An isolated severe thunderstorm popped up during the heat of the afternoon.
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The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.
An isolated severe thunderstorm popped up during the heat of the afternoon.
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 Aug 30, 2:20 PM CST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 320 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007 .SHORT TERM...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THREE AREAS OF ORGANIZED CONVECTION ONGOING THIS AFTERNOON. ONE IS MCS COVERING A LARGE PORTION OF MISSISSIPPI...SECOND IS CONVECTIVE LINE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA NEAR MID LEVEL TROF AXIS...AND THIRD IS LINE OF CONVECTION ACROSS NE ALABAMA MOVING SOUTHWARD. ALL THREE AREAS WILL LIKELY IMPACT AREA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. RAIN CHANCES MAY NEED TO BE RAISED TO LIKELY CATEGORY FOR THE TONIGHT PORTION OF FORECAST IF CONVECTIVE AREAS HOLD TOGETHER. STILL EXPECT MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO DISSIPATE BY 10 PM WITH ONLY ISOLATED CONVECTION LATER TONIGHT. 58/ROSE .LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. AS WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGHING SHIFTS TO OUR SOUTH...MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT UPPER LOW DEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST FRIDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY RETROGRADE TO THE WEST ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND NORTHERN FLORIDA...AS A PORTION OF THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO FROM THE ATLANTIC. EASTERLY TO SOUTH EASTERLY FLOW AROUND THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO REINFORCE THE TROPICAL MOIST AIR IN PLACE ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST. WITH THE ADDITIONAL UPPER LEVEL ENERGY AND MOIST AIR...CHANCE TO LIKELY PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL REMAIN THROUGH THE WEEKEND...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF RAIN WILL REMAIN IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS DAYTIME HEATING INTERACTS WITH THE MOIST ATMOSPHERE. HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND A THUNDERSTORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS EITHER. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES ONSHORE IN THE NORTHWESTERN CONUS DURING THE BEGINNING OF THE WORK WEEK...AND MODELS TAKE IT INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY MID WEEK. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...A WEAKNESS IN THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE DEVELOPS ACROSS TEXAS. LONG RANGE MODELS GENERATE AN UPPER LOW DURING THIS TIME FRAME...AND SLOWLY BRING IT NORTHWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING TROUGH. AS THIS FEATURE DEVELOPS...WAVES OF UPPER LEVEL ENERGY WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION...PROVIDING EXTRA LIFT FOR AFTERNOON CONVECTION. KEPT TEMPERATURES A COUPLE DEGREES ABOVE GUIDANCE AND CLIMO THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD...WITH HIGHS REACHING CLOSE TO 90 DEGREES EACH AFTERNOON. 14 && .AVIATION...18Z TAF DISCUSSION. MID LEVEL TROF AXIS HAS SHIFTED TO NEAR KMGM. SCT-BKN CUMULUS THIS AFTERNOON WITH BASES 4-5 THOUSAND FEET. TSTM ACTIVITY WILL BE MORE NUMEROUS ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTION OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...KMGM AND KTOI...AND INCLUDED TEMPO TSTMS DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. VCTS FOR REMAINING TAF SITES AS COVERAGE WILL BE MORE LIMITED. SCATTERED TSTMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA DURING THE EVENING HOURS...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS NORTH. CONVECTION SHOULD DISSIPATE BY 05Z. LIGHT FOG POSSIBLE AT SITES KMGM AND KTOI DUE TO EXPECTED AFTERNOON RAINFALL...BUT IT SHOULD BE VERY SHORT LIVED AND DECIDED TO NOT INCLUDE AT THIS TIME. 58/ROSE && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 70 87 68 88 69 / 30 50 20 40 30 ANNISTON 71 88 69 86 71 / 40 50 30 50 30 BIRMINGHAM 72 90 70 89 71 / 30 50 20 50 30 TUSCALOOSA 72 91 70 90 72 / 40 40 20 40 30 CALERA 72 87 69 88 70 / 40 50 20 50 30 AUBURN 73 85 69 85 70 / 50 70 50 50 50 MONTGOMERY 74 90 72 86 72 / 50 60 40 60 40 TROY 72 87 71 84 72 / 50 70 50 60 50 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. && 58/14/58
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 102 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007 ALZ011>015-017>050-310300- 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- 102 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON...MORE NUMEROUS SOUTH OF LINE FROM TUSCALOOSA...TO ALABASTER...TO ANNISTON. A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME STRONG BETWEEN 2 PM AND 8 PM...PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL: BIRMINGHAM...MODERATE. MONTGOMERY...MODERATE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED EACH DAY. THERE IS A CHANCE SOME STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG...WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 212 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007 ALZ041-044-302000- AUTAUGA-MONTGOMERY- 212 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR AUTAUGA AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM CDT... AT 209 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PRATTVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... PRATTVILLE. HUNTER. MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE. MONTGOMERY. HOPE HULL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 245 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007 ALZ042-302015- LOWNDES- 245 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR LOWNDES COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM CDT... AT 243 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WHITE HALL...OR 7 MILES WEST OF LOWNDESBORO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... WHITE HALL. LOWNDESBORO. MOSSES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. 17
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Large tree limbs were blown down, near the intersection of US-80 and County Road 9, near the Benton community.
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