Storms developed early in the day in a tropical air mass along an outflow boundary left over from the previous days storms. Weak steering flow resulted slow moving storms.
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The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.
Storms developed early in the day in a tropical air mass along an outflow boundary left over from the previous days storms. Weak steering flow resulted slow moving storms.
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 Aug 14, 5:51 AM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 651 AM CDT SAT AUG 14 2010 .UPDATE...FOR 12Z AVIATION. && .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION IS LOCATED JUST WEST OF MONTGOMERY. SHOWERS ARE ALREADY DEVELOPING NEAR SURFACE LOW. HIGHEST RAIN CHANCES AND THREAT OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION...ALTHOUGH RAIN BANDS COULD FORM WELL AWAY FROM LOW CENTER AND PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS IS THE TYPE OF SYSTEM THAT BRINGS VERY BENEFICIAL RAINFALL OVER A LARGE AREA. MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT SURFACE LOW WILL SHIFT SOUTHWARD TOWARDS THE COAST ON SUNDAY AND POSSIBLY EMERGE BACK OVER THE COASTAL WATERS BEFORE TURNING BACK TO THE WEST. THIS WILL PUT BETTER RAIN CHANCES ACROSS SOUTHERN COUNTIES ON SUNDAY. ALTHOUGH CONVECTION WILL DIMINISH DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...THE LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION WILL KEEP THE CHANCE OF RAIN GOING ALL NIGHT. BY MONDAY THE LOW WILL BE FAR ENOUGH SOUTH THAT RAIN CHANCES WILL BE MUCH LOWER THAN OVER THE WEEKEND...WITH BETTER RAIN CHANCES SOUTH OF I-85. MODELS ALSO INDICATE A SURFACE FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH ON MONDAY. CONVECTION WILL LIKELY BE LIMITED WITH FRONT DUE TO EASTERLY FLOW AROUND GULF COAST LOW. A WARMER AIR MASS ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE LOW WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S ACROSS WEST- CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON. HEAT INDICES IN THE ADVISORY AREA WILL BE IN THE 105-108 RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAT INDICES WILL ONCE AGAIN CLIMB ABOVE 105 FOR AREAS WEST OF I-65 ON SUNDAY...AND HEAT ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED. .LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE SURFACE LOW WILL CONTINUE ON A WESTWARD TRACK TUESDAY AND GET PULLED NORTHWARD BY A WEAK SHORT WAVE TROF COMING OUT OF THE ROCKIES. THIS WILL KEEP CENTRAL ALABAMA IN A MOIST EAST-SOUTHEAST FLOW PATTERN THROUGH FRIDAY WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES REMAINING ABOVE 2 INCHES. EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP EACH DAY...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOONS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR AVERAGE FOR MID AUGUST. && .AVIATION...12Z TAF DISCUSSION. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALL OVER THE PLACE THIS MORNING. ANY SITE COULD EXPERIENCE A HEAVY DOWNPOUR TODAY AS THE AIRMASS REMAINS VERY MOIST. WEAK SURFACE LOW OVER THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO INDUCE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND INTO THE EVENING. MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS SHOULD BE EXPECTED OFF AND ON. MAYBE A BRIEF PERIOD OF IMPROVEMENT IN THE EVENING BEFORE IFR CEILINGS SET IN FOR THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. WINDS WILL BE VARIABLE AND GENERALLY LIGHT AS THE SURFACE LOW MEANDERS AROUND THE AREA. NOTICE...KEET TAF WILL HAVE (AMD LTD TO VIS WIND AND WX) AMENDED TO THE END OF THE FORECAST THROUGH THE END OF 2010. THE CEILOMETER DATA WILL BE GOING THROUGH NUMEROUS TESTS AND MONITORED FOR ACCURACY. && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: FAYETTE...LAMAR...MARION...PICKENS...TUSCALOOSA... WALKER...WINSTON. && 58/88
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 700 AM CDT SAT AUG 14 2010 ALZ011>015-017>050-151206- 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- 700 AM CDT SAT AUG 14 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF HIGH TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY WILL AGAIN LEAD TO HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 110 DEGREES TODAY...FOR AREAS THAT ARE GENERALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP TODAY...AS TROPICAL MOISTURE REMAINS IN PLACE OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE COMBINATION OF HIGH TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY WILL AGAIN LEAD TO HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 110 DEGREES SUNDAY...FOR AREAS GENERALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 18 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:44 UTC.
2 heavy rain, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor but widespread street flooding in parts of Alabaster and Pelham. Highway 52 and Applegate Parkway. Two point five inches of rain was measured in one hour in Alabaster.
Numerous streets had minor flooding resulting in several road closures throughout Center Point.
House sustained significant damage after being struck by lightning and catching fire.
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