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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 465, NWS Birmingham, AL

November 28, 2005Autauga County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 28, 2005, 5:30 PM CST for Autauga County, Alabama. It was in force for 12 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 28, 2005, 5:30 PM CST (23:30 UTC)
Expired: Nov 28, 2005, 5:42 PM CST
In force: 12 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Autauga County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 73 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

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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, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 28, 2:45 PM CST, 2 hours 45 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.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 28, 5:18 PM CST, 12 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
518 PM 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-
518 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES...HAIL AND DAMAGING
WIND ARE POSSIBLE FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA ALONG AND SOUTHEAST
OF A LINE FROM SELMA...CLANTON...TALLADEGA...ANNISTON...TO HEFLIN.
THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED ACROSS WESTERN ALABAMA
NORTHWEST OF THIS SAME LINE.  THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL END
IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE FRONT.

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 THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF ALABAMA.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 28, 2:47 PM CST, 2 hours 43 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, 2 hours 18 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, 2 hours 15 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, 2 hours 8 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, 2 hours 6 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, 1 hour 40 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, 3:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marengo	22 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, 5:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chilton	18 min

Nearby

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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.