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NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 18, 1:30 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 230 PM CDT TUE JUL 18 2006 .SHORT TERM...(THROUGH FRIDAY)... EVENTUALLY THIS ALREADY LONG AND HOT SUMMER IS GOING TO BE OVER. BUT IN THE MEANTIME...WE CONTINUE TO SUFFER. 19Z TEMPS RANGED FROM THE UPPER 80S AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS TO UPPER 90S IN TUSCALOOSA/WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA. DEWPOINTS AROUND 70...YIELD HEAT INDICES AROUND 100. AND WE STILL HAVE AN HOUR OR TWO TO GO SINCE YESTERDAYS HIGH AT KBHM WASNT UNTIL 5 PM. RADAR HAD BEGUN TO SHOW ISOLATED STRONG STORMS...MAINLY EAST OF I-65...BUT A FEW WERE NOW BEGINNING TO POP WEST OF I-65 ALSO... INCLUDING A PRETTY DECENT ONE NEAR STUDDARDS CROSSROADS IN FAYETTE COUNTY. COVERAGE IS ISOLATED AND IN LINE WITH TODAYS FORECAST. WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE IF THE ROGUE SHOWER JUST NORTH/WEST OF KBHM IS ENOUGH TO KEEP THE RECORD HIGH OF 99 SAFE TODAY. WITH CENTRAL ALABAMA REMAINING ON THE PERIPHERY OF A STRONG UPPER RIDGE...IT LOOKS LIKE A DITTO FORECAST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. UNFORTUNATELY...THIS MEANS HIGHS APPROACHING 100 AGAIN WITH HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 100 AND 110. THE MOST OPPRESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL BE OVER WEST ALABAMA AND ALONG THE US 80 CORRIDOR... WHERE HIGHS SHOULD REACH 100 EACH DAY. IT IS HARD TO PINPOINT THE BEST RAIN CHANCES IN THIS TYPE OF PATTERN...BUT IT LOOKS LIKE OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES ARE FAVORED BOTH AFTERNOONS. MODELS ACTUALLY GAVE A PRETTY DECENT SHOT AT RAIN BETWEEN TROY AND AUBURN ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON...BUT I LEFT THINGS IN THE ISOLATED CATEGORY KEEPING IN MIND THE OLD DONT FORECAST RAIN IN A DROUGHT THEORY. LOW-LEVEL THICKNESS VALUES DONT CHANGE MUCH OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...SO I BASICALLY FORECASTED PERSISTENCE...GOING WELL ABOVE GFS MOS THROUGHOUT. OF COURSE...ANY AREA THAT GETS THE ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL STAY SLIGHTLY COOLER (BUT MORE HUMID...SO ITS BASICALLY EVEN). .LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY) SOME RELIEF IS ON THE WAY...BUT SIGNS ARE POINTING TO IT NOT BEING QUITE AS QUICK OR AS NICE AS WE HAD ONCE HOPED. THE UPPER RIDGE DOES BREAK DOWN AND IS REPLACED BY AN EASTERN CONUS TROUGH. THAT MUCH IS TRUE. HOWEVER...THE 12Z GFS LOOKS TOO FAST IN BREAKING DOWN THE RIDGE DUE TO CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK. SO SATURDAY COULD STILL BE FAIRLY HOT. RAIN CHANCES DO INCREASE THOUGH AS A FRONT TRIES TO APPROACH THE STATE. GFS...NOT SURPRISINGLY...TRIES TO DRIVE THIS FRONT ENTIRELY TOO FAR SOUTHWARD...EVEN DOWN INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA SO WILL TAKE THE MORE LIKELY-REALISTIC APPROACH OF HANGING THE FRONT TO THE NORTH... AND THEREFORE WE WILL STAY IN THE UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90 FOR HIGHS WITH LOWS AROUND 70. KEPT CHANCE POPS IN THROUGHOUT...WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCE OVER THE WEEKEND (SORRY ABOUT THAT) WHEN THE FRONT IS AT ITS CLOSEST AND THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS IS IN PLAY. && .AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR 18Z TAFS. SCATTERED CUMULUS HAS STARTED TO FORM WITH BASES AROUND 4000 FT. THE CLOUD BASE WILL GRADUALLY RISE TO 5-6 THSD FT AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. SURFACE WINDS SHOULD BE LIGHT AROUND 5 KT WITH DIRECTIONS MOST OF THE TIME FROM THE SOUTHWEST...EXCEPT FOR SOUTHEAST AT KANB. THE INTENSE AFTERNOON HEAT AND HIGHLY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL RESULT IN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ANYWHERE OVER THE AREA. TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS...VCTS WAS USED THROUGH 19/01Z TO INDICATE THAT A TS COULD BE IN THE VICINITY OF EACH TERMINAL AT TIMES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 70 98 70 98 / 10 10 10 10 ANNISTON 73 98 73 98 / 10 10 10 10 BIRMINGHAM 75 99 75 99 / 10 10 10 10 TUSCALOOSA 74 101 74 102 / 10 20 10 10 CALERA 74 99 74 99 / 10 20 10 10 AUBURN 74 98 74 99 / 10 10 10 20 MONTGOMERY 75 101 75 102 / 10 20 10 20 TROY 73 98 73 97 / 10 10 10 20 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. && ELLIOTT/23-KHUN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 100 PM CDT TUE JUL 18 2006 ALZ011>015-017>050-191100- 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- 100 PM CDT TUE JUL 18 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD RECORD BREAKING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TODAY WITH MANY LOCATIONS REACHING 100 DEGREES AND ABOVE. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH MODERATE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL MAKE IT FEEL BETWEEN 100 AND 109 DEGREES. BESIDES THE HEAT...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE A HIGH POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A WET MICROBURST WITH STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MILES AN HOUR. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL: BIRMINGHAM...HIGH. MONTGOMERY...VERY HIGH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. WIDESPREAD 100 DEGREE AND ABOVE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WRS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 150 PM CDT TUE JUL 18 2006 ALZ037-181915- TALLAPOOSA- 150 PM CDT TUE JUL 18 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR TALLAPOOSA COUNTY UNTIL 215 PM CDT... AT 150 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW SITE...OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALEXANDER CITY...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... DAVISTON. GOLDVILLE. NEW SITE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. SCHAUB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 156 PM CDT TUE JUL 18 2006 ALZ029-181930- RANDOLPH- 156 PM CDT TUE JUL 18 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR RANDOLPH COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM CDT... AT 155 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOWDON...OR 19 MILES NORTH OF ROANOKE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... WOODLAND. WEDOWEE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. SCHAUB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 217 PM CDT TUE JUL 18 2006 ALZ037-181945- TALLAPOOSA- 217 PM CDT TUE JUL 18 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR TALLAPOOSA COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM CDT... AT 215 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NEW SITE...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALEXANDER CITY...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... GOLDVILLE. NEW SITE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SCHAUB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 321 PM CDT TUE JUL 18 2006 ALZ047-182100- LEE- 321 PM CDT TUE JUL 18 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR LEE COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM CDT... AT 318 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF OPELIKA...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... AUBURN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. 24
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 328 PM CDT TUE JUL 18 2006 ALZ013-182100- FAYETTE- 328 PM CDT TUE JUL 18 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FAYETTE COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM CDT... AT 325 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINFIELD...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... GLEN ALLEN. FAYETTE. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. ELLIOTT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 337 PM CDT TUE JUL 18 2006 ALZ040-182100- DALLAS- 337 PM CDT TUE JUL 18 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM CDT... AT 335 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ACKERVILLE...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF CAMDEN...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... ACKERVILLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. 24
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 37 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:46 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down in the Kirkland Community, on AL-107.
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