A line of thunderstorms ahead of a cold front pushed through north central Alabama during the early morning hours, producing strong winds and isolated wind damage.
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The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.
A line of thunderstorms ahead of a cold front pushed through north central Alabama during the early morning hours, producing strong winds and isolated wind damage.
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 Dec 5, 11:52 PM CST, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1152 PM CST FRI DEC 5 2014 .UPDATE... FOR 06Z AVIATION. && .DISCUSSION... FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE APPROACHING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER HAS RESULTED IN AN AREA OF RAIN ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND NORTH ALABAMA...WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS FURTHER TO THE SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHORTWAVE REMAINS FURTHER TO THE WEST...ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. LIGHTNING ACTIVITY HAS DECREASED WITHIN THE STRONGER STORMS BACK TO THE WEST...AS ACTIVITY MOVES INTO A MORE STABLE AIRMASS. MLCAPE VALUES ARE GENERALLY LESS THAN 200 J/KG ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA AND FORCING WILL BEGIN PULLING NORTHWARD WITH THE SURFACE LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT. MID LEVEL HEIGHTS DO FALL SLIGHTLY OVERNIGHT WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE SHORTWAVE...AND WILL LEAVE IN A MENTION OF THUNDER ACROSS THE NORTH. EXPECT THE AREA OF RAIN TO CONTINUE TO PUSH EASTWARD AND ANY STRONGER STORMS MOVING OUT OF MISSISSIPPI TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN. BEST CHANCES OF RAIN REMAIN NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES TRENDS ARE ON TRACK. 14 && .AVIATION... 06Z TAF DISCUSSION. CIGS ARE ALREADY ON THEIR WAY DOWN ACROSS THE AREA. MOST TERMINALS ARE NOW REPORTING MVFR CIGS. ADDITIONAL LOWERING WILL OCCUR WITH ALL TERMINALS EXPERIENCING IFR BY ROUGHLY 09Z. RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTH WITH SOME EMBEDDED THUNDER. COVERAGE WILL BE MUCH LESS IN THE SOUTH SO HAVE ONLY MENTIONED VCSH AT MGM/TOI FOR NOW. WINDS WILL SHIFT FROM S TO W AND THEN NW BEHIND THE FRONT AS IT MOVES THRU ON SATURDAY. CIGS WILL LIKELY NOT IMPROVE SIGNIFICANTLY UNTIL LATE IN THE PERIOD. 19 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 58 64 40 58 38 / 100 80 0 0 0 ANNISTON 58 66 42 61 40 / 80 70 0 0 0 BIRMINGHAM 61 66 42 60 42 / 90 70 0 0 0 TUSCALOOSA 60 69 42 60 43 / 80 60 0 0 0 CALERA 60 67 43 60 42 / 70 70 0 0 0 AUBURN 58 69 44 61 42 / 30 50 0 0 0 MONTGOMERY 58 72 44 64 43 / 30 50 0 0 0 TROY 57 72 45 64 42 / 20 40 0 0 0 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 601 PM CST FRI DEC 5 2014 ALZ011>015-017>050-070015- 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- 601 PM CST FRI DEC 5 2014 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. 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 308 AM CST SAT DEC 6 2014 ALZ012-060945- LAMAR AL- 308 AM CST SAT DEC 6 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL LAMAR COUNTY UNTIL 345 AM CST... AT 308 AM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BEDFORD...OR 7 MILES WEST OF VERNON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN...AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... VERNON... BEDFORD... LAMAR COUNTY AIRPORT... BLOOMING GROVE... STAR... TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. && LAT...LON 3385 8824 3391 8795 3364 8795 3363 8827 TIME...MOT...LOC 0908Z 261DEG 28KT 3376 8824
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
341 AM CST SAT DEC 6 2014
ALZ012-013-061030-
FAYETTE AL-LAMAR AL-
341 AM CST SAT DEC 6 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN LAMAR AND WESTERN
FAYETTE COUNTIES UNTIL 430 AM CST...
AT 341 AM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELK...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
VERNON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
FAYETTE...
BELK...
BLUFF...
BANKSTON...
MOUNT VERNON...
TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.
&&
LAT...LON 3373 8808 3389 8794 3391 8764 3358 8763
3354 8827 3364 8826
TIME...MOT...LOC 0941Z 269DEG 32KT 3369 8798The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 53 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:54 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees uprooted and power lines downed near the intersection of Highway 129 and County 116.
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