The approach of a slow moving upper level disturbance helped spark slow moving thunderstorms, causing flooding in Tallapoosa County.
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The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.
The approach of a slow moving upper level disturbance helped spark slow moving thunderstorms, causing flooding in Tallapoosa 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 Sep 14, 5:30 AM CST, 5 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 630 AM CDT MON SEP 14 2009 .UPDATED...AVIATION DISCUSSION. && .DISCUSSION... THIS AM...SFC LOW ACROSS SE TX WILL PROGRESS NEWD THROUGH MID WEEK TO W TN/N MS/N AL...BUT WILL MAKE LITTLE PROGRESS AFTER THAT ON INTO THE WEEKEND. UPPER LOW CENTER OVER NE TX WILL MEANDER TEMPORARILY NE AS WELL BUT INTO MO BY TUE AM WITH SHORTWAVES SPIRALING EJECTING FROM THE LOW INTO C AL FOR THE SHORT TERM TODAY AND TONIGHT. UPPER FEATURE IS PROGGED TO SHIFT BACK SW BY WED...CONTINUING C AL IN SW FLOW. LOW SLOWLY ROTATES BACK TO C MS RIVER VALLEY BY THU/FRI. HOWEVER...STILL REMAIN IN SW FLOW WITH A FEW DISTURBANCES POSSIBLE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. BEST MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE IN THE SHORT TERM...THUS THE LIKELY/ CATEGORICAL POPS SHORT TERM AS WILL HAVE FOCUS TO GO ALONG WITH AMPLE MOISTURE. AS OUR FLOW VARIES A TAD AS WE MOVE TOWARD THE WEEKEND MOISTURE FEED ALTHOUGH STILL REMAINS WILL NOT BE QUITE AS GOOD AND THUS NOT AS MUCH TO FEED DISTURBANCES BUT DEFINITELY STILL POSSIBLE FOR SOME ACTIVITY STILL FOR WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES ALTHOUGH LOWERED DUE TO CLOUD COVER AND EXPECTED POSSIBLE RAINFALL WILL MODERATE BACK UP AS WE MOVE INTO THE LATTER HALF OF WEEK. 08 && .AVIATION...12Z TAF DISCUSSION. MULTI-LAYERED CLOUDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD. ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL MAINLY AFFECT ANB EARLY THIS MORNING. AS A SURFACE LOW SHIFTS SLOWLY NNE TODAY INTO NORTHERN LOUISIANA...EXPECT COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO INCREASE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. STRONGER ACTIVITY MAY PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF LOWER CIGS/VSBYS THAN FORECAST...BUT GENERALLY MVFR TO IFR IS EXPECTED. ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...ALTHOUGH COVERAGE AND INTENSITY SHOULD BE LESS. ONCE RAINFALL ENDS...PATCHY FOG/LOW CLOUD DECK WILL DEVELOP WITH MVFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. 14 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 82 70 82 69 83 / 60 70 70 60 60 ANNISTON 83 69 81 68 84 / 60 70 70 60 60 BIRMINGHAM 82 69 82 68 83 / 70 70 70 60 60 TUSCALOOSA 82 70 83 69 85 / 90 60 70 60 50 CALERA 82 69 82 69 84 / 70 60 70 60 50 AUBURN 83 69 81 68 83 / 60 60 70 60 50 MONTGOMERY 84 71 84 70 86 / 70 50 70 50 50 TROY 84 70 85 70 86 / 70 50 60 40 50 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 705 AM CDT SUN SEP 13 2009 ALZ011>015-017>050-151200- 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- 705 AM CDT SUN SEP 13 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. AREAS OF RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE MINOR FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PERIODS OF RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERAL DAYS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL SATURATE SOILS...INCREASING THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several roads around Camp Hill, including AL-50 and CR-89, had to be closed due to high water making them temporarily impassable.
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