Gusty winds along a cold front produced isolated damage in Central Alabama.
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The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.
Gusty winds along a cold front produced isolated damage in Central Alabama.
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 Dec 15, 9:30 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 930 PM CST SAT DEC 15 2007 .UPDATE...EVENING DISCUSSION. && .DISCUSSION...AS MUCH AS WE NEED THE RAIN...THIS SYSTEM HAS BEEN A DISAPPOINTMENT AS BATCH OF RAIN AHEAD OF COLD FRONT DECREASED IN AREAL COVERAGE EARLIER THIS EVENING. AREAS WEST OF I-65 RECEIVED ON AVERAGE ABOUT ONE-TENTH INCH OF RAIN. THE COLD FRONT WAS NEAR I-65 AT 9 PM THIS EVENING WITH VERY LITTLE RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH FRONT ITSELF...AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED RAIN CHANCES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. A FEW WIND GUSTS TO 30-35 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED NEAR TIME OF FRONTAL PASSAGE. AS EXPECTED...TEMPERATURES ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH THREE BOUNDARIES IN PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. A WEAK WEDGE CONTINUES ACROSS EAST ALABAMA...STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH WEST ALABAMA...AND WARM FRONT BETWEEN MONTGOMERY AND TROY. PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE BEHIND FRONT...ALTHOUGH AMOUNTS WILL NOT LIKELY BE ENOUGH TO MEASURE. 58/ROSE && .AVIATION...00Z TAF DISCUSSION. MVFR AND VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT BHM...EET...ANB...TCL THROUGH 03Z BEFORE AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION. AT WHICH POINT...IFR CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTY WINDS. IFR TO MVFR CONDITIONS WITH BR AND OCCASIONAL -RA ARE EXPECTED AT MGM AND TOI. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AS THE RAIN ENDS FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER 06Z. MVFR CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST FROM THE NORTHWEST THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. 14 && .FIRE WEATHER... DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY AS SURFACE DEW POINTS DROP INTO THE TEENS AND 20S. THIS WILL DROP THE AFTERNOON MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO JUST BELOW 25 PERCENT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AREAS. ANY MINOR CHANGES TO THE TEMPERATURE OR DEW POINT FORECAST COULD CAUSE DRY CONDITIONS TO PERSIST FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME AND INCREASE CHANCES FOR A RED FLAG WARNING. && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL ZONES THROUGH 6AM SUNDAY. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 512 PM CST SAT DEC 15 2007 ALZ011>015-017>050-161300- 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- 512 PM CST SAT DEC 15 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH CENTRAL ALABAMA TONIGHT. BEHIND THE FRONT...BRISK WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ON AREA LAKES AND WATERWAYS. THE COLD FRONT WILL ENTER WEST ALABAMA AROUND 8 PM AND REACH I-65 BY 10 PM. THE FRONT SHOULD EXIT THE STATE SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH ARE LIKELY SUNDAY AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA. THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED INTO SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...A HIGH FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL BELOW 25 PERCENT. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THESE VALUES WILL REMAIN BELOW 25 PERCENT FOR LESS THAN 4 HOURS...BUT WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED AS THE TIME APPROACHES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 443 PM CST SAT DEC 15 2007 ALZ025-034-035-152330- BIBB-CHILTON-SHELBY- 443 PM CST SAT DEC 15 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BIBB...CHILTON AND SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CST... AT 439 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM INDIAN SPRINGS TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRENT...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HOOVER TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CENTREVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... OAK MOUNTAIN STATE PARK. LAWLEY. HIGHLAND LAKES. MOUNT LAUREL. MINOOKA PARK. CHILTON COUNTY MOTOR SPORTS PARK. THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. 12/SIRMON
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were blown down around Springville, and several power outages were reported.
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