Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 2005, 3:53 PM CDT for Lee County, Macon County, Alabama. It was in force for 67 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 22, 2005, 3:53 PM CDT (20:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2005, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Lee County, AL, Macon County, AL
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 22, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 342 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 856 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KBMX 222054
SVRBMX
ALC081-087-222200-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0252.050422T2053Z-050422T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
353 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OPELIKA...AUBURN
NORTHERN MACON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TUSKEGEE
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT
* AT 348 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
NOTASULGA...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF DADEVILLE...AND MOVING EAST
AT 45 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
AUBURN BY 410 PM CDT
OPELIKA BY 420 PM CDT
SALEM BY 430 PM CDT
HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE AND LARGER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN WITH THIS
STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION
TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3258 8578 3260 8569 3268 8570 3271 8567
3273 8523 3250 8525 3247 8532 3242 8539
3242 8542 3239 8545 3233 8545 3233 8589
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KBMX 222128
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
427 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005
ALC081-087-222200-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-050422T2200Z/
MACON AL-LEE AL-
427 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR LEE
AND NORTHERN MACON COUNTIES...
AT 423 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
AUBURN...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
SALEM BY 435 PM CDT
7 MILES NORTH OF SMITHS STATION BY 445 PM CDT
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3258 8578 3260 8569 3268 8570 3271 8567
3274 8514 3249 8506 3247 8532 3242 8539
3242 8542 3239 8545 3233 8545 3233 8589
$$000
WWUS54 KBMX 222158
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
458 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005
ALC081-087-222208-
/O.EXP.KBMX.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-050422T2200Z/
MACON AL-LEE AL-
458 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LEE AND NORTHERN MACON
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 500 PM CDT...THE STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THESE
COUNTIES.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3258 8578 3260 8569 3268 8570 3271 8567
3274 8514 3249 8506 3247 8532 3242 8539
3242 8542 3239 8545 3233 8545 3233 8589
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 43 min |
| Apr 21, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 51 min |
| Apr 21, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Perry | 35 min |
| Apr 21, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 28 min |
| Apr 21, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 25 min |
| Apr 21, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 33 min |
| Apr 21, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 45 min |
| Apr 21, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 41 min |
| Apr 21, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo, Perry | 31 min |
| Apr 21, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 52 min |
| Apr 22, 4:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 36 min |
| Apr 22, 5:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 16 min |
| Apr 22, 8:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 25 min |
| Apr 22, 9:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 26 min |
| Apr 22, 9:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 34 min |
| Apr 22, 11:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Randolph | 26 min |
| Apr 22, 11:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 21 min |
| Apr 22, 11:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 23 min |
| Apr 22, 12:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Randolph | 33 min |
| Apr 22, 12:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 26 min |
| Apr 22, 12:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 66 min |
| Apr 22, 12:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Sumter | 36 min |
| Apr 22, 12:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 60 min |
| Apr 22, 1:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Tallapoosa | 25 min |
| Apr 22, 1:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale | 62 min |
| Apr 22, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 18 min |
| Apr 22, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 60 min |
| Apr 22, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Perry | 40 min |
| Apr 22, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa, Talladega | 37 min |
| Apr 22, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 42 min |
| Apr 22, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 56 min |
| Apr 22, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa, Talladega | 31 min |
| Apr 22, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 51 min |
| Apr 22, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore | 45 min |
| Apr 22, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 14 min |
| Apr 22, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga | 25 min |
| Apr 22, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Perry | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa | 30 min |
| Apr 22, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 28 min |
| Apr 22, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Lowndes | 42 min |
| Apr 22, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers | 57 min |
| Apr 22, 3:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Lowndes | 52 min |
| Apr 22, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Tallapoosa | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 43 min |
| Apr 22, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 57 min |
| Apr 22, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 55 min |
| Apr 22, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 45 min |
| Apr 22, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 29 min |
| Apr 22, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 61 min |
| Apr 22, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 23 min |
| Apr 22, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene | 44 min |
| Apr 22, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Pike | 43 min |
| Apr 22, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 38 min |
| Apr 22, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 52 min |
| Apr 22, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 15 min |
| Apr 22, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 37 min |
| Apr 22, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 50 min |
| Apr 22, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 52 min |
| Apr 22, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 51 min |
| Apr 22, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Cleburne, Talladega | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock | 26 min |
| Apr 22, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pike | 38 min |
| Apr 22, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 30 min |
| Apr 22, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene | 40 min |
| Apr 22, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 50 min |
| Apr 22, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Pike | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 30 min |
| Apr 22, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 42 min |
| Apr 22, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 27 min |
| Apr 22, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Perry | 16 min |
| Apr 22, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 36 min |
| Apr 22, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 47 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.