Slow moving thunderstorms with very heavy rain led to flash flooding in parts of Lamar County.
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Slow moving thunderstorms with very heavy rain led to flash flooding in parts of Lamar County.
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 4, 2:28 PM CST, 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 328 PM CDT THU JUN 4 2009 .DISCUSSION... LOOKING AT RADAR AND SATELLITE...THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER THAT HAS BEEN MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA IS FINALLY MOVING INTO GEORGIA...WITH THE SECONDARY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM STILL APPROACHING THE AREA FROM THE WEST. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE GULF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. MEANWHILE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA IN RESPONSE TO THE FRONTAL SYSTEM TO OUR WEST. MODELS ARE STILL SHOWING CAPE VALUES OF 2000+ J/KG AND LIFTED INDICES OF -2 TO -4...BUT WITH PWS A LITTLE ON THE HIGH SIDE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THE STRONG WORDING IN THE HWO FOR THIS AFTERNOONS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. SKIES WILL BEGIN TO CLEAR AND RAIN CHEANCES WILL SLOWLY END FROM WEST TO EAST ON FRIDAY AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. THERE WONT BE A HUGE CHANGE IN TEMPS BEHIND THE FRONT. LOWS FRIDAY NIGHT WILL ONLY BE A COUPLE OF DEGREES COOLER THAN TONIGHT...WITH HIGHS STILL REACHING TO AROUND THE 80 DEGREE MARK...BUT IT WILL DEFINITELY FEEL LESS HUMID FOR THOSE WHO WILL BE WORKING OUTDOORS. THE WEEKEND LOOKS GREAT...WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND DRY CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON THE RISE...WITH HIGHS REACHING TO AROUND 90 DEGREES BY SUNDAY AND LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S. RAIN CHANCES WILL BE RE-INTRODUCED STARTING ON TUESDAY AS MOISTURE BEGINS TO WORK BACK INTO THE REGION. 19 && .AVIATION...18Z TAF DISCUSSION. SURFACE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHEAST AND THROUGH SOUTHEAST ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REVOLVE AROUND THE LOW AND AFFECT MGM AND TOI THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. SHOWERS ARE MAINLY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED ELSEWHERE. CEILINGS HAVE BEEN MVFR WITH ISOLATED DIPS IFR RANGE. AS THE SURFACE LOW LIFTS OUT OF THE AREA...CEILINGS SHOULD STABILIZE BETWEEN 2500 AND 3500 FT. AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES...A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY PUSH INTO WESTERN ALABAMA AIDING IN DEVELOPING ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. 12Z MODELS ARE INDICATING A WET AND LOW OVERCAST OVERNIGHT PERIOD WITH MOST LOCATIONS AT IFR OR LOWER AT SOME POINT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME IMPROVEMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE MORNING AS THIS SYSTEMS EXITS THE STATE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 60 79 59 87 63 / 60 40 10 10 10 ANNISTON 64 79 60 86 62 / 60 50 10 10 10 BIRMINGHAM 61 80 59 86 62 / 60 40 10 10 10 TUSCALOOSA 63 81 56 88 63 / 70 30 10 10 10 CALERA 63 80 59 86 62 / 70 40 10 10 10 AUBURN 63 80 62 86 63 / 60 50 20 20 10 MONTGOMERY 66 82 62 88 64 / 70 50 10 10 10 TROY 66 81 63 87 64 / 60 50 20 20 10 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 07/07/07
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1235 PM CDT THU JUN 4 2009 ALZ011>015-017>050-051730- 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 THU JUN 4 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING BRINGING WITH IT THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. IN ASSOCIATION WITH THESE STORMS WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 12/SIRMON
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 317 PM CDT THU JUN 4 2009 ALZ012-042045- LAMAR- 317 PM CDT THU JUN 4 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR LAMAR COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM CDT... AT 316 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GUIN TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CALEDONIA...MOVING SLOWLY EAST. WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. PEOPLE IN LAMAR COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BEAVERTON...CREWS...SULLIGENT...BEDFORD...VERNON AND BLOOMING GROVE...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. 61
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 29 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:46 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Eight inches of running water was reported over CR-49, in Beaverton.
Two feet of running water was reported over AL-18 West, one foot of running water was reported over AL-17, and eighteen inches of water was reported over CR-9, all in the city of Vernon.
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