Tropical Depression #10 spawned an isolated tornado.
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The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.
Tropical Depression #10 spawned an isolated tornado.
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 Sep 21, 2:40 PM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 340 PM CDT FRI SEP 21 2007 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. TD 10 JUST OFF THE COAST WILL OBVIOUSLY BE THE MAIN WEATHER FEATURE TO WATCH IN THE SHORT TERM. WILL HAVE TO CLOSELY MONITOR CONVECTIVE BANDS. STILL BELIEVE THE BEST RAIN CHANCES WILL BE IN THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. I ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THAT THE RAIN CHANCES WOULD GRADUALLY END FROM EAST TO WEST TOMORROW...BUT IF THE SUN BREAKS OUT THEN ADDITIONAL BANDS COULD FORM AND ORGANIZE. /61/ .LONG TERM...TOMORROW NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. WHAT IS LEFT OF THE TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM TD 10 IN THE NORTHERN GULF THIS AFTERNOON...WILL BE WEST OF THE AREA BY SATURDAY NIGHT. THERE MAY STILL BE ONE OUTER BAND STILL IMPACTING THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA SO HAVE LEFT CHANCE POPS IN FOR THE SOUTHWEST. OUTER BANDS REMAIN ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE 12Z MODELS ARE MUCH DRIER AND ALSO SLOWER IN REGARDS TO THE NEXT COUPLE OF SYSTEMS. WHILE THE TROPICAL SYSTEM IN THE NORTHERN GULF OPENS THE DOOR UP FOR MORE TROPICAL MOISTURE THROUGH THE FIRST OF THE WEEK...A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE NORTHEAST OVER THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS WILL TRY TO CUTOFF THE MOISTURE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EAST. THIS RIDGE WILL ALSO TRY TO BLOCK A TROPICAL WAVE THAT IS MOVING IN FROM THE CARIBBEAN ON MONDAY. THIS MAY FORCE THE MAIN IMPULSE TO OUR WEST AND KEEP MOST OF CENTRAL ALABAMA IN A DRY AIRMASS. NOT READY TO TAKE POPS COMPLETELY OUT AS THE INCREASE IN MOISTURE AS WELL AS TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S WILL HELP TO INCREASE AFTER NOON CONVECTION. ANOTHER ASPECT OF THE SLOWER RUN IS THE SLOWER TIMING OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT. THE 12Z GFS IS ABOUT 12 HOURS SLOWER. THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT UNUSUAL FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR AND WENT AHEAD AND ADJUSTED THE FORECAST FOR THIS TIMING WITH MORE OF A WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY TIME PERIOD. 16 && .AVIATION...18Z TAF DISCUSSION. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THERE ARE TWO LOWER CEILING LEVELS AROUND THIS AFTERNOON...ONE AT ROUGHLY 2500 FEET AND ONE AT ROUGHLY 3500 FEET. I THINK THAT THE PREDOMINANT HEIGHT WILL BE THE ONE AT 3500 FEET...BUT ANY LOCATION COULD BRIEFLY DROP DOWN BELOW 3000 AT ANY TIME THIS AFTERNOON. BANDS OF SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH SUBTROPICAL DEPRESSION IN THE GULF WILL CONTINUE TO SPIRAL INTO ALABAMA OVER NEXT 18 TO 24 HOURS. CHANCES OF RAIN INCREASE AS YOU HEAD FARTHER SOUTH...SO WENT WITH A PREDOMINANT SHRA AT TOI...TEMP0 AT MGM...AND NO MENTION OF RAIN NORTH OF THERE. UPSTREAM LOCATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED RAIN INDICATE THAT THE SHOWERS ARE LIGHT ENOUGH THAT THEY ARENT (YET) RESTRICTING VISIBILITIES. THAT IS A BIT UNUSUAL FOR TROPICAL RAIN SHOWERS...AND IF THE SYSTEM IN THE GULF ACQUIRES MORE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS...AND RAINFALL BECOMES HEAVIER THAN EXPECTED AT SOUTHERN TAF SITES...THEN WILL HAVE TO AMEND/UPDATE TO INCLUDE VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS. AT THIS TIME...EXPECTING SHOWERS TO EXIT THE AREA FROM EAST TO WEST SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH ASSOCIATED CLOUDS ALSO LIFTING. /61/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 67 88 67 89 69 / 10 10 10 20 20 ANNISTON 70 87 69 89 71 / 20 10 10 20 20 BIRMINGHAM 71 87 70 90 72 / 20 20 10 20 20 TUSCALOOSA 71 88 71 90 73 / 20 20 20 30 20 CALERA 69 86 71 89 73 / 20 20 20 30 20 AUBURN 69 85 69 88 72 / 30 30 20 30 20 MONTGOMERY 71 85 70 90 73 / 50 50 20 40 20 TROY 70 84 70 89 72 / 60 50 30 40 20 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. && 61/16/61
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 518 PM CDT FRI SEP 21 2007 ALZ011>015-017>050-222218- 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- 518 PM CDT FRI SEP 21 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES...THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...ROUGHLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MONTGOMERY TO ALEX CITY AND TO WEST POINT LAKE. THE TORNADO THREAT IS THE ONLY HAZARDOUS WEATHER IMPACT EXPECTED IN CENTRAL ALABAMA DUE TO TROPICAL DEPRESSION 10. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL BE NEEDED TONIGHT IN THE SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A Sheriff's Deputy reported a tornado near the intersection of CR 23 and CR 8, just southeast of Clio. The Deputy observed debris, but there was no subsequent damage found.
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