Afternoon heating caused isolated severe thunderstorms in extreme eastern Alabama.
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The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.
Afternoon heating caused isolated severe thunderstorms in extreme eastern 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 Jun 21, 6:00 PM CST, 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 700 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008 .UPDATE...AVIATION DISCUSSION && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. A SURFACE BOUNDARY...OR MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AXIS...WILL CONTINUE TO SLIDE SLOWLY SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THIS BOUNDARY WILL BE HELPED ALONG AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE SLIDES NORTH OF THE AREA TONIGHT. RIGHT NOW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POPPING ACROSS NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA. THIS ACTIVITY WILL SLIDE SOUTH AND BE AROUND THE INTERSTATE 20/59 CORRIDOR BY 5 TO 7 PM AND THEN CONTINUE TO SLIDE SOUTHWARD INTO THE EVENING. ACTIVITY WILL BE SCATTERED...SO NOT EVERYONE WILL SEE RAINFALL. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL STILL BE CAPABLE OF BEING STRONG THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. AFTER SUNSET...ACTIVITY WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE... GIVING WAY TO MORE ISOLATED CONVECTION. BY TOMORROW...THE BOUNDARY WILL ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA...SO CHANCES OF RAIN WILL BE LIMITED TO THE SOUTHEAST. AS FOR TEMPERATURES...DID NOT MAKE MUCH OF A CHANGE TO PRESENT FORECAST FOR TONIGHTS LOWS AND WENT WITH A MET/MAV BLEND FOR SUNDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S. .LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. UNUSUALLY ACTIVE EARLY SUMMER WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK...AS THE UNSEASONABLY AMPLIFIED PATTERN FLATTENS OUT BRIEFLY...THEN REAMPLIFIES AGAIN INTO NEXT WEEKEND. ANOMALOUSLY STRONG RIDGE IN THE WEST WILL ANCHOR THE PATTERN... WHICH WILL LEAVE THE SOUTHEAST IN A BIT OF TROUGHINESS EARLY AND LATE IN THE PERIOD...WITH MODEST RIDGING THROUGH THE MIDWEEK. GENERALLY SPEAKING...TEMPERATURES LOOK TO BE AT OR BELOW NORMAL... AND RAIN CHANCES BELOW NORMAL FOR THE MOST PART. BEST CHANCES OF RAIN ARE RATHER MEAGER EARLY IN THE PERIOD. LAST IN A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES SLIDING DOWN THE BACK SIDE OF THE TROUGH DURING THE DAY MONDAY AND APPROACH CENTRAL ALABAMA LATE IN THE DAY AND INTO THE EVENING. MOISTURE WILL BE LIMITED...BUT BELIEVE THERE WILL BE ENOUGH OF A BOUNDARY TO TRIGGER SOME ISOLATED ACTIVITY GLANCING BY THE NORTHEAST. TO THE SOUTH...THE OLD BOUNDARY WILL STILL BE AROUND...WITH BETTER MOISTURE POOLING/ CONVERGENCE...WHICH SHOULD ALLOW AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST. LATE IN THE PERIOD...AS THE PATTERN AMPLIFIES ONCE AGAIN AND THE UPPER LEVEL WEAKNESS RETURNS...EXPECT DIURNALLY ENHANCED CHANCES FOR AFTERNOON SHOWERS...AS WEAK IMPULSES ALOFT PASS THROUGH THE AREA. CERTAINLY...NO WIDESPREAD RAIN EVENTS ARE SEEN THROUGH THE WEEK AT THIS TIME. MIDWEEK...WITH MODEST SUBTROPICAL RIDGING OVERHEAD...RAIN CHANCES ARE BLEAK...AND THE HEAT SHOULD BE ON...WITH TEMPS IN THE THE LOWER 90S IN MOST AREAS. HUMIDITY SHOULD NOT BE ALL THAT HIGH... BUT SUMMER WILL DEFINITELY BE NOTICED. JD/81 && .AVIATION...00Z TAF DISCUSSION. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ISOLATED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH 02Z...DISSIPATING QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ALTHOUGH PATCHY FOG MAY PRODUCE MVFR CONDITIONS FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS AROUND SUNRISE. WEAK NORTHERLY FLOW CAN BE EXPECTED TOMORROW WITH LITTLE MORE THAN A FEW HIGH CLOUDS. 12/SIRMON && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 62 90 60 87 60 / 20 10 10 10 20 ANNISTON 65 89 62 88 63 / 20 10 10 10 20 BIRMINGHAM 66 90 64 88 64 / 20 10 10 10 10 TUSCALOOSA 65 91 62 91 65 / 20 10 0 10 10 CALERA 67 89 64 90 65 / 20 10 10 10 10 AUBURN 67 89 67 90 65 / 20 20 10 20 10 MONTGOMERY 69 90 67 92 67 / 20 20 10 20 10 TROY 66 89 66 92 66 / 30 30 10 20 10 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 16/81/16
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 600 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008 ALZ011>015-017>050-222300- 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- 600 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 17/KLAWS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 616 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008 ALZ047-048-220000- LEE-RUSSELL- 616 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR LEE AND RUSSELL COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 614 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SMITHS STATION...OR NEAR SMITHS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... MONTEREY HEIGHTS. LADONIA. PHENIX CITY. 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
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
644 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0625 PM HAIL 2 WSW MONTEREY HEIGHTS 32.50N 85.12W
06/21/2008 M0.25 INCH LEE AL TRAINED SPOTTER
PEA SIZED HAIL AND WINDS TO 40MPH REPORTED
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KLAWSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
700 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 PM HAIL PHENIX CITY 32.47N 85.01W
06/21/2008 E0.25 INCH RUSSELL AL EMERGENCY MNGR
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KLAWSThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down in the Fontaine Village area of Phenix City, with one large tree blocking the roadway.
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