A surface cold front pushed southward during the day and triggered a band of thunderstorms across south Alabama.
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The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.
A surface cold front pushed southward during the day and triggered a band of thunderstorms across south Alabama.
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 28, 11:14 AM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1214 PM CDT MON JUL 28 2014 .UPDATE... FOR 18Z AVIATION. && .DISCUSSION... LETS PLAY...WHERE IS THE COLD FRONT THIS MORNING. CHECKING THE WIND SHIFT LINE ONE COULD PLACE THE FRONT SOUTH OF THE SHELBY COUNTY AIRPORT ALREADY. BASED ON SATELLITE...THE FRONT IS MOVING THROUGH TUSCALOOSA...BIRMINGHAM...TO TALLADEGA. BASED ON DEWPOINTS. THE FRONT IS STILL NORTH OF BIRMINGHAM AND TUSCALOOSA AS DEWPOINTS ARE STILL IN THE 70S SOUTH OF HERE. NOW THE FINAL THING...BASED ON DEWPOINT CHANGES...THE FRONT IS BETWEEN BIRMINGHAM AND CALERA. SO WITH ALL OF THIS FACTORED INTO THE EQUATION WE WILL GO WITH AN EFFECTIVE FRONT NEAR THE I-20 CORRIDOR AND MOVING SOUTH. WITH THIS ANALYSIS REARRANGED POPS AND TRENDS FOR THE AFTERNOON. REMOVED THE LIKELY POPS IN THE SOUTHEAST AS SCATTERED SHOWERS/STORMS WOULD BE BETTER PHRASEOLOGY FOR THE CHANCES THIS AFTERNOON. PLAN ON LEAVING THE SEVERE THREAT AS IS WITH THE MAIN THREAT FROM DEMOPOLIS TO ALEXANDER CITY. STILL FEEL AS THOUGH THE BEST CHANCES WILL BE SOUTH OF I-85 AS WE WORK INTO THE PEAK HEATING OF THE AFTERNOON. 16 && .AVIATION... 18Z TAF DISCUSSION. THE FRONT IS THROUGH THE NORTHERN TAFS...SO RAIN CHANCES HAVE BEEN REMOVED. MGM AND TOI STILL HAVE A CHANCE AT SEEING AN ISOLATED STORM THIS AFTERNOON SO WENT WITH VCTS WITH ONLY TEMPO LOW MVFR CLOUDS FOR 2 HOURS. BEST STORM CHANCES WILL BE AFTER 20Z THROUGH 23Z. WITH ABSOLUTELY ZERO COVERAGE AT THE TIME OF TAF ISSUANCE I DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO INCLUDE ANY TEMP TSRA AT THIS TIME FOR MGM OR TOI. WILL AMEND AS NEEDED. AS FOR TONIGHT...WINDS FINALLY CALM DOWN AFTER 6Z AND THERE IS AN OUTSIDE CHANCE AT SEEING SOME PATCHY FOG DEVELOP. REALLY DEPENDS ON HOW QUICKLY THE DRY AIR CAN WORK IN. NOT ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO INCLUDE AT THIS TIME. 16 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 245 PM CDT MON JUL 28 2014 ALZ011>015-017>050-291945- 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- 245 PM CDT MON JUL 28 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT IS PUSHING SOUTH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A MONTGOMERY TO PHENIX CITY LINE. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THROUGH 7 PM. .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 MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH 7 PM.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
244 PM CDT MON JUL 28 2014
ALZ050-282030-
BARBOUR AL-
244 PM CDT MON JUL 28 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL BARBOUR COUNTY UNTIL 330
PM CDT...
AT 242 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR GAINO...OR 12 MILES WEST OF EUFAULA...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
EUFAULA...
GAINO...
OSCO...
RICHARDS CROSSROADS...
BAKER HILL...
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 3181 8550 3197 8539 3191 8511 3190 8511
3189 8513 3176 8513 3177 8516 3174 8519
3170 8521 3170 8540
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 300DEG 19KT 3185 8535
56SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
253 PM CDT MON JUL 28 2014
ALZ049-282045-
PIKE AL-
253 PM CDT MON JUL 28 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY UNTIL
345 PM CDT...
AT 254 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR BANKS...OR NEAR BRUNDIDGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
BRUNDIDGE...
BRUNDIDGE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...
HAMILTON CROSSROADS...
TENNILLE...
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 3161 8587 3180 8591 3186 8575 3176 8568
3174 8571 3171 8571 3170 8572 3165 8572
3164 8573 3161 8574
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 316DEG 17KT 3178 8579
56The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:01 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were uprooted and landed on mobile homes. At least five mobile homes were damaged.
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