Temperatures soared into the 90s today across Alabama...readings included 96F at the Birmingham Airport...96F at the NWS in Calera...97F in Montgomery...94F in Huntsville...96F in Muscle Shoals.
This excessive heat allowed thunderstorms to form over the northern half of Alabama late this afternoon.
At 6:15 p.m. the most significant storms were....
...over Marion, Lamar and Fayette Counties
...just east of the city of Tuscaloosa
...over western Jefferson County west of downtown
...over extreme southeast Calhoun and southwest Cleburne Counties
...entering northern Jefferson County
...over eastern Franklin County
...and over Jackson, DeKalb and Cherokee Coutnies in Northeast Alabama
These are pulse type storms that form quickly, intensify rapidly, produce very heavy rain, deadly lightning and even some small hail, then collapse and rain themselves out...
By the time you read this...all the storms mentioned earlier will probably be on the downhill slide and new ones will be forming...
It will be interesting when we do the forensic meteorology after the balloons go up to see if it simply was the excessive heat, or if there were other factors at play with this afternoon's activity...and will those factors be at play tomorrow...
This excessive heat allowed thunderstorms to form over the northern half of Alabama late this afternoon.
At 6:15 p.m. the most significant storms were....
...over Marion, Lamar and Fayette Counties
...just east of the city of Tuscaloosa
...over western Jefferson County west of downtown
...over extreme southeast Calhoun and southwest Cleburne Counties
...entering northern Jefferson County
...over eastern Franklin County
...and over Jackson, DeKalb and Cherokee Coutnies in Northeast Alabama
These are pulse type storms that form quickly, intensify rapidly, produce very heavy rain, deadly lightning and even some small hail, then collapse and rain themselves out...
By the time you read this...all the storms mentioned earlier will probably be on the downhill slide and new ones will be forming...
It will be interesting when we do the forensic meteorology after the balloons go up to see if it simply was the excessive heat, or if there were other factors at play with this afternoon's activity...and will those factors be at play tomorrow...
on June 30, 2006, 6:35 pm
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