Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2005, 11:20 AM CST for Autauga County, Elmore County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 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
- Mar 27, 2005, 11:20 AM CST (17:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2005, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Autauga County, AL, 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 nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 78 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 257 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -180 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KBMX 271720 SVRBMX ALC001-051-271800- /O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0116.050327T1720Z-050327T1800Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1120 AM CST SUN MAR 27 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEAST AUTAUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PRATTVILLE ELMORE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL NOON CST * AT 1116 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PRATTVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MILLBROOK AND COOSADA BY 1125 AM CST 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COOSA RIVER BY 1135 AM CST TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3250 8658 3241 8644 3274 8589 3276 8626 $$ 03
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KBMX 271733 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1132 AM CST SUN MAR 27 2005 ALC001-051-271800- /O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0116.000000T0000Z-050327T1800Z/ AUTAUGA AL-ELMORE AL- 1132 AM CST SUN MAR 27 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL NOON CST FOR ELMORE AND SOUTHEAST AUTAUGA COUNTIES... AT 1129 AM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COOSADA...OR ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF WETUMPKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COOSA RIVER BY 1135 AM CST 6 MILES WEST OF KOWALIGA BY NOON CST NICKEL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN MILLBROOK. LAT...LON 3250 8658 3241 8644 3274 8589 3276 8626 $$ 03
000 WWUS54 KBMX 271747 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1145 AM CST SUN MAR 27 2005 ALC001-271755- /O.CAN.KBMX.SV.W.0116.000000T0000Z-050327T1800Z/ AUTAUGA AL- 1145 AM CST SUN MAR 27 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEAST AUTAUGA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED. LAT...LON 3250 8658 3241 8644 3274 8589 3276 8626 $$ 03
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 Mar 27, 9:48 AM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 9:48 AM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 948 AM CST SUN MAR 27 2005 .UPDATE... THE MAIN REASON FOR THE UPDATE IS FOR TORNADO WATCH 97 FOR THE SOUTHEAST COUNTIES. AT 15Z MSAS ANALYZED THE SURFACE LOW AROUND TUSCALOOSA. THE COLD FRONT EXTENDED WESTWARD AND IT WAS EAST OF MERIDIAN AND WEST OF MOBILE. THIS FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD TODAY. THE WARM FRONT IS SOMEWHERE AROUND CALERA TO NORTH OF ALEX CITY. THIS PUTS THE SOUTHEAST FORECAST AREA IN THE DANGEROUS WARM SECTOR. STORMS ARE BEGINNING TO FIRE IN THE WARM AREA AND EXPECT THIS TREND TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THE BEST GUESS WOULD BE FOR THE WARM SECTOR TO LIFT NORTHWARD AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES EASTWARD. THIS WILL MOVE THE SEVERE THREAT NORTH THROUGH THE DAY. && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 5 PM FOR LEE...MACON...RUSSELL...BULLOCK... MONTGOMERY...LOWNDES...PIKE...AND BARBOUR && 80/80
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 27, 7:33 AM CST, 3 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 733 AM CST SUN MAR 27 2005 ALZ011>015-017>050-281333- AUTAUGA-BARBOUR-BIBB-BLOUNT-BULLOCK-CALHOUN-CHAMBERS-CHEROKEE- CHILTON-CLAY-CLEBURNE-COOSA-DALLAS-ELMORE-ETOWAH-FAYETTE-GREENE-HALE- JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY- PICKENS-PIKE-RANDOLPH-RUSSELL-SHELBY-ST CLAIR-SUMTER-TALLADEGA- TALLAPOOSA-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON- 733 AM CST SUN MAR 27 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT). THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NEARLY ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY. TODAY...ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA. BY LATE MORNING...SKIES WILL BEGIN TO CLEAR AND THE AIR SHOULD DESTABILIZE QUICKLY ALLOWING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE SPECIFIC THREAT WITHIN THE MODERATE RISK WILL VARY NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. THE MAIN THREAT ACROSS AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 AND 59 WILL BE LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WINDS, AND ISOLATED TORNADOES, AS THE AIR WILL BE MORE UNSTABLE AND SHEAR WILL BE GREATER. THE RISK OF TORNADOES MAY INCREASE WITH ANY SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT IN THIS AREA. ACROSS NORTHWEST SECTIONS, THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY). BY THE END OF THE WORK WEEK...ANOTHER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY...WHICH SOME MAY BE STRONG ON FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY. KH/JDD
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 5:29 AM CST, 5 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 529 AM CST SUN MAR 27 2005 ALZ042-044>049-271603- 529 AM CST SUN MAR 27 2005 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 96... BULLOCK LEE LOWNDES MACON MONTGOMERY PIKE RUSSELL ALZ050-271603- 529 AM CST SUN MAR 27 2005 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES REMAIN IN TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 96... BARBOUR
Local storm report, Mar 27, 5:30 AM CST, 5 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
530 AM CST SUN MAR 27 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0240 AM FLASH FLOOD PHENIX CITY 32.47N 85.01W
03/27/2005 RUSSELL AL EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL FLOODED ROADWAYS IN PHENIX CITY.
