Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

May 24, 2001, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)

Expired

May 24, 2001, 8:45 PM CDT

In force

32 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Autauga County, AL, Lowndes County, AL

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

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WUUS54 KBMX 250115 CCA
SVRBHM
ALC001-085-250145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
813 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  AUTAUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
  NORTHEASTERN LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 807 PM CDT...AUTAUGA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF PRATTVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...RURAL
SOUTHEASTERN AUTAUGA COUNTY.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM MOVE TO A STURDY SHELTER.

STRONG DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY
WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM
PASSES.

NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 24, 3:13 PM CDT, 5 hours earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL
313 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2001

TWO AREAS OF CONVECTION DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON.  A BROKEN LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE EXTENDING ALONG COLD FRONT...
AND CONVECTION ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA FIRING IN A ZONE OF HIGHER
INSTABILITY.  AREAL COVERAGE SHOULD INCREASE REMAINDER OF THE
AFTERNOON...AS ACTIVITY SURFACE HEATING INDUCED.  STRONGEST STORMS
SHOULD DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA IN ZONE OF HIGHER SURFACE
TEMPS AND DEWPOINTS.  SEVERE STORMS STILL A POSSIBILTY THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS AND WILL MENTION IN ZONE PACKAGE.  PASSAGE OF COLD
FRONT WILL BRING END TO RAIN...WITH FRONT EXPECTED TO BE NEAR
MONTGOMERY BY 12 FRIDAY.

UPPER LOW WILL BEGIN TO LOOP BACK NORTHWARD ON FRIDAY AND END UP OVER
THE GREAT LAKES REGION THIS WEEKEND.  UPPER LOW WILL REMAIN JUST FAR
ENOUGH TO OUR NORTH TO KEEP ALABAMA IN DRY SLOT.  ETA/AVN SHOWING
SOME MOISTURE RETURN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY.  I WILL
HOLD OFF INCLUDING POPS IN THIS FORECAST PACKAGE FOR WEEKEND PERIOD
UNTIL MODELS GET A BETTER HANDLE ON TIMING AND AMOUNT OF MOISTURE
WITH NEXT IMPULSE.

HSV BB 054/071 049/075 055 58400
BHM BB 056/074 050/078 058 586-0
MGM EB 062/080 051/082 060 58620=

.BHM...NONE.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.