1 funnel cloud, 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 15, 2:23 PM CST, 4 hours 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 223 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT - THURSDAY NIGHT) SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON. BACK TO OUR WEST, INTENSE SQUALL LINE DEVELOPING ACROSS ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. THIS LINE SHOULD BEGIN TO PUSH INTO WEST ALABAMA AROUND 9 PM TO 12 AM...ALONG OR JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT AND EXIT CENTRAL ALABAMA BETWEEN 4 AND 6 AM. 12Z MODEL RUNS BEGIN TO LIFT MOST OF THE DYNAMICS OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST AS THE LINE APPROACHES...LEAVING THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES ACROSS OUR NORTHWEST COUNTIES THEN WEAKENING AS THE LINE CONTINUES TO PUSH TO THE SOUTHEAST. ISOLATED SUPERCELLS AHEAD OF THE MAIN LINE COULD BE AN ISSUE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK (HWOBMX) DETAILS ALL THIS INFORMATION VERY WELL. BEHIND THE FRONT FOLLOWS A MAJOR PUSH OF COLD WEATHER. STRONG ADVECTION PATTERN SHOULD KEEP WEDNESDAY (AFTERNOON) HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S NORTHWEST TO MID 50S SOUTHEAST. SHOULD BE BREEZY AT TIMES TOO, MAKING IT FEEL EVEN COLDER. AREA-WIDE FREEZE BY THURSDAY MORNING AND A FREEZE WATCH WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THIS AFTERNOONS PACKAGE. THURSDAY LOOKS SIMILAR TO WEDNESDAY WITH HIGHS AGAIN IN THE UPPER 40S TO MID 50S. ANOTHER AREA-WIDE FREEZE BY FRIDAY MORNING. .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY - TUESDAY) NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP CENTRAL ALABAMA IN A BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURE PATTERN THROUGH THE EXTENDED. HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 50S WITH LOWS RANGING FROM UPPER 20S TO MID 30S. NO RAIN CHANCES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 46 51 25 51 / 100 40 0 0 ANNISTON 49 50 29 50 / 100 50 0 0 BIRMINGHAM 44 50 27 50 / 100 10 0 0 TUSCALOOSA 45 52 28 52 / 100 10 0 0 CALERA 47 52 29 52 / 100 10 0 0 AUBURN 55 55 30 55 / 80 50 0 0 MONTGOMERY 53 54 30 54 / 100 50 0 0 TROY 55 55 31 55 / 80 50 0 0 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LAKE WIND ADVISORY ALL AREAS THROUGH 6 AM WEDNESDAY. FREEZE WATCH ALL AREAS FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING. && 88/88
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 503 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 ALZ011>015-017>050-161230- 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- 503 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 ...SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TONIGHT... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT TONIGHT... ...FREEZE CONDITIONS EXPECTED THURSDAY MORNING AND FRIDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST ALABAMA THIS EVENING... AND EXIT SOUTHEAST ALABAMA EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE FRONT IS WARM AND UNSTABLE...ESPECIALLY FOR NOVEMBER. THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY DURING THE EVENING HOURS. AT THIS TIME...THE GREATEST THREAT IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE FAR WEST AND NORTHWEST PARTS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...INCLUDING LAMAR... MARION...WINSTON...FAYETTE...PICKENS...TUSCALOOSA...SUMTER... GREENE AND WALKER COUNTIES. THE STORMS IN THESE COUNTIES WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND SOME TORNADOES.THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL ALABAMA WILL SEE THE POTENTIAL OF DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THERE MAY BE TWO LINES OF SEVERE WEATHER DURING THIS EVENT. ISOLATED SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE FRONT. AS THE FRONT APPROACHES... A SQUALL LINE WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED... WITH THE THREAT OF DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND TORNADOES. ALL INTERESTS IN CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND FORECASTS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL GRADUALLY END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST AS THE FRONT PASSES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ALONG WITH THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER...BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AHEAD AND BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ON OPEN WATERWAYS...AND OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. THE WINDS WILL SWING AROUND TO A NORTHERLY DIRECTION AND REMAIN BREEZY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. ONCE AGAIN...WIND GUSTS COULD REACH 25 TO 35 MPH ON AREA LAKES AND WATERWAYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. COLD AIR WILL FUNNEL INTO ALABAMA BEHIND THE STRONG COLD FRONT. LOW TEMPERATURES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 32 DEGREES. THEREFORE...A WIDESPREAD FREEZE IS EXPECTED EACH MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL BE REQUIRED TONIGHT.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
632 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
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0623 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 1 SW VERNON 33.75N 88.13W
11/15/2005 LAMAR AL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
FUNNEL AND WALL CLOUDS REPORTED CROSSING COUNTY ROAD 9
JUST SOUTHWEST OF VERNON.
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JSSThe Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 25 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:37 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A funnel cloud was observed crossing CR 12 northeast of Millport.
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