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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 463, NWS Birmingham, AL

November 28, 2005Marengo County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 28, 2005, 3:58 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: Nov 28, 2005, 3:58 PM CST (21:58 UTC)
Expired: Nov 28, 2005, 4:20 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), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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
Nov 28, 9:55 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 128 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: 151 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 522 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 310 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 352 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KBMX 282158
SVRBMX
ALC091-282230-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0463.051128T2158Z-051128T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
358 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL MARENGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 430 PM CST

* AT 358 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THOMASTON...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  LINDEN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  DAYTON AND FAUNSDALE.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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

LAT...LON 3224 8779 3214 8762 3227 8752 3246 8756
      3246 8767

$$

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 282203
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
403 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

ALC091-282230-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0463.000000T0000Z-051128T2230Z/
MARENGO AL-
403 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CST
FOR EAST CENTRAL MARENGO COUNTY...

AT 402 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
 THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THOMASTON...OR ABOUT 13 MILES EAST OF
LINDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR
ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3229 8767 3220 8756 3227 8752 3242 8754
      3240 8764

$$

STEFKOVICH

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 282214
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
414 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

ALC091-282230-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0463.000000T0000Z-051128T2230Z/
MARENGO AL-
414 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CST
FOR EAST CENTRAL MARENGO COUNTY...

AT 411 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME EAST
CENTRAL MARENGO COUNTY...OR ABOUT 13 MILES EAST OF CHICKASAW STATE
PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 3232 8758 3225 8755 3227 8752 3242 8754
      3236 8759

$$

STEFKOVICH

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 282220
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
420 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

ALC091-282230-
/O.CAN.KBMX.SV.W.0463.000000T0000Z-051128T2230Z/
MARENGO AL-
420 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN MARENGO COUNTY 
IS CANCELLED...

AT 420 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO
LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR
ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3232 8758 3225 8755 3227 8752 3242 8754
      3236 8759

$$

STEFKOVICH

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 Nov 28, 2:45 PM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 28, 2:45 PM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
245 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

.SHORT TERM...COLD FRONT ACROSS THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA
WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EAST-SOUTHEAST THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND EXIT THE
SOUTHEAST SECTIONS EARLY ON TUESDAY.  WILL FORECAST SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY ACROSS THE EASTERN SECTIONS AHEAD OF THE
FRONT AND THEN TAPER POPS WESTWARD.  WILL NEED TO MENTION SOME
SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE EAST.  SMALL POPS
ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST SECTIONS EARLY TUESDAY...BUT MUCH DRIER AIR WILL
OVERSPREAD THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS TONIGHT IN THE
40S NORTH AND 50S SOUTH.  MUCH COOLER ON TUESDAY WITH READINGS IN THE
50S NORTH AND 60S SOUTH.

WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...RATHER QUIET PERIOD ACROSS THE AREA AS
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN PLACE.  RE-ENFORCING SURGE OF COOLER
AIR POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AS DRY WEAK FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE
NORTH.  HIGH TEMPERATURES MAINLY IN THE 50S NORTH AND 60S SOUTH.
OVERNIGHT LOWS MAINLY IN THE 30S.

.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY)...MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT
WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE AREA.  WILL GO WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR
NOW.  STRONGER SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA JUST BEYOND THIS
PERIOD.  HIGH TEMPERATURES MAINLY IN THE 50 NORTH AND 60S SOUTH
SATURDAY AND IN THE 60S AREA-WIDE SUNDAY AND MONDAY.  OVERNIGHT
LOWS IN THE 30S NORTH AND 40S SOUTH SATURDAY AND IN THE 40S AREA-
WIDE SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GADSDEN     47  56  28  56 /  70  10  10   0
ANNISTON    49  58  33  56 /  70  10  10   0
BIRMINGHAM  46  57  33  57 /  60  10  10   0
TUSCALOOSA  46  59  31  59 /  30  10  10   0
CALERA      47  57  33  58 /  60  10  10   0
AUBURN      51  59  37  60 /  70  20  10   0
MONTGOMERY  49  61  32  60 /  70  10  10   0
TROY        53  62  32  61 /  70  20  10   0

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.

