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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 22, 2005Tallapoosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 22, 2005, 2:41 PM CST for Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 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
Feb 22, 2005, 2:41 PM CST (20:41 UTC)
Expired
Feb 22, 2005, 3:15 PM CST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Tallapoosa County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 92 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2005-02-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 414 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2005-02-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
414 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
604 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KBMX 222042
SVRBMX
ALC123-222115-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0021.050222T2041Z-050222T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
241 PM CST TUE FEB 22 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 315 PM CST

* AT 240 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.   THIS 
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW SITE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF 
ALEXANDER CITY...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  GOLDVILLE AND DAVISTON.

LAT...LON 3310 8593 3295 8597 3288 8562 3309 8561

$$

KSL
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KBMX 222055
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
255 PM CST TUE FEB 22 2005

ALC123-222115-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050222T2115Z/
TALLAPOOSA AL-
255 PM CST TUE FEB 22 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 PM CST FOR
NORTHERN TALLAPOOSA COUNTY...

AT 250 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW
SITE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALEXANDER CITY...MOVING EAST AT
20 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GOLDVILLE AND DAVISTON.

LAT...LON 3310 8593 3295 8597 3288 8562 3309 8561

$$

KSL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 21, 7:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston40 min
Feb 21, 7:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount42 min
Feb 21, 8:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun38 min
Feb 21, 8:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay33 min
Feb 21, 8:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCleburne61 min
Feb 21, 8:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRandolph37 min
Feb 21, 8:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPerry50 min
Feb 21, 8:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa31 min
Feb 21, 9:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers58 min
Feb 21, 9:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega35 min
Feb 21, 9:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb25 min
Feb 21, 9:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCoosa66 min
Feb 21, 9:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay48 min
Feb 21, 9:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRandolph46 min
Feb 21, 9:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa52 min
Feb 21, 10:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRandolph34 min
Feb 21, 10:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay33 min
Feb 21, 10:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers56 min
Feb 21, 11:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers45 min
Feb 22, 3:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa17 min
Feb 22, 3:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers56 min
Feb 22, 3:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton40 min
Feb 22, 4:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers32 min

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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.