A cold front brought isolated severe thunderstorms to West Central Alabama.
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The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.
A cold front brought isolated severe thunderstorms to West 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 Nov 13, 2:00 PM CST, 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 200 PM CST TUE NOV 13 2007 .UPDATED...TODAYS FORECAST. && DISCUSSION... UPDATED POPS FOR THE AFTERNOON. OVERALL TIMING STILL GOOD...BUT CONVECTION HAS HELD TOGETHER AND WILL DEFINITELY MOVE INTO NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. AN UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. CURRENTLY THE BULK OF THE RAIN ON RADAR IS CURRENTLY OVER WESTERN TENNESSEE AND WILL MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. ON THIS PATH RAIN WOULD WORK INTO NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA BY 20Z AND THEN WORK SOUTHEASTWARD DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. MODELS ARE HINTING THAT THIS AREA OF SHOWERS WILL DISSIPATE SOME AS IT MOVE EAST AND THE REDEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA. AT THIS TIME BELIEVE THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR ANY STRONG STORMS THIS AFTERNOON WOULD BE NORTH OF US 78 IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 IN NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA. THIS AREA WILL SEE THE MOST SUNSHINE IN ADVANCE OF THE SHORTWAVE THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE ADJUSTED POPS AND WEATHER TO INDICATE THE EXPECTED PATH OF THIS SHORTWAVE AND TIMING THROUGH THE DAY. UPDATES ARE FORTHCOMING. 16/JRA && .AVIATION...18Z TAF DISCUSSION. CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY. CLOUD DECK SHOULD BE AROUND 5000 FEET INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WILL BEGIN TO APPROACH FROM THE NORTH LATER THIS AFTERNOON. KEPT VCSH MAINLY AFTER 22Z FOR EET TCL. HAVE UPDATED BHM AND ANB FOR VCTS AS THE MAIN SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE BETWEEN THE TWO LOCATIONS. COVERAGE WILL BE HIT AND MISS. AS THE MORE MOIST AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE TONIGHT...LOOK FOR SOME LOW CLOUDS TO DEVELOP AROUND 12Z ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS ALL SITES. DROPPED CEILING DOWN TO IFR FOR ALL SITES. 16/JRA && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 106 PM CST TUE NOV 13 2007 ALZ011>015-017>050-142000- 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- 106 PM CST TUE NOV 13 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A FEW ISOLATED STRONG STORMS MAY DEVELOP AFTER 3 PM ACROSS AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER CELLS. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL SLIDE SOUTHEAST THROUGH CENTRAL ALABAMA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAINLY ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE THE MAIN THREATS. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THE REST OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 16/JRA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 244 PM CST TUE NOV 13 2007 ALZ014-132115- WINSTON- 244 PM CST TUE NOV 13 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR WINSTON COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM CST... AT 239 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PEBBLE...OR 5 MILES EAST OF HALEYVILLE... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... ASHRIDGE. WEISS. ROCK CREEK. DOUBLE SPRINGS. WINSTON COUNTY AIRPORT. HOUSTON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. 17/KLAWS
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:49 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Winds estimated at 30 mph caused tree branches to fall on and down some power lines. The winds were accompanied by pea sized hail.
Several trees were blown down on Mount Pleasant Church Road, in the southern part of Lamar County.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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