000 NOUS44 KBMX 220100 CCA PNSBMX ALZ011>015-017>050-220500- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 755 PM CDT WED JUN 21 2006 ...FIRST DAY OF SUMMER SCORES A HUNDRED... SUMMER OFFICIALLY ARRIVED AT 726 AM CDT TODAY AND GOT COOKING IN A HURRY. HERE ARE A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS ALABAMA WHERE HIGH TEMPERATURES SOARED TO 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. AUBURN BIRMINGHAM DOTHAN EVERGREEN GADSDEN TUSCALOOSA MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE IN MONTGOMERY. THE HUNDRED DEGREE READING AT TUSCALOOSA TIED A RECORD HIGH FOR THIS DATE...SET PREVIOUSLY IN 1964. PINSON FELT THE SUMMER SIZZLE THE MOST TODAY HOWEVER...WITH AN AFTERNOON HIGH OF 101 DEGREES. THIS READING ALSO TIED THE RECORD HIGH AT PINSON...FIRST ESTABLISHED IN 1953. $$ DCW