Heavy showers were enhanced by afternoon heating.
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The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.
Heavy showers were enhanced by afternoon heating.
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 27, 11:00 AM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1200 PM CDT MON SEP 27 2010 .UPDATE...AVIATION DISCUSSION. && .DISCUSSION... DECIDED TO MAKE A QUICK TWEAK OF POPS TO REFLECT CURRENT TRENDS ON RADAR. ALSO...BASED ON CLOUD COVER TRENDS AND CURRENT OBSERVATIONS...DECIDED TO LOWER HIGH TEMPS TODAY A COUPLE OF DEGREES. DRY AIR CONTINUES TO FILTER IN FROM THE NORTH...AND WE SHOULD GRADUALLY SEE A DECREASE IN CLOUD COVER AS WE APPROACH THE EVENING HOURS. UPDATES ARE OUT. 56/GOGGINS && .AVIATION...18Z TAF DISCUSSION. NO REAL CONCERNS OVER THE NEXT 6 TO 12 HOURS AT THE TAF SITES...AS THE UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO MIX SOME HIGHER AND LOWER CLOUDS WITH ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA. THE BEST CHANCE TO SEE A SHOWER OR TWO WOULD BE AT BHM AND ANB...OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FOG THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...HOWEVER...STILL DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO INCLUDE WITH THIS ISSUANCE...AS DRIER SURFACE AIR WILL BEGIN TO FILTER INTO THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. 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... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1230 PM CDT MON SEP 27 2010 ALZ011>015-017>050-281730- 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- 1230 PM CDT MON SEP 27 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. 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 Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:05 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A strong shower with little in the way of lightning produced hail, described as soft hail, just north of Gadsden.
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