1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Jun 8, 8:44 AM CST, 4 hours 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 944 AM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 .UPDATE... MORNING BMX SOUNDING SHOWS WE ARE A BIT WARMER IN THE LOWER LEVELS...AND A TAD COOLER IN THE MID LEVELS...COMPARED TO YESTERDAY. THERES ALSO QUITE A BIT MORE SUNSHINE...AND TEMPS ARE RUNNING FROM 3 TO 6 DEGREES HIGHER THAN AT THIS TIME YESTERDAY. WE ARE QUICKLY APPROACHING TRIGGER TEMPERATURES (MID 80S)...AND I WOULD EXPECT THE CU FIELD TO QUICKLY FILL IN WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO... FOLLOWED BY SHOWER/TSTORM DEVELOPMENT SOON AFTER. REALLY HARD TO IDENTIFY ANY BOUNDARIES THAT WOULD FOCUS THE CONVECTION -- PERHAPS A WEAK EAST-WEST TROF IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA (MEI-CSG)...THE MAKINGS OF A CLOUDY/CLEAR BOUNDARY IN THE NORTHEAST...AND POTENTIAL OUTFLOW FROM CONVECTION NEAR MSL. WILL ISSUE GRID AND ZONE UPDATES BY 1530 UTC...MAINLY TO FRESHEN UP THE FORECAST AND REMOVE MORNING WORDING. && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 61
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 100 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 ALZ011>015-017>050-082300- 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- 100 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...(THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT). SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ALL ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH 9 PM TONIGHT. ANY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MILES PER HOURS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL: BIRMINGHAM...MODERATE. MONTGOMERY...LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY). 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. 10
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:28 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down and blocking the road on US Highway 231 just south of State Highway 33.
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