Heavy rain associated with thunderstorms caused isolated flooding in eastern Alabama.
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Heavy rain associated with thunderstorms caused isolated flooding in 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 May 27, 2:40 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 340 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SLOW MOVING BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTH THROUGH THE NORTHERN CWA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. TOUGH PART OF FORECAST WAS DETERMINING INTENSITY AND COVERAGE FOR NOCTURNAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CONSIDERING HISTORY MORE THAN THE WIDELY UTILIZED MESOSCALE MODELS DECIDED TO LEAVE AT LEAST CHANCE THROUGH THE ENTIRE OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...THINKING IS SOME OF THE INTENSITY WILL SUBSIDE. MOST LIKELY THREAT OVERNIGHT WILL INCLUDE FLOODING DUE TO THE SLOW MOVING NATURE OF THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. TOMORROW WILL BE A NEW DAY WITH THE SAME STORY. LOOK FOR MORE COVERAGE WITH SOME STRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS AS THE FOCUSED LIFT WILL BE PRACTICALLY OVER THE CWA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. FORECAST PROBLEM FOR TOMORROW WILL BE IN DECIDING HOW FAR SOUTH THE BOUNDARY WILL SETTLE. NUMERICAL GUIDANCE OUTPUT PLACES IT NEAR THE GULF COAST BY THE EVENING...BUT THAT SOLUTION MAY BE A TOUCH QUICK...SO WILL KEEP POPS LOWER...WITH CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTH. OTHER THAN THAT EVERYONE SHOULD GENERALLY PREPARE FOR A WET DAY TOMORROW. 17/KLAWS .LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. OVERALL VERY LITTLE CHANGE FROM THE PREVIOUS THINKING FOR THE LONG TERM. JUST MADE SOME MINOR TIMING TWEAKS FOR PRECIPITATION OVER THE WEEKEND. RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY AS THE FRONT MOVES EVER SO SLOWLY SOUTH AND EVENTUALLY WILL BECOME STATIONARY ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA. KEPT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED WORDING IN THE FORECAST AS MODELS ARE NOW INDICATING THE WHATEVER IS LEFT OF THE FRONT WILL MOVE NORTHWARD TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK. EXPECT RAIN CHANCES TO CONTINUE OVER THE WEEKEND WHEN ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. MOST OF THE RAIN WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH THE PEAK HEATING. EXPECT GENERALLY ONLY LEFTOVER CONVECTION INTO THE EARLY PORTIONS OF THE EVENING EACH NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN GENERALLY ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. EXPECT THEM TO BE IN THE 90S AREA WIDE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. INCREASING MOISTURE WILL HELP LOWER THEM A TOUCH SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. && .AVIATION...18Z TAF DISCUSSION. CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...KEPT VICINITY IN FOR THE NORTHERN SITES...WHILE AT MGM AND TOI LEFT OUT FOR THE TIME BEING. LOOK FOR THE THUNDER TO BEGIN DYING AN HOUR OR SO AFTER SUNSET WITH LEFTOVER STRATIFORM NEAR THE NORTHERN SITES. IN THE MORNING BRINGING MVFR CEILINGS AND VIS TO MOST SITES WITH THE THREAT OF SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE NORTH. 17/KLAWS && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 65 82 66 85 64 / 60 70 30 20 10 ANNISTON 65 84 67 85 67 / 50 70 30 20 10 BIRMINGHAM 67 83 67 86 69 / 60 70 30 20 10 TUSCALOOSA 68 84 68 88 69 / 60 70 20 30 10 CALERA 66 83 68 86 67 / 50 70 30 20 10 AUBURN 64 85 68 85 70 / 20 70 40 30 10 MONTGOMERY 67 85 68 88 69 / 20 60 30 30 10 TROY 66 86 67 87 69 / 10 50 30 50 20 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. && 17/16/17
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 100 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008 ALZ011>015-017>050-281800- 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- 100 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL...AND THE STORM SPEED IS SLOW MAKING ISOLATED FLOODING AN ADDITIONAL CONCERN. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM CAN NOT BE RULED OUT MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. THE STORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO WEAKEN WITH THE LOSS OF AFTERNOON HEATING...BUT ADDITIONAL...WEAKER THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN WEDNESDAY...GENERALLY BETWEEN NOON AND 10 PM. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...HAIL...AND ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 17/KLAWS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 502 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008 ALZ024-272230- JEFFERSON- 502 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CDT... AT 500 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GARDENDALE TO OAK GROVE... OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GARDENDALE TO 10 MILES WEST OF HUEYTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 9 MPH. WINDS UP TO 45 MPH AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... MAYTOWN. SYLVAN SPRINGS. DOCENA. NEW CASTLE. PINSON. VILLAGE CREEK AVENUE W. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:55 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water was running over the roads at a depth of up to one foot. A dozen cars were flooded in a parking lot at the intersection of Elm Street and AL-21.
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