&&

50

Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 28, 10:40 AM CST, 5 hours 18 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1040 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

ALZ011>015-017>050-291230-
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-
1040 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES...HAIL AND DAMAGING
WIND ARE POSSIBLE ALL ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA.  THE THREAT OF SEVERE
WEATHER WILL END AROUND 3 PM FOR EXTREME WESTERN ALABAMA...6 PM FOR
AREAS NEAR INTERSTATE 65...AND AROUND 10 PM FOR FAR EASTERN ALABAMA.
THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF A STRONG...LONG TRACKED TORNADO OR TWO IN
CENTRAL ALABAMA. IT IS IMPERATIVE FOR EVERYONE TO REMAIN ALERT AND
BE ABLE TO RECEIVE WARNING INFORMATION IN A MOMENTS NOTICE.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT
TODAY AND THIS EVENING.  ANY OF THESE STORMS HAVE THE ABILITY OF
BECOMING SEVERE.  IN ADDITION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE
ACTUAL COLD FRONT MAY ALSO BE SEVERE.  THE SEVERE THREAT WILL END AS
THE COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION.

IN ADDITION...AHEAD OF THE FRONT...BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE
SUSTAINED AT TIMES AROUND 25 MPH. A FEW WIND GUSTS WILL APPROACH 35
MPH...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND ON OPEN WATERWAYS.
THEREFORE...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL
BE REQUIRED ON THROUGH TONIGHT.

STEFKOVICH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 28, 2:47 PM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
247 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0245 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     3 NW HUEYTOWN           33.47N 87.03W
11/28/2005                   JEFFERSON          AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            WALL CLOUD AND FUNNEL CLOUD

&&

MBAER

Local storm report, Nov 28, 3:12 PM CST, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
312 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0241 PM     DOWNBURST        HUEYTOWN                33.44N 87.00W
11/28/2005                   JEFFERSON          AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWERS LINES DOWN, MASTERS RD.

&&

MBAER

Local storm report, Nov 28, 3:15 PM CST, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
315 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0315 PM     HAIL             GARDENDALE              33.67N 86.80W
11/28/2005  0.25 INCH        JEFFERSON          AL   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

MBAER

Special weather statement, Nov 28, 3:22 PM CST, 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
322 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

ALZ033-034-282145-
BIBB-PERRY-
322 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR PERRY AND BIBB COUNTIES
UNTIL 345 PM CST...

...THUNDERSTORM INTENSIFYING RAPIDLY ...

AT 317 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM...10 MILES SOUTH OF BRENT...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR BRENT...
CENTREVILLE...WEST BLOCTON AND MARVEL THROUGH 345 PM CST.

THIS STORM MAY SOON BECOME SEVERE...AND IN THIS ENVIRONMENT
TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

Local storm report, Nov 28, 3:24 PM CST, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
324 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0241 PM     TORNADO          HUEYTOWN                33.44N 87.00W
11/28/2005                   JEFFERSON          AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWERS LINES DOWN, MASTERS RD. CORRECTED

&&

MBAER

Local storm report, Nov 28, 3:50 PM CST, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
350 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0350 PM     HAIL             5 SW MONTEVALLO         33.06N 86.91W
11/28/2005  0.75 INCH        BIBB               AL   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

MBAER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 27, 9:26 PM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	7 hr
Nov 28, 4:05 AM CST	Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	14 hr
Nov 28, 9:54 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Dallas	36 min
Nov 28, 10:53 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lowndes	30 min
Nov 28, 11:04 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga	26 min
Nov 28, 11:30 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga	45 min
Nov 28, 11:33 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lowndes	42 min
Nov 28, 11:51 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Elmore	24 min
Nov 28, 12:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Coosa	40 min
Nov 28, 12:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga	35 min
Nov 28, 1:33 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Walker	42 min
Nov 28, 1:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Blount, Jefferson	38 min
Nov 28, 2:32 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jefferson	43 min
Nov 28, 3:14 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jefferson	16 min
Nov 28, 3:32 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bibb	43 min
Nov 28, 3:48 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chilton, Shelby	51 min
Nov 28, 4:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Dallas, Perry	31 min
Nov 28, 4:19 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bibb	4 min
Nov 28, 4:23 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Dallas	37 min
Nov 28, 4:37 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Perry	23 min
Nov 28, 4:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chilton	48 min
Nov 28, 4:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Dallas	16 min
Nov 28, 5:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga	12 min
Nov 28, 5:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chilton	18 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.