1 tornado, 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 Nov 14, 3:39 PM CST, 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 339 PM CST MON NOV 14 2005 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS FORECAST ARE...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TOMORROW IN ASSOCIATION WITH A COLD FRONT FOLLOWED BY COLD TEMPERATURES STARTING WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND. LETS START WITH TONIGHT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. A PREVAILING SOUTHERLY FLOW IS ALLOWING FOR PLENTY OF GULF MOISTURE TO MAKE ITS WAY ACROSS THE AREA. AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES GO...I THINK THAT MOS IS ACTUALLY TO COOL AND NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE ROLLING IN. WITH THAT IN MIND...KEPT TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES WARMER THAN MOS. NOW ON TO TUESDAY...CURRENT THINKING IS THE MAIN THREAT WILL START TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN ARE LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 20. NOW...THIS IS HOW WE THINK THINGS ARE GOING TO GO. ISOLATED SUPERCELLS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE MAIN SQUAL LINE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THESE CELLS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THESE CELLS COULD DEVELOP PRETTY MUCH ANYWHERE IN OUR FORECAST AREA MAINLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN SQUALL LINE WILL BE MOVING RIGHT AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND WILL BEGIN TO APPROACH THE MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA STATE LINE AROUND MIDNIGHT. THIS LINE WILL BRING THE SAME THREAT...IT WILL JUST BE AT A LARGER SCALE. NOW...THE QUESTION IS...HOW LONG WILL THE SQUAL LINE HOLD TOGETHER? CURRENT MODELS SHOW THAT THE UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS WILL BEGIN TO LIFT NORTHWARD ALLOWING THE LINE TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA ON EARLY WEDNESDAY. IF WE DIVIDED THE CWA IN TWO...I WOULD SAY THAT AREAS WEST OF INTERSTATE 20 WILL SEE A MUCH STRONGER LINE THAN AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 20. THINGS COULD STILL CHANGE FROM NOW UNTIL TOMORROW. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH HOW THINGS DEVELOP AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE. WEDNESDAY...FRONT SHOULD BE ALMOST OUT OF THE AREA. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY FOLLOW. THESE TEMPS WILL BE THE COLDEST SO FAR THIS FALL. WINDS WILL BE BLOWING AND GUSTING ON WEDNESDAY AS A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT SETS UP OVER THE AREA. BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE. THURSDAY...WILL BE SUNNY AND COOL. THESE CONDITIONS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND. .LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO CHANGES WERE DONE IN THE EXTENDED. FORECAST LOOKS DRY AND COOL. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL. THE ONLY THING TO NOTE IS THAT A RE-ENFORCING SHOT OF COOL AIR IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY AS A FRONT MOVES THROUGH. NOT EXPECTING ANY RAIN DUE TO CONDITIONS BEING SO DRY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 61 76 48 50 / 50 50 90 10 ANNISTON 60 77 49 52 / 30 40 90 20 BIRMINGHAM 65 78 48 52 / 50 60 90 10 TUSCALOOSA 64 79 48 55 / 60 60 90 10 CALERA 63 78 49 54 / 40 60 90 10 AUBURN 61 79 54 57 / 20 20 70 30 MONTGOMERY 62 80 54 57 / 20 40 80 30 TROY 62 79 56 57 / 20 20 70 30 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. && 10/ARM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 429 PM CST MON NOV 14 2005 ALZ011>015-017>050-151230- 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- 429 PM CST MON NOV 14 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUST TO 45 MPH. SOME OF THE STORMS ARE SHOWING ROTATION AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. THE STORMS SHOULD LOSE SOME INTENSITY AFTER SUNSET. THE BEST CHANCE FOR A STRONG STORM WILL OCCUR NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MILLPORT...TO FAYETTE...TO DOUBLE SPRINGS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO PUSH THROUGH ALABAMA TUESDAY NIGHT BRINGING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH CENTRAL ALABAMA FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. AT THIS TIME...THE MAIN THREAT IS EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM LIVINGSTON...TO BIRMINGHAM...AND ONEONTA...WHERE A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS FORECAST. ALTHOUGH THE PRIMARY THREAT IS EXPECTED TO BE DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS...ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THIS AREA...WHERE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS FORECAST...THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY FOR ISOLATED SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP WELL OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BECOME NECESSARY TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 415 PM CST MON NOV 14 2005 ALZ012-022-142300- LAMAR-PICKENS- 415 PM CST MON NOV 14 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR PICKENS AND LAMAR COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CST... ...SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 415 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF MILLPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR ETHELSVILLE... MILLPORT AND KENNEDY THROUGH 500 PM 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. MBS/91
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:30 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A Trained Storm Spotter witnessed a brief tornado touchdown near the intersection of SR 195 and SR 243 east of the Forkville community. The brief tornado produced little to no damage across the rural countryside. Begin/End: 34.2727/87.5431
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