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 Nov 15, 7:44 PM CST, 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 744 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 .UPDATE... TWO TORNADO WATCHES CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. TORNADO WATCH 869 FOR NORTHWEST ALABAMA REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM. TORNADO WATCH 871 FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL ALABAMA IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM. THE SUPERCELL THAT MOVED ACROSS LAMAR AND FAYETTE COUNTIES HAS WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY OVER THE PAST 45 MINUTES. STORM-RELATIVE HELICITY VALUES IN EXCESS 250 M2/S2 EXTEND NORTHWARD FROM THIS STORM. INSTABILITY/CAPES ARE HIGHEST SOUTHWESTWARD FROM FAYETTE COUNTY BACK TO SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. CAPES IN THE MID-LEVEL OF THE ATMOSPHERE SUPPORT POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL. THUNDERSTORM OVER PICKENS COUNTY APPEARS TO GAINING STRENGTH. COLD FRONT HAS MOVED TO A TUPELO...TO JACKSON...TO NATCHEZ LINE. FRONT APPEARS TO BE A FEW HOURS AHEAD OF THE NAM PROJECTIONS. OTHER SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER MOBILES CWA...AND THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARD MONTGOMERY. && .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. && 03
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
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
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.
&&
JSSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
647 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0622 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 2 SW VERNON 33.74N 88.14W
11/15/2005 LAMAR AL EMERGENCY MNGR
FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED IN THE STAR COMMUNITY.
0637 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 4 NE MILLPORT 33.60N 88.03W
11/15/2005 LAMAR AL EMERGENCY MNGR
FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED CROSSING COUNTY ROAD 12 4 MILES
NORTHEAST OF MILLPORT.
&&
JSSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
711 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0625 PM TSTM WND DMG VERNON 33.76N 88.11W
11/15/2005 LAMAR AL EMERGENCY MNGR
ROOF DAMAGE REPORTED IN DOWNTOWN VERNON.
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JSSThe Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:55 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were blown down on CR 59 near the Walker and Winston County line.
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