NIGHTS RUN...AND KIND OF HANGS UP ACROSS THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY... BY FAR THE DRIEST DAYS FOR THE FORECAST. AFTER THE FRONT MOVES OUT CONDITIONS DRY OUT AND DEWPOINTS DROP. EVEN THOUGH THE HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 80S WITH LOWER DEWPOINTS IT WON/T FEEL AS WARM AND MUGGY. .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING AREA WIDE. INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY MORNING. && 12/12
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 637 AM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005 ALZ011>015-017>050-121130- 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- 637 AM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT). TROPICAL STORM ARLENE IS FORECAST TO MAKE LANDFALL AROUND MOBILE BAY AROUND 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREAT ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA FROM TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ON THE ORDER OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS MAY BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND AS THE TROPICAL STORM MOVES NORTH THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL MOVE NORTH AND LAST INTO SUNDAY MORNING. AS ARLENE SLOWLY MOVES NORTHWARD ACROSS THE STATE...THE STORM WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN ALLOWING WINDS TO FALL BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. SINCE LAND FALL IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THERE IS NOT MUCH UNCERTAINTY WITH THE TRACK. THERE COULD BE SOME DIFFERENCES IN INTENSITY. THUS...PEOPLE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE ALABAMA GULF COAST...NEED TO STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON TROPICAL STORM ARLENE. SEE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH (FFA)...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH (NPW)...OR TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT (HLS) FOR FURTHER DETAILS. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL: BIRMINGHAM...VERY LOW. MONTGOMERY...VERY LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY). TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PARTS OF ALABAMA ON SUNDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. ONCE TROPICAL STORM ARLENE LEAVES THE STATE...RIVER FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY ON PORTIONS OF THE LOWER BLACK WARRIOR RIVER FROM SELDEN LOCK AND DAM AND DOWNSTREAM...AND ON THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL MOST LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING DUE TO TROPICAL STORM ARLENE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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