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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 31, 2:24 PM CST, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 324 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2008 .DISCUSSION... GUSTAV CONTINUES TO BE THE MAIN FORECAST CONCERN THROUGH THE BULK OF THE FORECAST PERIOD...WITH A LITTLE BIT OF HANNA THROWN IN TOWARDS THE END. LATEST NHC TRACK VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH PREVIOUS FORECAST TRACK...WHICH LEAVES CENTRAL ALABAMA ON THE FRINGES OF GUSTAV THROUGH TUESDAY. MAIN EFFECTS ON CENTRAL ALABAMA WILL BE INCREASING WINDS...WHICH BY TOMORROW MORNING AT 7 AM SHOULD BE UP AROUND 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH...ROUGHLY FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. THIS AREA IS ROUGHLY DESCRIBED AS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM VERNON TO FAYETTE... TUSCALOOSA...CLANTON...TUSKEGEE AND PHENIX CITY...AND WILL ALSO BE THE AREA OF MAIN CONCERN FOR RAIN BANDS...AND THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED TORNADOES. RAINFALL/FLOODING CONCERNS ARE LOW BUT WORTH WATCHING...WITH THE ONLY CONCERN BEING THE POSSIBILITY OF MULTIPLE RAIN BANDS PASSING OVER THE SAME AREA. ELSEWHERE THROUGH TUESDAY...EXPECT CONDITIONS TO BE BREEZY AT TIMES...WITH A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. GUSTAV REMAINS A FORECAST CHALLENGE FROM LATE TUESDAY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK...AS THE EVENTUAL PATH OF HIS REMNANTS IS IN QUESTION. MOST MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT BUILDING AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ALONG THE SPINE OF THE APPALACHIANS...WITH A SURFACE HIGH BUILDING DOWN THE LEE OF THE APPALACHIANS ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST. THIS HIGH WOULD THEN APPEAR TO SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GUSTAV AND HANNA...KEEPING THE BULK OF THE AREA DRY AND SEASONABLE THROUGH FRIDAY. HOWEVER...THE GFS EVENTUALLY SHOOTS HANNA UP THE EAST COAST...AND THE MEANDERING REMNANTS OF GUSTAV FINALLY DRIFT EAST...AND THEN NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. THE RESULT OF THIS WOULD BE TO BRING A RETURN OF ENHANCED RAIN CHANCES. ON THE OTHER HAND...THE EUROPEAN AND NOGAPS FIRST TAKE THE REMNANTS OF GUSTAV NORTHWARD...AND THEN ROTATES HANNA UP AND INTO THE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW OF THE EAST COAST...WHICH WOULD RESULT IN A MUCH DRIER WEEKEND. NEEDLESS TO SAY...WITH THIS DIVERGENT SOLUTIONS...FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS NOT EXACTLY HIGH FOR NEXT WEEKEND. FOR NOW...NOT BUYING ALL THE WAY INTO THE WETTER GFS SOLUTION...AND TAKING A BLEND OF GUIDANCE WINDS UP LOOKING MUCH LIKE CLIMATOLOGY...WHICH IS PROBABLY A SAFE BET FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. JD/81 && .AVIATION...18Z TAF DISCUSSION. SCATTERED TO BROKEN CUMULUS WILL RESULT IN CEILINGS AROUND 3-4 THOUSAND FEET TODAY. EASTERLY FLOW WILL PREVAIL AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS DUE TO THE APPROACH OF GUSTAV. SPEEDS WILL BE IN THE 8-12 KNOT RANGE TODAY...DIMINISHING SLIGHTLY OVERNIGHT AT ANB...TCL...BHM...AND EET...BUT PERSISTING AT MGM AND TOI. TOMORROW, WINDS WILL INCREASE EVEN FURTHER TO SPEEDS SUSTAINED BETWEEN 10 AND 15 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 25 KNOTS. A FEW SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTER BANDS OF GUSTAV MAY MOVE INTO THE VICINITY OF MGM AND TOI BEFORE 18Z. 12/SIRMON && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 91 71 86 70 86 / 20 10 20 20 30 ANNISTON 92 72 86 70 87 / 20 20 20 20 30 BIRMINGHAM 91 73 88 71 87 / 20 10 30 20 40 TUSCALOOSA 92 72 89 73 87 / 30 10 40 50 50 CALERA 91 73 87 72 86 / 30 10 40 30 40 AUBURN 89 71 84 69 83 / 40 20 40 20 30 MONTGOMERY 91 73 89 72 87 / 40 20 50 50 40 TROY 89 72 86 72 84 / 40 30 50 40 40 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LAKE WIND ADVISORY 7 AM MONDAY THROUGH 7 AM TUESDAY. && 81/12
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 154 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2008 ALZ011>015-017>050-011854- 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- 154 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE AREA BEGINNING AROUND 7 AM ON MONDAY...AND LASTING THROUGH MID MORNING TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY ON AREA LAKES AND WATERWAYS. THIS WILL OCCUR DUE TO HIGH PRESSURE BEING LOCATED TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE AREA... WHILE MAJOR HURRICANE GUSTAV WILL BE POSITIONED TO OUR SOUTHWEST. AS A RESULT...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A FEW WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA...WHICH IS ROUGHLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM VERNON TO CLANTON TO PHENIX CITY. IN ADDITION...BANDING FEATURES FROM GUSTAV MAY ENTER THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES AS EARLY AS MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR THESE OUTER BANDS ROTATING ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN HALF OF THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THESE BANDS WILL CONTAIN SOME THREAT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES AND ENHANCED WIND GUSTS. THE PRIMARY AREA OF CONCERN AT THIS TIME...IS FOR AREAS NEAR AND WITHIN THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BECOME NECESSARY MONDAY AND TUESDAY...AS OUTER BANDS FROM GUSTAV BEGIN TO ENTER CENTRAL ALABAMA.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Sporadic trees and power lines were blown down from thunderstorm outflow, from the Friendship Community to Deatsville.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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