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, 12 hours 12 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
322 AM CST THU MAR 31 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1218 AM FLASH FLOOD TUSKEGEE 32.44N 85.71W
03/31/2005 MACON AL EMERGENCY MNGR
FLOODING REPORTED IN THE TUSKEGEE AREA. PENNY SIZE HAIL
ALSO REPORTED.
1218 AM FLASH FLOOD TUSKEGEE 32.44N 85.71W
03/31/2005 MACON AL AMATEUR RADIO
FLOODING REPORTED IN THE TUSKEGEE AREA. PEA SIZE HAIL
ALSO REPORTED.
&&
JBWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
322 AM CST THU MAR 31 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1218 AM FLASH FLOOD TUSKEGEE 32.44N 85.71W
03/31/2005 MACON AL EMERGENCY MNGR
FLOODING REPORTED IN THE TUSKEGEE AREA. PENNY SIZE HAIL
ALSO REPORTED.
&&
JBWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
328 AM CST THU MAR 31 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1220 AM TSTM WND DMG 15 NW TUSKEGEE 32.59N 85.89W
03/31/2005 ELMORE AL AMATEUR RADIO
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 36 NEAR
FRANKLIN
&&
JBWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR EVENT TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
328 AM CST THU MAR 31 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1235 AM TSTM WND DMG 15 NW TUSKEGEE 32.59N 85.89W
03/31/2005 ELMORE AL AMATEUR RADIO
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 36 NEAR
FRANKLIN
&&
JBWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR COUNTY REFERENCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
328 AM CST THU MAR 31 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1235 AM TSTM WND DMG 15 NW TUSKEGEE 32.59N 85.89W
03/31/2005 MACON AL AMATEUR RADIO
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 36 NEAR
FRANKLIN
&&
JBWSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 340 AM CST THU MAR 31 2005 ALZ025-311045- SHELBY- 340 AM CST THU MAR 31 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR SHELBY COUNTY UNTIL 445 AM CST... ...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... ...SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 337 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES WEST OF MONTEVALLO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR MONTEVALLO... CALERA...ALABASTER...PELHAM...HELENA...OAK MOUNTAIN STATE PARK... INVERNESS AND COLUMBIANA THROUGH 445 AM CST. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS SMALL HAIL. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...IS POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS...TAKE SHELTER NOW.
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 157 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:41 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Penny size hail was reported in the Half Acre Community. The hail may have been larger but fell in rural western Marengo County.
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