1 funnel cloud, 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 Feb 22, 3:00 PM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 300 PM CST WED FEB 22 2006 .SHORT TERM... A 40 MILE WIDE BAND OF DENSE FOG HAS BEEN MIGRATING NORTHWARD ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT. FOG AND LOW CLOUDS HAVE KEPT TEMPERATURES FROM CLIMBING MUCH ABOVE 60 DEGREES NORTH OF A LINE FROM TUSCALOOSA TO CALERA TO ANNISTON...ALTHOUGH FURTHER SOUTH WHERE THE FOG OCCURRED EARLIER IN THE DAY AND CLOUDS ARE THINNER...TEMPERATURES HAVE CLIMBED INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S. ADD THE RAIN INTO THE EQUATION AND YOU GET A PRETTY TRICKY FORECAST. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT...WITH GRADUALLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS TOMORROW. INCREASED POPS TOMORROW MORNING WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT LIGHT RAIN/DRIZZLE/FOG WILL LINGER THROUGH AT LEAST MID MORNING. OTHERWISE...THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK LOOKS DRIER AND WARMER. WE MAY EVEN GET A RARE GLIMPSE OF THE SUN TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY. .LONG TERM... THE NEXT SYSTEM MOVES IN FRIDAY NIGHT. MODELS HAVE REVERTED BACK TO A WETTER AND COOLER SOLUTION...SIMILAR TO YESTERDAYS 12Z RUNS. HAVE SEEN MODELS FAVOR WARMER/WETTER/COOLER ETC...ON CONSECUTIVE 12Z OR 00Z RUNS (I.E. 12Z RUNS WETTER OVER SEVERAL DAYS) IN THE PAST. HOPE THIS IS THE CASE HERE. NEVERTHELESS...BUMPED POPS/CLOUD COVER UP SLIGHTLY FOR SATURDAY...AND SHAVED A COUPLE OF DEGREES OFF AFTERNOON HIGHS. AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS LIKE A TIGHT PRECIPITATION GRADIENT WILL SET UP ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...TYPICAL OF A GULF LOW EVENT. WEAK RIDGING WILL HAVE A SALUTARY EFFECT ON THE WEATHER SUNDAY AND MONDAY. STRONGER RIDGING OUT WEST WILL PUT CENTRAL ALABAMA IN A FAVORABLE PATTERN FOR FAST MOVING SYSTEMS ORIGINATING IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS OR CANADA. DONT SEEN ANY BITTERLY COLD AIR NEXT WEEK...ALTHOUGH TEMPS WILL LIKELY COOL BACK TO NEAR NORMAL WITH LOWS IN THE MIDDLE 30S AND HIGHS NEAR 60S. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 45 55 35 60 / 100 20 0 10 ANNISTON 49 57 36 61 / 90 20 0 10 BIRMINGHAM 48 58 38 64 / 100 20 0 10 TUSCALOOSA 48 59 39 64 / 100 20 0 10 CALERA 49 59 39 64 / 100 30 0 10 AUBURN 53 60 38 62 / 80 40 0 10 MONTGOMERY 55 61 43 64 / 80 40 0 20 TROY 57 63 42 64 / 80 50 0 20 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. && 12/SIRMON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 334 PM CST WED FEB 22 2006 ALZ011>015-017>050-231230- 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- 334 PM CST WED FEB 22 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. DENSE FOG WILL RE-DEVELOP AGAIN TONIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO AROUND 1/4 OF A MILE IN SEVERAL SPOTS. AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 SHOULD SEE SOME IMPROVEMENT AFTER 3 AM...WHILE OTHER AREAS WILL BECOME RESTRICTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW ADDITIONAL TRAVEL TIME. USE LOW BEAMS...REDUCE DRIVING SPEED...AND ALLOW FOR PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND OTHER CARS. YOU CAN OVERTAKE ANOTHER VEHICLE QUICKLY IN POOR VISIBILITIES...SO SLOW DOWN AND DRIVE DEFENSIVELY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. DENSE FOG CAN BE EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LINDEN TO AUBURN. THE VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO AROUND 1/4 OF A MILE AT TIMES. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY 10 AM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 36 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:48 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Two reports of funnel clouds were received from extreme southwestern Chilton County.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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