A wedge front pushed westward towards Interstate 65 during the afternoon. Surface temperatures warmed into the middle 90s, which produced very strong low level lapse rates and unstable conditions.
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The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.
A wedge front pushed westward towards Interstate 65 during the afternoon. Surface temperatures warmed into the middle 90s, which produced very strong low level lapse rates and unstable conditions. A cluster of thunderstorms developed just north of Interstate 20, with one storm over Jefferson County producing wind damage.
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:32 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees uprooted near the intersection of Sardis Road and Old Sardis Road.
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