Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 22, 2005, 6:23 PM CST for Marengo County, Alabama. It was in force for 22 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, 6:23 PM CST (00:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2005, 6:45 PM CST
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Marengo County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 994 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 974 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KBMX 230024 SVRBMX ALC091-230045- /O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0026.050223T0023Z-050223T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 623 PM CST TUE FEB 22 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL MARENGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA * UNTIL 645 PM CST * AT 621 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MARENGO COUNTY NEAR DIXONS MILLS...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF THOMASVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SOUTHEAST MARENGO COUNTY AT 640 PM CST LAT...LON 3215 8780 3197 8785 3191 8756 3211 8751 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KBMX 230038 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 637 PM CST TUE FEB 22 2005 ALC091-230045- /O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0026.000000T0000Z-050223T0045Z/ MARENGO AL- 637 PM CST TUE FEB 22 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM CST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MARENGO COUNTY... AT 631 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF MAGNOLIA...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF THOMASVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HAIL UP TO QUARTERS IN SIZE IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN DIXONS MILL WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. LAT...LON 3215 8780 3197 8785 3191 8756 3211 8751 $$
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 Feb 22, 3:15 PM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 3:15 PM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 315 PM CST TUE FEB 22 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)... MAIN SHORT TERM CONCERN WILL BE RAIN CHANCES OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. AT 3PM...ISOLATED STORMS, SOME STRONG TO SEVERE, HAVE BEGUN TO FIRE ACROSS EAST AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE MAIN THREAT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL BE HAIL. THESE STORMS ARE FIRING ALONG THE MUCH ADVERTISED QUASI-STATIONARY BOUNDARY WHICH HAS BEEN MEANDERING BETWEEN KEET AND KMGM ALL DAY. FOR TONIGHT...DO NOT EXPECT MUCH IN THE WAY OF COVERAGE. HOWEVER...DO EXPECT THIS SAME TREND OF AFTERNOON STORMS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. CLOUDS SHOULD BEGIN TO INCREASE TONIGHT AND PATCHY DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY. WEDNESDAY...THE BOUNDARY SHOULD BEGIN TO MOVE NORTHWARD ALLOWING A COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO SPREAD EAST. THE MAIN ACTION SHOULD BE LATE AFTERNOON AND LAST THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS THAT THE GFS IS EXPERIENCING SOME CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK PROBLEMS...THE NAM/UKMET/GEM ALL AGREE THAT A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL INVADE THE AREA WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. THE NGM IS THE ONLY OUTLIER MODEL SO DECIDED TO DISCOUNT IT. SO FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT ABOUT CATEGORICAL POPS FOR THE AREA. COLD FRONT SHOULD PUSH THROUGH MOST THE AREA ON THURSDAY BRINGING COOLER AND DRIER AIR TO THE AREA. DECIDED TO KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE OF POPS OVER THE SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF THE AREA AS MOISTURE WILL HANG AROUND UNTIL SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA. && .LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...UPPER LEVEL PATTERN CHANGES SIGNIFICANTLY ACROSS THE AREA AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL RESIDE OVER THE WEST AND A TROUGH OVER THE EAST. A CUT-OFF UPPER LOW ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST U.S. WILL SLOWLY PROGRESS EASTWARD AND BE THE NEXT WEATHER MAKER IN THE EXTENDED. WET WEATHER WILL FINALLY BE OUT OF THE AREA THIS WEEKEND AS THE ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN SHIFTS TO OUR SOUTH. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO MODERATE TO MORE TYPICAL SEASONAL AVERAGES THIS WEEKEND. BY THE START OF THE WORK WEEK...AS THE CUT OFF LOW MOVES EAST MOISTURE WILL RETURN TO THE AREA. RAIN CHANCES WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE MONDAY AND TUESDAY UNTIL ANOTHER COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 44 62 42 53 / 0 70 100 50 ANNISTON 48 65 46 55 / 10 80 100 50 BIRMINGHAM 48 62 47 55 / 0 100 100 50 TUSCALOOSA 50 63 48 55 / 20 100 70 50 CALERA 50 63 48 55 / 20 100 100 50 AUBURN 50 67 48 58 / 30 90 100 60 MONTGOMERY 54 69 52 60 / 30 100 100 60 TROY 56 70 54 61 / 30 90 100 60 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && KH/99
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 22, 1:28 PM CST, 4 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 128 PM CST TUE FEB 22 2005 ALZ011>015-017>050-231330- 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- 128 PM CST TUE FEB 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT). A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT WILL REMAIN DRAPED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON...ROUGHLY ALONG INTERSTATE 20 FROM TUSCALOOSA TO ANNISTON. A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE CLOSE TO THIS BOUNDARY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY). THE QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT CONTINUES TO MEANDER ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA ON WEDNESDAY. A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LINDEN TO MONTGOMERY TO EUFAULA. ...SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING... MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 22, 5:23 PM CST, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 523 PM CST TUE FEB 22 2005 ALZ039-230000- MARENGO- 523 PM CST TUE FEB 22 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR MARENGO COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CST... ...SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 521 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM NEAR DIXONS MILL...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN SOUTHEASTERN MARENGO COUNTY THROUGH 600 PM CST. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS SMALL HAIL. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...IS POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS...TAKE SHELTER NOW.
Special weather statement, Feb 22, 5:28 PM CST, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 528 PM CST TUE FEB 22 2005 ALZ035-230000- CHILTON- 528 PM CST TUE FEB 22 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR CHILTON COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CST... ...SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 526 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER INGRAM...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR INGRAM THROUGH 600 PM CST. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS SMALL HAIL. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...IS POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS...TAKE SHELTER NOW.
Special weather statement, Feb 22, 5:37 PM CST, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 537 PM CST TUE FEB 22 2005 ALZ036-230015- COOSA- 537 PM CST TUE FEB 22 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR COOSA COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CST... ...SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 535 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WEST OF ROCKFORD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN SOUTHERN COOSA COUNTY THROUGH 615 PM CST. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS SMALL HAIL. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...IS POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS...TAKE SHELTER NOW.
Special weather statement, Feb 22, 5:43 PM CST, 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 543 PM CST TUE FEB 22 2005 ALZ041-230030- AUTAUGA- 543 PM CST TUE FEB 22 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR AUTAUGA COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CST... ...SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 540 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER BILLINGSLEY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR BILLINGSLEY AND POSEYS CROSSROADS THROUGH 630 PM CST. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS SMALL HAIL. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...IS POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS...TAKE SHELTER NOW.
Special weather statement, Feb 22, 6:06 PM CST, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 606 PM CST TUE FEB 22 2005 ALZ043-230100- ELMORE- 606 PM CST TUE FEB 22 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR ELMORE COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CST... ...SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 601 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHWEST OF LAKE JORDAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR TITUS AND ECLECTIC THROUGH 700 PM CST. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS SMALL HAIL. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...IS POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS...TAKE SHELTER NOW.
Special weather statement, Feb 22, 6:14 PM CST, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 614 PM CST TUE FEB 22 2005 ALZ039-230045- MARENGO- 614 PM CST TUE FEB 22 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR MARENGO COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CST... ...SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 611 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MARENGO COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR DIXON MILLS THROUGH 645 PM CST. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS SMALL HAIL. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...IS POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS...TAKE SHELTER NOW.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 6:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 65 min |
| Feb 22, 7:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers | 24 min |
| Feb 22, 8:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 52 min |
| Feb 22, 8:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 47 min |
| Feb 22, 8:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 44 min |
| Feb 23, 3:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Macon | 40 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.