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NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 7, 7:32 PM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED GRAMMAR MISTAKE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 832 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK WITH TORNADOES LIKELY TONIGHT... .UPDATE...MESOSCALE UPDATE. A HIGH RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS...NORTH OF A REFORM TO ONEONTA LINE... CONTINUES THROUGH 1 AM CDT. A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WILL MOVE INTO MARION COUNTY BY 845 PM CDT. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER...EVEN SOUTH OF THE HIGH RISK AREA...IS POSSIBLE AFTER 11 PM CDT. && .DISCUSSION... STILL CONCERNED WITH SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT...MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. AT 830 PM CST...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH ARE SEVERE AND POSSIBLY TORNADIC...STRETCHED NORTH OF A GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI TO HUNTSVILLE LINE. THESE STORMS HAVE REMAINED OVER THE SAME AREA DURING THE PAST HOUR...BUT HAVE WEAKENED SLIGHTLY WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. THE BEST INSTABILITY WAS LOCATED ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA WITH LIFTED INDICES BETWEEN -2 TO -5...BUT THE AIR WAS MORE STABLE THAN EARLIER. SURFACE BASED CAPES HAVE DROPPED BETWEEN 500 J/KG TO 1200 J/KG IN THIS AREA. MARION...LAMAR...AND WINSTON COUNTIES HAVE AN ENHANCED THREAT FOR TORNADOES...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THIS THREAT WILL SLOWLY EXPAND SOUTHWARD...PERHAPS REACHING A MILLPORT TO JASPER LINE BY 11 PM CDT. THE TUSCALOOSA AND BIRMINGHAM AREAS SHOULD NOT BE AFFECTED BY SEVERE WEATHER UNTIL PROBABLY MIDNIGHT CDT. EVEN THOUGH THE STORMS OVER NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA HAVE SHOWN A DECREASING TREND OVER THE PAST HOUR OR TWO WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING...INTENSIFICATION DEFINITELY REMAINS POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY AS THE UPPER LOW APPROACHES FROM THE WEST AND AS SURFACE DEWPOINTS INCREASE. LOOKING UPSTREAM...NEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS NORTH LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. THINK THESE STORMS WILL EXPAND AND MOVE EAST...POSSIBLY ORGANIZING INTO A SQUALL LINE. THIS LINE WILL MOVE INTO WEST ALABAMA AFTER 11 PM CDT...THEN QUICKLY MOVE ACROSS THE STATE BEFORE SLOWING DOWN ALONG THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR BY 6 OR 7 AM CDT. DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 80 MPH ARE THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS LINE...THOUGH ADDITIONAL TORNADOES AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE...EVEN FOR LOCATIONS SOUTHEAST OF A SELMA TO ANNISTON LINE. A FEW ISOLATED SUPERCELLS MAY DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS LINE. && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT ALL AREAS UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY. && MBS/91
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 858 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 ALZ011>015-017>050-080500- 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- 858 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ...HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH SIGNIFICANT TORNADOES POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA... AT THIS TIME A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ALICEVILLE...TO TUSCALOOSA...TO BIRMINGHAM...TO GADSDEN. IN ADDITION TO THESE CITIES...OTHER CITIES IN THIS HIGH RISK AREA INCLUDE CARROLLTON...FAYETTE...WINFIELD...HAMILTON...JASPER... ONEONTA...AND SPRINGVILLE. IN THIS AREA SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGH 4 OR 5 AM. THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LONG TRACK TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. THE TORNADO THREAT WILL DECREASE A BIT AFTER 2 AM WITH A HEIGHTENED WIND DAMAGE RISK. FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST...A RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS FOR THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. SUPERCELLS CANNOT BE RULED OUT IN THIS RISK AREA...BUT THE MOST LIKELY SCENARIO IS FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO EVOLVE INTO A LINE CONTAINING EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS AND MOVE ACROSS THIS RISK AREA. THE STORMS WILL IMPACT THE RISK AREA BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM. A STRONG UPPER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. WARM MOIST AIR IS ALREADY IN PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA WHERE DEW POINT TEMPERATURES ARE NEAR 60 DEGREES. THE UPPER LEVEL ENERGY WILL INTERACT WITH THIS UNSTABLE AIR MASS RESULTING IN AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE STORMS. INITIALLY...SUPERCELLS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA...BUT EVENTUALLY EVOLVE INTO A LINE CONTAINING EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS AND TRACK SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE STATE. ANY STORMS THAT FORM OUT AHEAD OF THE MAIN LINE WOULD POSE A GREATER THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT TORNADOES. ADDITIONALLY...INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE MAIN SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH TONIGHT. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 AM SATURDAY. STAY TUNED TO FURTHER STATEMENTS ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER EVENT AND SPECIFICALLY THE ADJUSTMENTS IN THE TIMING OF THE EVENT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ...SEVERE WEATHER MAY CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85 SATURDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL BE NECESSARY TONIGHT.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
944 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0944 PM HAIL 1 W HACKLEBURG 34.27N 87.85W
04/07/2006 E1.75 INCH MARION AL EMERGENCY MNGR
GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL IN WIGINTON.
&&
DCWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
956 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0950 PM TSTM WND DMG HAMILTON 34.14N 87.98W
04/07/2006 MARION AL EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN AND AROUND
HAMILTON. POWER OUTAGES ARE WIDESPREAD.
&&
DCWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1001 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0959 PM FUNNEL CLOUD BEAR CREEK 34.26N 87.72W
04/07/2006 MARION AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED NEAR LYNNELL AVENUE IN BEAR CREEK.
&&
DCWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1006 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1005 PM TORNADO 1 NE HALEYVILLE 34.25N 87.61W
04/07/2006 WINSTON AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR THE NEEDMORE COMMUNITY NORTHEAST OF
HALEYVILLE.
&&
DCWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1007 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1007 PM HAIL HALEYVILLE 34.24N 87.62W
04/07/2006 E1.00 INCH WINSTON AL PUBLIC
QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN HALEYVILLE.
&&
DCWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1011 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1010 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 S HALEYVILLE 34.22N 87.62W
04/07/2006 WINSTON AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES BLOWN DOWN SOUTH OF HALEYVILLE ALONG HIGHWAY 13.
&&
DCWThe Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:14 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees down and a mobile home damaged.
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