Outflow winds from strong thunderstorms caused scattered damage across Central Alabama. Winds were estimated between 40 and 50 mph.
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Outflow winds from strong thunderstorms caused scattered damage across Central Alabama. Winds were estimated between 40 and 50 mph.
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 28, 2:53 PM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 353 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008 .DISCUSSION... MOST OF THE EXCITING WEATHER IS SET FOR THE SHORT TERM AS AN UNUSUALLY STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MAKE AN APPEARANCE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. AS THE COLD FRONT...OR WHAT I WOULD REFER MORE TO AS THE GREATEST LIFT FROM A LAGGING SURFACE BOUNDARY...MOVES ACROSS THE AREA...IT WILL INTERACT WITH A TROPICAL AIRMASS THAT IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE. PW VALUES WILL BE VERY RICH...MOST FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOWING 2 INCHES OR GREATER...INDICATING THAT THIS EVENT COULD DELIVER A MUCH NEEDED AMPLE SHOT OF RAINFALL. MOST POPS HAVE BEEN RAISED TO CATEGORICAL LEVELS FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON...OR ABOVE 80 PERCENT. THE SEVERE ELEMENTS OF THIS BOUNDARY PASSAGE ARE SOMEWHAT SKETCHY. MOST OF CENTRAL ALABAMA HAS BEEN PLACE UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR TOMORROW...AND FEEL THE BIGGEST THREAT WILL BE SEVERE WIND EVENT. LARGE HAIL LOOKS TO BE AN OUTSIDE THREAT DUE TO THE HEIGHTS OF THE FREEZING LEVEL AND WET BULB ZERO. ALSO LAPSE RATES DO NOT APPEAR ALL THAT STEEP WITH THE DEEP LEVEL MOISTURE PROFILES...INDICATING CAPE VALUES WILL BE RELATIVELY LOW UNLESS MID MORNING AND AFTERNOON TEMPS ARE ABLE TO SIGNIFICANTLY WARM EVEN THOUGH SUBSTANTIAL CLOUD COVER WILL MOST LIKELY BE AN INHIBITING FACTOR. FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A MINOR CONCERN AS THE STORM MOTIONS WILL LIKELY BE SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO KEEP RAINFALL AMOUNTS LOWER THAN FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE. AS FOR THE ACTUAL DEFINED COLD FRONT IT WILL PUSH THROUGH DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY...PERHAPS SHOWING SIGNS OF SLOWING OR STALLING ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTH...SO KEPT POPS IN THROUGH MONDAY...MAINLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR. THROUGH MIDWEEK...LOOK FOR COOLER AND MUCH DRIER AIR TO SETTLE ACROSS THE REGION. THE LOWS ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MORNING APPEAR TO BE THE COOLEST WITH TEMPERATURES BOTTOMING OUT IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S. WE SHOULD STAY MAINLY DRY UNTIL THE END OF THE WORK WEEK...UNTIL THE NEXT BOUNDARY DROPS SOUTH BRINGING OUR NEXT GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. 17/KLAWS && .AVIATION...18Z TAF DISCUSSION. LARGE AREA OF MID-LEVEL CLOUDINESS THIS MORNING HAS RESULTED IN AN INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE NORTHERN TAF SITES...DUE TO DIFFERENTIAL HEATING. FURTHERMORE...OUTFLOW FROM OVERNIGHT CONVECTION TO THE NORTH WILL ALSO HELP TO FOCUS AFTERNOON CONVECTION. WILL GO WITH CBS AT MOST TAF SITES...BUT MAY DO UPDATES IF CONVECTION BECOMES MORE WIDESPREAD...OR IS BEARING DOWN ON A TAF SITE. 03 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 66 86 62 84 55 / 40 80 30 10 10 ANNISTON 67 86 63 84 58 / 30 80 50 10 10 BIRMINGHAM 69 86 64 85 60 / 30 80 40 10 10 TUSCALOOSA 69 89 65 89 61 / 30 80 40 10 10 CALERA 68 86 64 84 59 / 30 80 50 10 10 AUBURN 67 88 64 85 60 / 20 80 60 30 10 MONTGOMERY 72 91 70 88 65 / 20 80 60 30 10 TROY 69 90 68 86 62 / 20 80 60 40 10 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 03/17/03
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1235 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ALZ011>015-017>050-291032- 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- 1235 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WILL DEVELOP OVER THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH AT LEAST 8 PM. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST ON SUNDAY...PROVIDING A BETTER FOCUS FOR MORE ORGANIZED CONVECTION. PEAK TIME FOR THESE STRONG STORMS WILL BE FROM NOON UNTIL 9 PM. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE NEEDED SUNDAY. 03
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
541 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0541 PM HEAVY RAIN CUBA 32.44N 88.37W
06/28/2008 M2.50 INCH SUMTER AL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
INDICATED WINDS 40-45MPH ON PARTIALLY SHIELDED SENSOR.
&&
MBAERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 542 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ALZ030-031-039-282330- GREENE-MARENGO-SUMTER- 542 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR GREENE...MARENGO AND SUMTER COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT... AT 542 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BOYD TO BLUFFPORT TO KINTERBISH...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF YORK TO LIVINGSTON TO 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CUBA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 23 MPH. WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS ALONG WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... PAYNEVILLE. LILITA. LIVINGSTON. COATOPA. SUMTERVILLE. DUG HILL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
550 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0541 PM HEAVY RAIN CUBA 32.44N 88.37W
06/28/2008 M2.50 INCH SUMTER AL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
INDICATED WINDS 40-45MPH ON PARTIALLY SHIELDED SENSOR.
RAIN RATE 2.5 INCH PER HOUR.
&&
MBAERThe Birmingham radar (KBMX), 136 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:43 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were blown down along US-43, near Linden.
A few trees were blown down in far western Dallas County.
Several trees were blown down in and around Selma.
Several trees were blown down Lowndes County.
Several trees were blown down near and north of Prattville.
Several trees were blown down in western Elmore County.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, June 2008
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 121282, 121289, 121291, 121292, 121295, 121297.