A cold front pushing through the area caused a few thunderstorms across Central Alabama. At least one storm caused lightning that struck a house.
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The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.
A cold front pushing through the area caused a few thunderstorms across Central Alabama. At least one storm caused lightning that struck a house.
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 Feb 21, 11:48 PM CST, 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1148 PM CST SUN FEB 21 2010 .UPDATE...AVIATION DISCUSSION. && .SHORT TERM... TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS GATHERING TO ALABAMA'S WEST...AND ALL SET TO HEAD THIS WAY. LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS SHOWING THUNDERSTORMS AS FAR NORTH AS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND MEMPHIS AREA. WILL CONTINUE THE CHANCE OF THUNDER IN CENTRAL ALABAMA OVERNIGHT WITH CATEGORICAL POPS. DEW POINTS ARE ACTUALLY QUITE LOW AT THE SURFACE. SO IT APPEARS THAT ANY THUNDERSTORMS WE DO EXPERIENCE WILL NOT BE ROOTED IN THE SURFACE LAYER...AND INSTEAD WILL BE SO-CALLED "ELEVATED." WHILE NON-ZERO...THE THREAT FOR WINDS OR LARGE HAIL IS STILL EXPECTED TO BE MINUTELY INSIGNIFICANT. MODELS WERE JUST A BIT FASTER (OR PERHAPS A BIT MORE CONFIDENT IN THEMSELVES) WITH THE RAIN MOVING OUT TOMORROW...AND ADJUSTED THE TIMING ON THE WX GRIDS ACCORDINGLY. MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WILL BE A RAIN-FREE (BUT PROBABLY STILL PRETTY CLOUDY) POST-FRONTAL PERIOD. /61/ .LONG TERM... TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...AS A SHORTWAVE ADVANCES EASTWARD FROM TEXAS...CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE ON TUESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF COAST. ISENTROPIC LIFT SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE AS THE TROUGH APPROACHES ALABAMA AND BEGINS TO TAKE ON A FLAT WAVE APPEARANCE. THE 00Z EURO SHOWS QPF ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...BUT BOTH 12Z RUNS OF THE GFS AND EURO SHOW VERY LITTLE IF ANY QPF ACROSS THE CWA FOR TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE CANADIAN IS SOMEWHAT MORE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE CHANCE OF MEASURABLE PRECIP...AND THE NAM ALSO HAS SOME VERY LIGHT PRECIP DEPICTED FOR THIS TIME FRAME. THERE IS STILL A CHANCE THAT THE MODELS COULD TREND TOWARDS A MORE NEUTRALLY TILTED SOLUTION...SO THIS FORECAST MAINTAINS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF FOR TUESDAY NIGHT. WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THE QPF TRENDS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR WINTRY PRECIP ACROSS THE NORTH. SAY GOODBYE TO THE 60S AND 70S FOR A WHILE AS A RATHER LARGE TROUGH DEEPENS ACROSS THE EASTERN U.S. ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BE A SEMI-PERMANENT FEATURE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL BE MUCH BELOW NORMAL DURING THIS PERIOD. FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...IT SEEMS LIKE THE PARADE OF SOUTHERN STREAM SYSTEMS IS NEVER GOING TO END...AND THE GLOBAL MODELS AGREE THAT ANOTHER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WITH A LOW PRESSURE CENTER POSSIBLY DEVELOPING IN THE NORTHERN GULF BY FRIDAY NIGHT. WITH COLD AIR ALREADY WELL ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE REGION...THIS SYSTEM COULD BRING A CHANCE OF MORE WINTRY WEATHER. DECENT AGREEMENT AMONG SEVERAL MODELS WARRANTS HAVING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF POPS IN FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA FRIDAY NIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES JUST ABOVE FREEZING. THERE IS PLENTY OF TIME TO MONITOR THIS SETUP OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. MLG/MNK && .AVIATION...06Z TAF DISCUSSION. MAIN LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA AND IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT ALL TAF SITES TONIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL BE MORE FAVORABLE OVER MGM AND TOI FOR STORMS TO BE STRONGER. THEREFOR...INCLUDED A TEMPO GROUP WITH HIGHER RAIN INTENSITY AND LOWER VISIBILITIES. FOLLOWING THE RAIN...EXPECT FOR MVFR CEILINGS TO MOVE IN AND REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS ALL SITES THROUGH THE REST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. REMINDER NOTE: WILL CONTINUE TO INCLUDE THE LINE (AMD LTD TO VIS WIND AND WX) FOR KEET DUE TO CONTINUED CONCERN OVER THE CEILOMETER. THE CEILOMETER WILL BE IN TESTING PHASE THROUGH FEBRUARY. 10/ARM && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 607 PM CST SUN FEB 21 2010 ALZ011>015-017>050-230015- MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN- CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR- TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON- COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE- MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- 607 PM CST SUN FEB 21 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1103 PM CST SUN FEB 21 2010 ALZ030>032-039-220545- GREENE-HALE-MARENGO-SUMTER- 1103 PM CST SUN FEB 21 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR GREENE...HALE...MARENGO AND SUMTER COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CST... AT 1102 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BLUFFPORT TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF NANAFALIA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES EAST OF LIVINGSTON TO 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LINDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... WHITFIELD. TISHABEE. WAYNE. THORNHILL. WALDEN QUARTERS. DUFFYS BEND. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES...TREE LIMBS...AND POWERLINES. SEEK SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. 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), 34 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:15 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning was the suspected cause of a house fire on Locksley Road, in Mountain Brook. The fire destroyed the home's roof, and caused considerable damage to the attic and other areas of the home.
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