Storms were ongoing during the early morning hours in the vicinity of a stalled frontal boundary. Strong instability supported the threat for wet microbursts during the afternoon.
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The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.
Storms were ongoing during the early morning hours in the vicinity of a stalled frontal boundary. Strong instability supported the threat for wet microbursts during the afternoon.
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 24, 10:39 PM CST, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1139 PM CDT THU JUN 24 2010 .UPDATE...AVIATION UPDATE. && .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT APPEARS TO BE ACROSS CENTRAL TENNESSEE THIS EVENING. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE FRONT HAS PUSHED SOUTHWARD AWAY FROM THE FRONT AND THIS ACTIVITY WAS ALSO WEAKENING AND LOSING COVERAGE. ADDITIONAL ISOLATED ACTIVITY WAS NOTED NEAR THE SOUTHEAST COUNTIES AND IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. CURRENT RADAR DEPICTIONS ARE VIRTUALLY BARE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STORMS NORTH ARE PRIMARILY DIURNALLY DRIVEN AND ARE ACTUALLY MOVING AWAY FROM STRONGER WINDS ALOFT. EXPECT SOME OUTFLOW ENHANCED DEVELOPMENT MAINLY THROUGH MIDNIGHT NORTH...BUT SOME OF THE ACTIVITY COULD HANG AROUND AND LEFT MENTION OF ISOLATED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SOUTHERN AREAS DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN ALL DIURNALLY DRIVEN AND EXPECT NO FURTHER DEVELOPMENT AFTER MIDNIGHT. BUT WILL MONITOR RADAR TRENDS AND OUTFLOWS DROPPING SOUTHWARD THE REST OF THE NIGHT. MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO TEMPS BASED ON PREVIOUS EVENINGS TRENDS BUT OVERALL TEMPS AND LOWS LOOK GOOD. THE LATEST MODEL RUNS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A FEW COLD FRONTS FOR LATE JUNE AND EARLY JULY WHICH IS SOMEWHAT OUTSIDE CLIMATOLOGY. ADDITIONALLY...SEVERAL EASTERLY TROPICAL WAVES TRAVERSE THE GULF AND CARIBBEAN. SOME OF THESE FEATURES SURELY WILL HAVE SOME EFFECT ON CENTRAL ALABAMA WEATHER AND LOOK FOR MORE DETAILS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. 75 && .AVIATION...06Z TAF DISCUSSION. WITH VFR CONDITIONS AND LIGHT WINDS...NO SIGNIFICANT AVIATION CONCERNS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WILL CONTINUE WITH A SHORT PERIOD OF MVFR VIS AT TOI AND ANB WITH TEMPOS NEAR SUNRISE. A CIRRUS DECK IS JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA AND IF IT SLIDES DOWN INTO THE AREA WITH MORE THAN JUST SCT DECK THEN THE FOG MAY NOT DEVELOP AT ANB. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE MUCH MORE PREVALENT. WENT AHEAD AND ADDED IN VCSH AFTER 15Z FOR THE NORTHERN SITES AND VCTS AFTER 18Z. HELD OFF ON THE VCTS FOR MGM AND TOI UNTIL 20Z AS MAIN CONVECTION WILL BE IN THE AFTERNOON. ENDED THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTH AFTER 3Z...BUT WILL KEEP THEM THROUGH 6Z FOR THE SOUTH. WILL HOLD OFF ON ANY STORM DRIVEN REDUCTION IN VIS OR WIND AS THE ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY BE SCATTERED IN NATURE. NOTICE...KEET TAF WILL HAVE (AMD LTD TO VIS WIND AND WX) AMENDED TO THE END OF THE FORECAST UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE WHILE CEILOMETER DATA IS BEING MONITORED FOR ACCURACY. 16 && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION.../ISSUED AT 355 PM CDT THU JUN 24 2010/. NOT A LOT OF CHANGE IN THINKING FROM EARLIER FORECAST PACKAGES AS WE WILL BE WATCHING TWO MAIN FEATURES OVER THE COMING WEEK. THE FIRST WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE AREA AS EARLY AS TOMORROW AS A SAGGING AND SLOW MOVING FRONT BEGINS TO DIP FURTHER SOUTH AS IT MEANDERS SOUTH OF THE OHIO VALLEY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY HAVE A MORE ORGANIZED LOOK WITH THE POTENTIAL OF SEEING MORE ACTIVITY OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL DIURNAL PERIOD. WITH LITTLE FLOW ALOFT AS HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE UPPER FLOW PATTERN...DON'T EXPECT TO INCREASE THE THREAT FOR STRONG OR SEVERE WEATHER WITH THIS BOUNDARY. HOWEVER...WILL KEEP THE POPS HIGHER THAN CLIMO FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS....PERHAPS UNTIL MONDAY AS THE SUBTLE LIFT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE. SEVERAL MODELS INCLUDING THE GFS STILL SHOW A SECONDARY FRONT THAT PUSHES THROUGH BY LATER IN THE PERIOD...WHICH EFFECTIVELY CLEARS THE SOUTHEAST WITH SOMEWHAT COOLER OVERNIGHT LOWS AND MUCH DRIER AIR. NOT SOLD ON THE IDEA QUITE YET. THE SECOND FEATURE OF NOTE CONTINUES TO BE IN THE TROPICS. AS EXPECTED AT THIS STAGE....MODELS AND ENSEMBLES ARE STILL ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH REGARDS TO FORMATION AND PLACEMENT. HOWEVER...THE TIMING SEEMS TO BE THE MOST CONSISTENT ELEMENT...LOOKING TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THE CONSENSUS LANDFALL SOLUTION CONTINUES TO BE FURTHER SOUTH IN SOUTH TEXAS OR EVEN MEXICO...BUT BEING NEARLY 7 DAYS OUT THERE WILL LIKELY BE A LOT OF FLIPPING. THAT IS NOT TO MENTION THE CONCERNS ABOUT ACTUAL FORMATION...SO WILL JUST BE KEEPING AN EXTRA CLOSE EYE ON THE TROPICS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. 17/KLAWS && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 625 PM CDT THU JUN 24 2010 ALZ011>015-017>050-252325- 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- 625 PM CDT THU JUN 24 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 27
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:41 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
High water was reported in several areas of the city. Several traffic lanes were impassable including 15th Street between Mcfarland Blvd. and Hackberry Lane.
Nickle size hail fell for about 2 minutes just west of Jasper.
Three quarter inch hail was reported in Dearfield Place subdivision.
Several trees were blown down along Main Street.
Multiple trees were blown down on the south side of Tuscaloosa.
A large tree fell on two units of a townhouse and 3 vehicles, on Hillabee Street in Alexander City.
Two trees fell in Centreville, one downtown and another along County Road 1.
Three quarter inch hail was reported West of Dadeville.
Several trees fell in a pasture along County Road 13.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, June 2010
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 245635, 245638, 245639, 245641, 245642, 245637, 245644, 245645, 245646.