1 hail, 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 Jan 2, 2:55 PM CST, 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 255 PM CST MON JAN 2 2006 .SHORT TERM...DEWPOINT AXIS CURRENTLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL SECTIONS WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. ACTUAL WIND SHIFT WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT. BULK OF MOISTURE SHIFTED EAST OF THE AREA EARLIER THIS MORNING AS FIRST IMPULSE MOVED THROUGH. MAY NEED TO INCLUDE SMALL POPS EXTREME EAST BUT DRY CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE. UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA LATER TONIGHT...REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY AND THEN SHIFTS EAST ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BE A RATHER QUIET PERIOD. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 40S TONIGHT AND MAINLY IN THE 30S TUESDAY NIGHT. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MAINLY IN THE 60S. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...UPPER TROF WILL APPROACH THE AREA ON THURSDAY AND THEN DEEPENS AND SHIFTS ACROSS THE AREA LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. MODELS SHOW SEVERAL WEAK IMPULSES MOVING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN SECTIONS. LIMITED MOISTURE WILL BE AVAILABLE AND AT THE PRESENT TIME WILL INCLUDE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS ON FRIDAY. LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL BE MAINLY FROM THE NORTHWEST AND THIS WILL BRING A RETURN TO MORE SEASONAL LEVELS ON THURSDAY AND THEN SLIGHTLY BELOW TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES BY FRIDAY WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 40S WITH A VERY COLD NIGHT EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT WITH READINGS FALLING INTO THE 20S AREA-WIDE. .LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY)...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD BACK INTO THE AREA SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY WITH MAINLY A ZONAL FLOW RETURNING. NEXT WEAK STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. WILL INCLUDE SMALL POPS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM GRADUALLY AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE WEEK END AND EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S BY MONDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 44 60 36 63 / 10 10 0 10 ANNISTON 45 60 38 66 / 10 10 0 10 BIRMINGHAM 46 62 39 65 / 10 10 0 10 TUSCALOOSA 44 62 38 67 / 10 0 0 10 CALERA 46 61 38 67 / 10 0 0 10 AUBURN 45 61 42 64 / 10 0 0 10 MONTGOMERY 46 63 40 67 / 10 0 0 10 TROY 47 64 40 69 / 10 0 0 10 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...WIND ADVISORY ALL SECTIONS UNTIL 6 PM. && 50
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1210 PM CST MON JAN 2 2006 ALZ011>015-017>050-031315- 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- 1210 PM CST MON JAN 2 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM NOON UNTIL 3 PM FOR AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL. THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES IS MINIMAL. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY NOT DEVELOP WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 ANY TIME THIS AFTERNOON...AND FOR AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 65...THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SEVERE WEATHER WILL END AT 3 PM. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEMS WILL BRING VERY COLD AIR ALOFT AND MAKE FOR VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ACROSS ALABAMA. HOWEVER...VERY DRY AIR IN THE LOWER LEVELS IS QUICKLY MOVING ACROSS THE STATE ON STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS...WHICH WILL LIKELY INHIBIT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...EXCEPT FOR EASTERN ALABAMA WHERE AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO COULD DEVELOP BEFORE THE DRY AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION. IN ADDITION...SOUTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE WINDS DIMINISHING SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL LIKELY NOT BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON. STEFKOVICH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 329 PM CST MON JAN 2 2006 ALZ038-022150- CHAMBERS- 329 PM CST MON JAN 2 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR CHAMBERS COUNTY UNTIL 350 PM CST... ...SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 325 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER STROUD...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR STROUD THROUGH 350 PM CST. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN CHAMBERS THROUGH 350 PM...SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE AS WELL. 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.
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:45 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Golf ball size hail was reported just east of the Stroud community. The hail continued to fall all the way to the Georgia state-line.
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