1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Mar 30, 3:30 PM CST, 6 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 330 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005 .DISCUSSION... SHORT WAVE TROUGH OVER THE MIDWEST STATES WILL LIFT NORTHEAST AND PUSH A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY INTO NORTHWEST ALABAMA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT LATE TONIGHT OVER WEST ALABAMA AND SPREAD EASTWARD. VORT MAX WILL PASS OVER ALABAMA ON THURSDAY AND PUSH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO GEORGIA THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SHOULD BE A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION THURSDAY EVENING AS SURFACE LOW DEEPENS TO THE WEST OF ALABAMA. CONVECTION WILL SPREAD BACK INTO ALABAMA LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AS SURFACE LOW TRACKS NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA. UPPER TROUGH WILL PASS EAST OF THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT, AND COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS WILL RETURN IN TIME FOR THE WEEKEND. .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY) LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS INCREASING RAPIDLY OVER THE AREA WITH DEWPOINTS CLIMBING INTO THE LOWER 60S IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. JACKSON 18Z UPPER AIR SOUNDING SHOWS A STRONG CAP AT 850MB WHICH IS SUPPRESSING CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. STORM PREDICTION CENTER IS FORECASTING CAP TO ERODE LATER TONIGHT WITH STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND SPREADING INTO WESTERN ALABAMA AFTER MIDNIGHT. FORECAST SOUNDINGS FROM THE ETA SHOW CAPE VALUES APPROACHING 1000 J/KG BY 12Z THURSDAY. WIND PROFILES ALSO INDICATE SHEAR WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR ISOLATED SUPERCELLS. SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL PASS EAST OF THE AREA ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AND CONVECTION SHOULD DECREASE AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. PW VALUES WILL DECREASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS DRY AIR ADVECTS INTO THE MID LEVELS. THE AIRMASS WILL LIKELY BE CAPPED THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING UNTIL DEEPER MOISTURE MOVES BACK INTO THE AREA AS MAIN UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. DEEPENING SURFACE LOW WILL PROVIDE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON FRIDAY. PW VALUES APPROACH 1.5 INCHES EARLY FRIDAY MORNING, AND THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING. SURFACE LOW AND ASSOCIATED FRONT WILL EXIT ALABAMA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND BRING AN END TO THE CONVECTION. GIVEN STRENGTH OF UPPER TROUGH, THERE WILL LIKELY BE SOME WRAP-AROUND MOISTURE ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA FRIDAY EVENING. CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST STARTING LATE FRIDAY NIGHT WITH CLEARING SKIES ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING. .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY) SURFACE HIGH WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA ON SUNDAY WITH SEASONAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED. SURFACE RIDGE WILL MOVE EASTWARD, AND SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL RETURN MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE NEXT SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH ALABAMA ON WEDNESDAY. SYSTEM LOOKS STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 60 74 61 69 / 60 50 50 70 ANNISTON 60 74 61 70 / 60 60 50 80 BIRMINGHAM 63 74 63 69 / 60 50 70 60 TUSCALOOSA 63 75 64 70 / 60 50 70 60 CALERA 63 75 64 71 / 60 50 70 70 AUBURN 60 77 61 74 / 50 70 50 80 MONTGOMERY 63 77 64 76 / 60 60 50 80 TROY 60 77 64 77 / 40 70 50 80 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 58/92
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1001 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0915 PM HAIL 6 W NORTHPORT 33.24N 87.70W
03/30/2005 1.75 INCH TUSCALOOSA AL AMATEUR RADIO
0927 PM HAIL NORTHPORT 33.24N 87.59W
03/30/2005 1.00 INCH TUSCALOOSA AL PUBLIC
0937 PM HAIL 11 E TUSCALOOSA 33.24N 87.35W
03/30/2005 0.88 INCH TUSCALOOSA AL EMERGENCY MNGR
COALING AL
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81/JDThe Birmingham radar (KBMX), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:09 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Quarter size hail fell in northwestern Dallas County. The hail was observed from near SR 5 to near Marion Junction. The hail may have been larger but much of the hail fell across rural parts of the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, March 2005
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