1 thunderstorm wind, 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 May 29, 2:15 PM CST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 315 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 .DISCUSSION...NOT MUCH CHANGE WAS DONE TO THE FORECAST PACKAGE. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL OVER 90S ON TUESDAY AND ON WEDNESDAY. IN FACT...TEMPERATURES TOMORROW WILL BE SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN TODAY DUE TO AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE THAT WILL BE IN PLACE OVER THE FORECAST AREA. BOTH THE GFS AND NAM SHOW MUCH HIGHER 1000 TO 850 HEIGHTS AND 850 TEMPS. SO...NEEDLESS TO SAY...MOST AREAS WILL BE FLIRTING AROUND THE MID 90S WITH A FEW AREAS GOING AS HIGH 97. A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT COVERAGE WILL BE SLIGHTLY LESS THAN TODAY DUE TO THE HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT. SOME RELIEF IN TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED NEXT WEEK STARTING FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE FORECAST AREA. THERE ARE SOME TIMING AND PLACEMENT ISSUES WITH THE FRONT AS THE CURRENT GFS RUN MOVES THE FRONT SLIGHTLY SLOWER THAN THE PREVIOUS RUN AND IT ALSO MOVES THE FRONT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE COAST. WE ARE GETTING TO THE TIME OF THE YEAR THAT FRONTS DO NOT MAKE IT THAT FAR SOUTH. HOWEVER... THE GFS HAS BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH THE FRONT PLACEMENT. SO...WILL CONTINUE WITH THAT THINKING AND WILL INCREASE POPS ON FRIDAY TO MAKE UP FOR THE FRONT ADJUSTMENT. NEXT WEEKEND LOOKS TO BE DRY WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE IN PLACE ONCE AGAIN LIMITING OUR RAIN CHANCES. ALTHOUGH MOS SHOW TEMPS IN THE MID 80S...I ACTUALLY THINK THAT IT WILL WARMER THAN THAT. MOS TENDS TO UNDERESTIMATE TEMPERATURES THIS TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN COLD FRONTS MOVE THROUGH. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 68 93 69 90 / 10 10 10 10 ANNISTON 69 93 70 90 / 10 10 10 10 BIRMINGHAM 71 94 72 93 / 20 20 10 20 TUSCALOOSA 69 96 71 94 / 20 20 20 20 CALERA 70 94 71 92 / 20 20 10 20 AUBURN 69 94 71 91 / 10 10 10 10 MONTGOMERY 70 97 71 95 / 10 10 10 20 TROY 69 95 70 94 / 10 10 10 20 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. && 10/ARM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 128 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 ALZ027-291900- TALLADEGA- 128 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR TALLADEGA COUNTY UNTIL 200 PM CDT... ...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 125 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST OF THE CITY OF TALLADEGA...AND WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR WALDO...MUNFORD AND TALLADEGA THROUGH 200 PM CDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS...TAKE SHELTER NOW. THESE WINDS CAN BREAK OFF SMALL TREE LIMBS...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. ANOTHER CONCERN FROM THESE STORMS IS MINOR FLOODING. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS... FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS...RISING WATER ALONG CREEKS...AND UNDERPASSES WITH STANDING WATER ARE POSSIBLE. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS ROADWAYS COVERED WITH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. JONES/90
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 230 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 ALZ019-026-292000- CALHOUN-ST. CLAIR- 230 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR CALHOUN AND ST. CLAIR COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM CDT... ...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 230 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER RAGLAND...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR RAGLAND THROUGH 300 PM CDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS...TAKE SHELTER NOW. THESE WINDS CAN BREAK OFF SMALL TREE LIMBS...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. ANOTHER CONCERN FROM THESE STORMS IS MINOR FLOODING. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS... FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS...RISING WATER ALONG CREEKS...AND UNDERPASSES WITH STANDING WATER ARE POSSIBLE. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS ROADWAYS COVERED WITH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. JONES/90
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 310 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 ALZ032-292045- HALE- 310 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR HALE COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM CDT... ...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 310 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF WILEY...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR WILEY THROUGH 345 PM CDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS...TAKE SHELTER NOW. THESE WINDS CAN BREAK OFF SMALL TREE LIMBS...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. ANOTHER CONCERN FROM THESE STORMS IS MINOR FLOODING. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS... FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS...RISING WATER ALONG CREEKS...AND UNDERPASSES WITH STANDING WATER ARE POSSIBLE. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS ROADWAYS COVERED WITH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. JONES/90
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
317 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0135 PM TSTM WND DMG TALLADEGA 33.43N 86.10W
05/29/2006 TALLADEGA AL EMERGENCY MNGR
10 TREES DOWN IN THE CITY LIMITS. ONE HOME DAMAGED BY A
FALLEN TREE.
0135 PM HAIL TALLADEGA 33.43N 86.10W
05/29/2006 E1.00 INCH TALLADEGA AL EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL CARS DAMAGED IN WAL-MART PARKING LOT.
&&
JSIRMONSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 318 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 ALZ030-031-292045- GREENE-SUMTER- 318 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR SUMTER AND GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT... ...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 318 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER EPES...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR EPES...BOLIGEE AND GAINESVILLE THROUGH 345 PM CDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS...TAKE SHELTER NOW. THESE WINDS CAN BREAK OFF SMALL TREE LIMBS...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. ANOTHER CONCERN FROM THESE STORMS IS MINOR FLOODING. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS... FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS...RISING WATER ALONG CREEKS...AND UNDERPASSES WITH STANDING WATER ARE POSSIBLE. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS ROADWAYS COVERED WITH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. JONES/90
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 321 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 ALZ013-292100- FAYETTE- 321 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR FAYETTE COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM CDT... ...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 321 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER FAYETTE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR FAYETTE...MOUNT VERNON AND WAYSIDE THROUGH 400 PM CDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS...TAKE SHELTER NOW. THESE WINDS CAN BREAK OFF SMALL TREE LIMBS...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. ANOTHER CONCERN FROM THESE STORMS IS MINOR FLOODING. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS...RISING WATER ALONG CREEKS...AND UNDERPASSES WITH STANDING WATER ARE POSSIBLE. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS ROADWAYS COVERED WITH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. JONES/90
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:31 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds blew shopping carts into 8 vehicles, causing damage, at the Demopolis Wal-Mart. Small signs were knocked down, and there was minor roof damage.
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