A broken line of thunderstorms moved into west Alabama during the early morning hours and produced isolated wind damage across northwest Alabama.
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A broken line of thunderstorms moved into west Alabama during the early morning hours and produced isolated wind damage across northwest 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 Jun 8, 10:09 PM CST, 4 hours 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1109 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014 .UPDATE... FOR 06Z AVIATION. && .DISCUSSION... SUMMER TIME NORTHWEST FLOW CAN BE EXTREMELY COMPLICATED...AND IT WILL BE THE NEXT FEW DAYS INCLUDING OVERNIGHT. SYNOPTIC QUASI- STATIONARY FRONT HAS FINALLY SAGGED INTO NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...BUT THE MAIN EFFECTIVE BOUNDARY RESIDES FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE INTO NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN AREAS DUE TO A COMBINATION OF DAYTIME HEATING...INSTABILITY AND BOUNDARY INTERACTION. SOME OF THE STORMS HAVE BEEN SEVERE AND A WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH 8 PM. DO NOT ANTICIPATE AN EXPANSION AT THIS TIME. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES CENTRAL ALABAMA OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY. THE HIS RES MODELS DIFFER FROM OTHER MODELS ON THE TIMING OF THIS FEATURE. BASED ON THE LATEST WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY...IT APPEARS THAT SOME CHANCE OF ENHANCEMENT BEFORE SUN RISE IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE. THE OUTFLOW/PRE-FRONTAL BOUNDARY WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS IS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AGAIN WITH MODERATELY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS BACK ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. WITH KEEP A CHANCE OF SOME SEVERE STORMS IN OVERNIGHT...MAINLY WEST...BUT WILL MONITOR CLOSELY AS MID LEVEL WINDS INCREASE...SOMETHING COULD ORGANIZE SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...WILL ADD LOWER CONFIDENCE MENTION OF SEVERE STORMS INTO THE HAZARDOUS FOR MONDAY. STAY TUNED. 75 && .AVIATION... 06Z TAF DISCUSSION. VFR CONDITIONS ARE PREVAILING ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA LATE THIS EVENING...AS SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE DISSIPATED. HOWEVER...MORE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TO OUR WEST AND TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA EARLY MONDAY MORNING. BASED ON THE CURRENT TRACK OF THE STORMS TO OUR WEST AND HIGH RESOLUTION MODEL GUIDANCE...CURRENT FORECAST HAS THE STORMS ENTERING WESTERN ALABAMA IN THE 09-12Z TIMEFRAME...THEN TRAVERSING EASTWARD TOWARDS KBHM AND KEET FROM 12-14Z. THIS TIMEFRAME GREATLY DEPENDS ON IF THE STORMS HOLD TOGETHER. WENT AHEAD AND ADDED IN A PREVAILING TSRA GROUP FOR KTCL AND VCTS FOR KBHM AND KEET DUE TO UNCERTAINTY IN THE STORMS HOLDING TOGETHER LONG ENOUGH. WENT WITH A VCTS AREAWIDE MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR STORMS DEVELOPING DURING THE HEATING OF THE DAY...THEN POSSIBLY DIMINISHING INTO THE EVENING. MODEL GUIDANCE IS DEPICTING ANOTHER POSSIBILITY FOR ORGANIZED STORMS TO DEVELOP AFTER 00Z MONDAY EVENING...BUT CONFIDENCE IS TOO LOW TO ADD IN THE TAF AT THE END OF THE PERIOD AT THIS TIME. 56/GDG && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 68 84 69 84 68 / 30 40 40 50 60 ANNISTON 70 85 70 84 69 / 30 40 30 50 60 BIRMINGHAM 72 86 72 85 70 / 50 40 40 50 60 TUSCALOOSA 71 88 73 86 70 / 50 40 30 50 60 CALERA 72 87 71 85 69 / 40 40 30 50 60 AUBURN 69 88 70 87 70 / 30 30 20 40 30 MONTGOMERY 71 91 72 89 71 / 30 30 30 40 30 TROY 70 90 71 90 70 / 30 30 20 30 20 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 958 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014 ALZ011>015-017>050-100300- 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- 958 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE A SMALL CHANCE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS FOR AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM DOUBLE SPRINGS TO BIRMINGHAM TO DEMOPOLIS. DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE THREATS. IF THIS ACTIVITY OCCURS...IT WILL BE AFTER 3 AM. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES THE AREA LATER TONIGHT POTENTIALLY ENHANCING OR ORGANIZING A FEW AREAS OF STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE WILL BE A SMALL CHANCE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA MONDAY. DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE THREATS. A FEW UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA POTENTIALLY ENHANCING OR ORGANIZING A FEW AREAS OF STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE NEEDED ON A LIMITED BASIS LATE TONIGHT AND ON MONDAY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
248 AM CDT MON JUN 9 2014
ALZ011-012-090845-
LAMAR AL-MARION AL-
248 AM CDT MON JUN 9 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MARION AND NORTHERN LAMAR
COUNTIES UNTIL 345 AM CDT...
AT 245 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF DETROIT ALABAMA....MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
HAMILTON...
WINFIELD...
DETROIT...
WESTON...
GUIN...
&&
LAT...LON 3421 8820 3421 8818 3432 8817 3430 8764
3391 8764 3392 8793 3394 8795 3391 8823
TIME...MOT...LOC 0743Z 262DEG 30KT 3410 8832The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 50 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:17 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several softwood trees were snapped and uprooted. A 12 foot by 12 foot porch was uplifted and tossed 30 feet.
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