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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 25, 2003Elmore County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 2003, 3:32 PM CDT for Elmore County, Alabama. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 25, 2003, 3:32 PM CDT (20:32 UTC)
Expired: Apr 25, 2003, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Elmore County, AL

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 25, 12:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 77 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 651 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 264 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 299 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KBMX 252033
SVRBHM
ALC021-252100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
332 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CHILTON COUNTY IN ALABAMA

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 332 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLANTON...MOVING EAST AT   
35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM 
INCLUDE...INGRAM...PLETCHER...AND VERBENA.

TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. BE ALERT
FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS...STAY INDOORS...AWAY FROM WINDOWS
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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

CALL 1-800-856-0758 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER.

LAT...LON 3284 8686 3287 8647 3276 8639 3275 8642
          3272 8642 3272 8670 3267 8685

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, 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 this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 25, 2:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 2:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL
230 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2003

LOW PRESSURE VCNTY WESTERN KY THIS AFTERNOON WITH TRAILING COLDFRONT
EXTENDING SOUTH ALONG AL/MS STATE LINE TO NR MEI WILL SWEEP RAPIDLY
EAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING.  TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT FOR ENTIRE AREA...SEVERE THREAT WILL CONTINUE
ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT INTO EARLY EVENING HOURS...WITH DRIER
AND SOMEWHAT COOLER AIR TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATER TONIGHT BEHIND
THE FRONT. POPS THIS EVENING WILL DEPEND ON LATEST RADAR
IMAGES/TRENDS.

OTHERWISE...AFTER FRONT CLEARS AREA TONIGHT MAINLY DRY FORECAST.
WILL INCLUDE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR WEDNESDAY AS
UPPER IMPULSE AND MOIST AXIS MOVES ACROSS THE AREA AND FRONTAL
BOUNDARY SAGS SOUTH TO JUST NORTH OF AREA. NO BIG CHANGES IN TEMPS
NEXT FEW DAYS...MOSTLY 50S AT NIGHT AND 70S TO AROUND 80 DURING THE
DAYTIME...AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE PERSISTS AS MAIN FEATURE IN OUR
WEATHER PATTERN.

BHM 052/072 050/077 054 400
MGM 055/075 053/080 055 600

.BHM...NONE.

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 10:04 AM CDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before

ALZ011>015-017>050-251800-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1004 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE (TODAY AND TONIGHT)...

A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES WILL SPREAD
MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON.  BREAKS
IN THE CLOUDS TODAY WILL ALLOW THE SUNSHINE TO DESTABILIZE THE
ATMOSPHERE.  THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON COULD BECOME SEVERE...
AND THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED A LARGE PORTION OF NORTH
ALABAMA UNDER A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE REST
OF THE STATE UNDER A SLIGHT RISK.

THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS...PERHAPS IN THE FORM A SQUALL LINE...WITH ISOLATED BRIEF
TORNADOES ALSO A POSSIBILITY.  THE PRIMARY THREAT TIME WILL BE
FROM EARLY AFTERNOON...UNTIL AS LATE AS 8 OR 9 PM FOR EASTERN
PORTIONS OF THE STATE.

THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH LATER TONIGHT...TAKING THE RAIN
EASTWARD WITH IT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
WILL BE REQUIRED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 25, 11:23 AM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before

ALZ018-026-251730-

THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1123 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2003

.A THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ST. CLAIR AND ETOWAH
COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM CDT...

.WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM APPROACHING
THUNDERSTORMS.

AT 1122 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM WALNUT GROVE TO 9 MILES WEST OF
ASHVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR WALNUT
GROVE...STEELE...RIDGEVILLE...ASHVILLE...ATTALLA...REECE CITY...
RAINBOW CITY AND GADSDEN THROUGH 1230 PM CDT.

THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS STRONG WINDS. WINDS 35 TO 45
MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN
FURNITURE...TRASH CANS....OR OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS COULD BE BLOWN
AROUND.

LAT...LON 3420 8585 3410 8629 3394 8633 3381 8647
          3378 8607 3403 8582

Special weather statement, Apr 25, 11:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before

ALZ019-251800-

THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1155 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2003

.A THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CALHOUN COUNTY UNTIL 100 PM
CDT...

.WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM APPROACHING
THUNDERSTORMS.

AT 1154 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW LIBERTY TO 8
MILES WEST OF OHATCHEE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR
OHATCHEE...NEW LIBERTY...JACKSONVILLE...WEAVER AND PIEDMONT THROUGH
100 PM CDT.

THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS STRONG WINDS. WINDS 35 TO 45
MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN
FURNITURE...TRASH CANS....OR OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS COULD BE BLOWN
AROUND.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 3396 8586 3386 8600 3373 8610 3366 8564
          3387 8565 3394 8554

Special weather statement, Apr 25, 12:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

ALZ021-251815-

THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1236 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2003

.A THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CLEBURNE COUNTY UNTIL 115
PM CDT...

.WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING
THUNDERSTORM.

AT 1235 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF EDWARDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR EDWARDSVILLE...PINEY
WOODS AND FRUITHURST THROUGH 115 PM CDT.

THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS STRONG WINDS. WINDS 35 TO 45
MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN
FURNITURE...TRASH CANS....OR OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS COULD BE BLOWN
AROUND.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3389 8553 3371 8563 3362 8533 3396 8540

Local storm report, Apr 25, 12:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1239 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1230 PM    DANCY                     AL   TORNADO
04/25/03   PICKENS                        PRELIMINARY REPORT. TWO
                                          HOUSES DAMAGED.  NO
                                          INJURIES REPORTED.
                                          REPORTED BY PICKENS
                                          COUNTY 911.

Local storm report, Apr 25, 1:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
155 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0110 PM    KNOXVILLE                 AL   0.75 IN HAIL
04/25/03   GREENE                         INTERSTATE 20/59 AT EXIT
                                          52.  REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0120 PM    EUTAW                     AL   0.50 IN HAIL
04/25/03   GREENE                         REPORTED BY GREENE COUNTY
                                          EMA.

0125 PM    EUTAW                     AL   0.75 IN HAIL
04/25/03   GREENE                         DOWNTOWN EUTAW.  REPORTED
                                          BY GREENE COUNTY EMA.

0125 PM    MOUNDVILLE                AL   0.75 IN HAIL
04/25/03   HALE                           MOUNDVILLE STATE PARK.
                                          REPORTED BY TUSCALOOSA
                                          COUNTY EMA.

0126 PM    EUTAW                     AL   0.75 IN HAIL
04/25/03   GREENE                         DIME SIZE AND PENNY SIZE
                                          HAIL.  REPORTED BY
                                          TUSCALOOSA COUNTY EMA.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 24, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Sumter	42 min
Apr 24, 10:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Sumter	4 hr
Apr 24, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Sumter	33 min
Apr 24, 11:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Sumter	10 min
Apr 24, 11:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Sumter	32 min
Apr 24, 11:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marengo	39 min
Apr 24, 11:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Hale	29 min
Apr 24, 11:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Hale	4 hr
Apr 25, 12:05 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Sumter	25 min
Apr 25, 12:08 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Bibb, Shelby	4 hr
Apr 25, 12:30 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Sumter	15 min
Apr 25, 12:31 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marengo	44 min
Apr 25, 1:12 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Chilton, Perry	4 hr
Apr 25, 1:58 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Sumter	2 hr
Apr 25, 3:05 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Montgomery	40 min
Apr 25, 12:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Sumter	34 min
Apr 25, 12:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Hale	51 min
Apr 25, 12:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene	31 min
Apr 25, 1:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene	30 min
Apr 25, 1:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Hale	48 min
Apr 25, 1:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bibb, Perry	31 min
Apr 25, 2:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bibb, Perry	47 min
Apr 25, 2:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chilton	55 min
Apr 25, 2:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Hale	35 min
Apr 25, 2:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Hale	29 min
Apr 25, 2:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Perry	49 min
Apr 25, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb	30 min
Apr 25, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Coosa	42 min
Apr 25, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga	24 min
Apr 25, 3:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Dallas	49 min
Apr 25, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton	27 min
Apr 25, 3:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Elmore	47 min
Apr 25, 3:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga	57 min
Apr 25, 3:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Hale, Marengo, Perry	39 min
Apr 25, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Dallas	44 min
Apr 25, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee	27 min
Apr 25, 4:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tallapoosa	42 min
Apr 25, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, St. Clair	47 min
Apr 25, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Elmore	31 min
Apr 25, 4:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Montgomery	44 min
Apr 25, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marengo	37 min
Apr 25, 4:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Blount, Etowah	52 min
Apr 25, 4:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Macon	49 min
Apr 25, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lee	47 min
Apr 25, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga	31 min
Apr 25, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers	28 min
Apr 25, 4:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Calhoun, St. Clair, Talladega	43 min
Apr 25, 4:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Dallas	26 min
Apr 25, 4:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Cherokee, Lee	49 min
Apr 25, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Elmore	47 min
Apr 25, 5:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Montgomery	51 min
Apr 25, 5:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Dallas	33 min
Apr 25, 5:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Russell	48 min
Apr 25, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marengo	45 min
Apr 25, 5:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bullock	40 min
Apr 25, 5:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marengo	34 min
Apr 25, 5:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Macon	49 min
Apr 25, 5:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lowndes	46 min
Apr 25, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Dallas	30 min
Apr 25, 5:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Cherokee	21 min
Apr 25, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marengo	45 min
Apr 25, 6:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bullock, Russell	45 min
Apr 25, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Montgomery	39 min
Apr 25, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lowndes	33 min
Apr 25, 6:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Barbour	48 min
Apr 25, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Dallas	42 min
Apr 25, 6:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Montgomery	25 min
Apr 25, 6:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Russell	35 min
Apr 25, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lowndes	63 min
Apr 25, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bullock, Macon	45 min
Apr 25, 6:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Montgomery	45 min
Apr 25, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Pike	33 min
Apr 25, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour	62 min

Nearby

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Sources

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