On Monday, July 8, a weak upper level low over the Tennessee Valley and northeast Central Alabama, coupled with high moisture content, aided in thunderstorm development during the afternoon hours. Heavy rainfall caused isolated flooding in Cherokee County where a water rescue was needed.
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On Monday, July 8, a weak upper level low over the Tennessee Valley and northeast Central Alabama, coupled with high moisture content, aided in thunderstorm development during the afternoon hours. Heavy rainfall caused isolated flooding in Cherokee County where a water rescue was needed.
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 Jul 8, 1:46 PM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 246 PM CDT MON JUL 8 2013 .DISCUSSION... NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD LINE OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED STORMS CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. WENT AHEAD RAISED UP TO CATEGORICAL FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. THIS LINE IS THE ASSOCIATED WITH LIFT FROM THE UPPER LOW AS IT FINALLY BEGINS TO EXIT OUT OF THE AREA. ADDITIONALLY THE LEFT OVER BOUNDARY FROM YESTERDAY'S ACTIVITY HAS ENHANCED THE ACTIVITY AS IT MOVES INTO THE MORE DIFFERENTIALLY HEATED AIRMASS. WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO SEE HEFTY RAINS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS SLOWLY SLIDE EASTWARD INTO THE EARLY EVENING. CONFIDENCE ON THE PERSISTENCE AFTER 7PM IS FAIRLY LOW SO ONLY WENT WITH SCATTERED RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. MODELS REALLY BREAK THE ACTIVITY APART AFTER 10 PM...SO CONTINUED THIS FORECAST FOR THE NIGHT. WITH THE CLEARING...CALM WINDS...AND ABUNDANT GROUND MOISTURE...WENT WITH PATCHY FOG AREA WIDE. HAVE INCLUDED IN THE HWO FOR AREAS LESS THAN A MILE...BUT NOT SURE HOW WIDESPREAD WE WILL SEE ANYTHING LESS THAN 1/2 A MILE...SO HAVE NOT ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY AS OF YET. TOMORROW...WE SHOULD SEE A TOUCH MORE SUN...ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO WARM UP A TAD HIGHER. PROBLEM WITH THAT WILL BE AN INCREASED CHANCE OF SCATTERED SUMMERTIME THUNDERSTORMS LATE AFTERNOON. IN FACT THIS WILL BE THE CASE ON WEDNESDAY AS WELL AHEAD OF YET ANOTHER ANOMALOUS SYSTEM EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT/THURSDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL SET UP A TOUCH FURTHER EAST THAN THIS CURRENT LOW THAT IS FINALLY LEAVING. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN. WELL THURSDAY LOOKS TO BE A WASHOUT. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT MOST EVERYONE WILL SEE RAIN...BUT EXACT TIMING KEPT ME FROM GOING 80 OR HIGHER FOR THE PERCENTAGE OF RAIN. EXPECT THIS TO GO HIGHER OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. IT ALSO MEANS THAT HIGHS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOW 80S FROM THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AND POSSIBLY INTO NEXT WEEK...DEPENDING ON WHETHER OR NOT THE SYSTEM CAN ACTUALLY LEAVE. RAIN CHANCES WILL BE HIGH EACH DAY...BUT MUCH LIKE THIS PAST WEEK...ONE SECTION MAY GET THE RAIN ONE AND THEN IT MOVES THE NEXT DAY. OVERALL THOUGH THE WET PATTERN AND BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE FOR THE TIME BEING. 16 && .AVIATION... 18Z TAF DISCUSSION. PREVAILING MVFR TO VFR CIGS EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAYLIGHT HOURS. NUMEROUS SHOWERS ARE DEVELOPING AND COULD VERY BRIEFLY RESTRICT VIS DOWN TO IFR RANGE IN ISOLATED SPOTS. WILL BE FOCUSING ON LOW CLOUDS AND FOG OVERNIGHT WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR IFR CONDITIONS FOR SEVERAL HOURS AROUND DAYBREAK. 87/GRANTHAM && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 70 86 71 88 71 / 20 30 20 40 50 ANNISTON 71 85 71 86 72 / 30 30 20 40 40 BIRMINGHAM 72 87 73 88 73 / 20 30 20 40 40 TUSCALOOSA 73 90 75 90 74 / 20 30 20 40 40 CALERA 72 87 72 87 73 / 20 30 20 40 40 AUBURN 70 89 71 86 72 / 50 30 20 40 30 MONTGOMERY 72 90 73 90 73 / 50 30 20 40 30 TROY 71 90 72 89 73 / 30 30 20 40 20 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 136 PM CDT MON JUL 8 2013 ALZ011>015-017>050-091845- 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- 136 PM CDT MON JUL 8 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PATCHY FOG WITH VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE MILE IS POSSIBLE MAINLY AFTER 3 AM TONIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE ON TUESDAY. .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.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall caused Park St near Alabama Highway 9 to become impassable due to water covering the roadway. One person had to be rescued from their vehicle.
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