0400 AM FLASH FLOOD PHENIX CITY 32.47N 85.01W
03/27/2005 RUSSELL AL EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED IN PHENIX CITY.
0510 AM FLASH FLOOD PHENIX CITY 32.47N 85.01W
03/27/2005 RUSSELL AL EMERGENCY MNGR
8TH STREET, STEELE ROAD, CARSON DRIVE AND THE RIVERWALK
ARE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODED ROADWAYS. OLIVER LOCK AND DAM
HAS OPENED A 3RD GATE.
&&
KH/99Local storm report, Mar 27, 5:38 AM CST, 5 hours 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
538 AM CST SUN MAR 27 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1135 PM HAIL 5 NW DEMOPOLIS 32.55N 87.89W
03/26/2005 0.88 INCH SUMTER AL PUBLIC
NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN BELMONT.
&&
KH/99Local storm report, Mar 27, 7:04 AM CST, 4 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
704 AM CST SUN MAR 27 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 AM FLASH FLOOD MONTGOMERY 32.35N 86.28W
03/27/2005 MONTGOMERY AL EMERGENCY MNGR
LAMAR ROAD IS CLOSED AND FLOODING IS OCCURRING UP TO CAR
DOORS.
&&
KH/99Special weather statement, Mar 27, 8:28 AM CST, 2 hours 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 828 AM CST SUN MAR 27 2005 ALZ050-271603- 828 AM CST SUN MAR 27 2005 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 96... BARBOUR NO COUNTIES REMAIN IN THIS WATCH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 6:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 27 min |
| Mar 26, 6:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Lowndes | 38 min |
| Mar 26, 7:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 28 min |
| Mar 26, 7:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 26 min |
| Mar 26, 7:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 39 min |
| Mar 26, 8:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 27 min |
| Mar 26, 10:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 50 min |
| Mar 26, 10:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 12:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 36 min |
| Mar 27, 2:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 36 min |
| Mar 27, 2:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 35 min |
| Mar 27, 2:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 34 min |
| Mar 27, 2:35 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Russell | 115 min |
| Mar 27, 2:45 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 2 hr |
| Mar 27, 3:06 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery, Pike | 24 min |
| Mar 27, 3:30 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 18 min |
| Mar 27, 3:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock | 25 min |
| Mar 27, 3:54 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Bullock | 2 hr |
| Mar 27, 4:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 24 min |
| Mar 27, 4:24 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Russell | 2 hr |
| Mar 27, 10:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 19 min |
| Mar 27, 11:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore | 32 min |
| Mar 27, 11:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 12:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 31 min |
| Mar 27, 12:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 12:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 24 min |
| Mar 27, 12:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 2:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 60 min |
| Mar 27, 2:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore | 29 min |
| Mar 27, 2:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 2:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 34 min |
| Mar 27, 2:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 41 min |
| Mar 27, 2:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 37 min |
| Mar 27, 2:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore, Macon | 34 min |
| Mar 27, 3:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 23 min |
| Mar 27, 3:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 33 min |
| Mar 27, 3:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 46 min |
| Mar 27, 3:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 46 min |
| Mar 27, 3:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Macon | 41 min |
| Mar 27, 3:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pike | 23 min |
| Mar 27, 3:58 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 2 hr |
| Mar 27, 3:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery | 31 min |
| Mar 27, 4:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Macon | 2 hr |
| Mar 27, 4:02 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa | 118 min |
| Mar 27, 4:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 28 min |
| Mar 27, 4:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock | 36 min |
| Mar 27, 4:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee, Etowah | 30 min |
| Mar 27, 4:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee | 23 min |
| Mar 27, 4:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Macon, Montgomery | 32 min |
| Mar 27, 4:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 4:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 28 min |
| Mar 27, 4:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 24 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005
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.