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NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 9, 8:50 PM CST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 950 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 .UPDATE...FORECAST WILL NEED A BIT OF UPDATING HERE MOMENTARILY... TO REFLECT LATEST RADAR AND SATELLITE TRENDS. TEMPS WILL ALSO NEED A SLIGHT TWEAKING...AS MANY LOCATIONS ALREADY AT OR BELOW FORECAST LOWS DUE TO RAIN COOLED AIR. SAFE TO SAY...THE SEVERE THREAT ENDED RATHER ABRUPTLY TONIGHT...AS ONCE AGAIN THE REALLY NASTY STORMS DIVE SOUTH OF HERE AND INTO OUR NEIGHBORS YARD. BUT...THE REST WILL NOT BE A LONG ONE...AS ALREADY...ANOTHER MCS FIRING IN OKLAHOMA IS A HARBINGER OF THINGS TO COME. IN THE MEAN TIME...WITH CLEARING SKIES ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...LIGHT WINDS...AND A MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER... PATCHY FOG AND LOW CLOUDS LOOK TO BE A GOOD BET AGAIN TONIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT. QUICK LOOK AT THE 00Z NAM...SHOWS THE OKLAHOMA MCS PROGRESSING EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD OVERNIGHT...APPROACHING THE MISSISSIPPI- ALABAMA STATE LINE AROUND 12Z TOMORROW MORNING. I WOULD NOT EXPECT SEVERE WEATHER TO BE A HIGH PROBABILITY AS THIS WEAKENING MCS REMNANT ARRIVES. 18Z GFS HAS SPURIOUS PRECIP OVERNIGHT DUE TO CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK...AND DOES NOT SEEM TO INDICATE THE OKLAHOMA MCS AT ALL...WITH COLD FRONT RACING TO THE STATE LINE AT 00Z. 00Z NAM HAS THE FRONT AT THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN 24 HOURS...AND AT THIS POINT...LEANING MORE TOWARDS A SLOWER COMPROMISE. AFTERNOON SWODY2 IS LOOKING GOOD...POINTING TOWARDS A POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER EVENT LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND INTO TOMORROW EVENING. SO...ALL THAT SAID...UPDATES WILL BE COMING OUT AS SOON AS I CAN GET THEM TOGETHER AND OUT THE DOOR. LOOKS LIKE WE WILL BE GOING THROUGH THIS ALL AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT. && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && JD/81
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 802 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ALZ011>015-017>050-110102- 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- 802 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED FOR THE EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. ANY REMAINING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO STAY BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT...BETWEEN 3 PM AND 2 AM. THE AREA OF GREATEST CONCERN EXISTS WEST OF A LINE FROM HALEYVILLE...TO TUSCALOOSA...TO EUTAW. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS APPEAR TO BE MAIN HAZARDS. A LARGE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TOMORROW MORNING. THIS COMPLEX MAY OR MAY NOT DIRECTLY IMPACT CENTRAL ALABAMA BUT IS EXPECTED TO LAY DOWN OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES THAT MAY ENHANCE THUNDERSTORMS LATER IN THE DAY. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS ALABAMA TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT...CAUSING ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. SCATTERED STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INITIATE BY 3 PM...EVENTUALLY EVOLVING INTO A LARGE SQUALL LINE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...AND MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PORTIONS OF WESTERN ALABAMA... INCLUDING PORTIONS OF WINSTON...MARION...FAYETTE...LAMAR... TUSCALOOSA...PICKENS...GREEN...AND SUMTER COUNTIES UNDER A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL ALABAMA IS UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACCORDING TO THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER. NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE NECESSARY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 650 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ALZ015-017-022>025-030>035-039>042-100300- AUTAUGA-BIBB-BLOUNT-CHILTON-DALLAS-GREENE-HALE-JEFFERSON-LOWNDES- MARENGO-PERRY-PICKENS-SHELBY-SUMTER-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER- 650 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 319... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 P.M. THIS EVENING...
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 705 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ALZ022-030>033-039-040-042-100300- DALLAS-GREENE-HALE-LOWNDES-MARENGO-PERRY-PICKENS-SUMTER- 705 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 319... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 P.M. THIS EVENING...
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 804 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ALZ022-030>033-039-040-042-100135- DALLAS-GREENE-HALE-LOWNDES-MARENGO-PERRY-PICKENS-SUMTER- 804 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 319 TERMINATED... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 319 HAS BEEN TERMINATED.
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 32 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:50 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and power lines were blown down around Bessemer.
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