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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 503, NWS Birmingham, AL

December 28, 2005Pike County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 28, 2005, 1:49 PM CST for Pike County, Alabama. It was in force for 26 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: Dec 28, 2005, 1:49 PM CST (19:49 UTC)
Expired: Dec 28, 2005, 2:15 PM CST
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pike County, AL

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
Dec 28, 12:40 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 181 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: 105 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KBMX 281949
SVRBMX
ALC109-282015-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0503.051228T1949Z-051228T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
149 PM CST WED DEC 28 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 215 PM CST

* AT 147 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRUNDIDGE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  TROY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL EASTERN PIKE COUNTY AT 200 PM CST

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. 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 3178 8597 3188 8582 3188 8567 3188 8567
      3178 8567 3176 8570 3170 8572 3164 8586

$$

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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 Dec 28, 1:23 PM CST, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 1:23 PM CST, 26 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
123 PM CST WED DEC 28 2005

.DISCUSSION...
THIS WILL BE SHORT DUE TO ON GOING SEVERE WEATHER.

THE MAIN THREAT IS HAIL THROUGH 6 PM FOR LOCATION ALONG AND EAST
OF INTERSTATE 65. THERE IS A SMALL POTENTIAL FOR SOME STORMS TO
ROTATE SOUTH IF I65/85...BUT THAT IS A VERY SMALL CHANCE.

AFTER THE STORM PASS TONIGHT SKIES WILL BEGIN TO CLEAR TOMORROW.
HIGHS TOMORROW WILL BE IN THE 50S AND WARMING BACK UP TO THE 60S
AGAIN BY THE WEEKEND.

EXPECT SOME MORE THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY BUT THAT SHOULD BE
IT...THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE IS QUITE LOW. THE MAIN
LOW MOVES NORTH OF ALABAMA THROUGH TENNESSEE AND THE WARM AIR AND
DYNAMICS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE GULF OF MEXICO.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN ON SUNDAY WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF
THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE MODELS ARE SHOWING SOME
MORE DYNAMICS WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM AND THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL
FOR STRONGER STORMS. WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH THIS. THINGS DRY OUT
ON TUESDAY WITH A DRY COLD FRONT ON WEDNESDAY.

ONCE AGAIN SORRY FOR THE SHORT DISCUSSION.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GADSDEN     38  50  29  60 /  20   0  10  10
ANNISTON    39  51  31  61 /  10   0  10  10
BIRMINGHAM  39  52  33  62 /  10   0  10  10
TUSCALOOSA  37  58  35  65 /   0   0  10  10
CALERA      40  53  32  63 /  10   0  10  10
AUBURN      42  52  36  61 /  10   0  10  10
MONTGOMERY  42  58  34  65 /  10   0  10  10
TROY        42  58  34  65 /  10   0  10  10

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...TOPNADO WATCH I-65 AND EAST THROUGH 01Z.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 28, 11:22 AM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1122 AM CST WED DEC 28 2005

ALZ011>015-017>050-291722-
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-
1122 AM CST WED DEC 28 2005

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...AREA OF SLIGHT RISK SHIFTED SLIGHTLY EAST...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 6 PM TODAY
MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM SELMA TO CLANTON TO CENTRE. A
STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WITH AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
INTO AND ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON ALLOWING SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN
THREATS...HOWEVER ENOUGH SHEAR MAY BE PRESENT TO ALLOW SOME STORMS TO
ROTATE AND POSSIBLY PRODUCE AN ISOLATED TORNADO...MAINLY ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST SECTIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

AN ACTIVE PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD AND STRONG
STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY AND AGAIN ON MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY.

JD/81

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 28, 11:51 AM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1151 AM CST WED DEC 28 2005

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

1137 AM     HAIL             3 SE HOOVER             33.34N 86.78W
12/28/2005  1.00 INCH        SHELBY             AL   PUBLIC

            NICKLE TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY PUBLIC. ALSO
            REPORTS OF SMALL HAIL COVERING THE GROUND IN SOME
            LOCATIONS.

&&

JD/81

Special weather statement, Dec 28, 12:17 PM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1217 PM CST WED DEC 28 2005

ALZ033>035-281845-
BIBB-CHILTON-PERRY-
1217 PM CST WED DEC 28 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR PERRY...CHILTON AND BIBB
COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 PM CST...

...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE
FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM...

AT 1212 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF OAKMULGEE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR OAKMULGEE...LAWLEY...
RANDOLPH AND MAPLESVILLE THROUGH 1245 PM CST.

THE THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
STRIKES AND SMALL HAIL. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE
STORMS...TAKE SHELTER NOW. IF LIGHTNING IS OBSERVED... WAIT AT LEAST
30 MINUTES AFTER THE LAST LIGHTNING FLASH OR THUNDER BEFORE RESUMING
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...IS
POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS...TAKE
SHELTER NOW.

JD/81

Local storm report, Dec 28, 1:06 PM CST, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
106 PM CST WED DEC 28 2005

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

1148 AM     HAIL             INVERNESS               33.40N 86.72W
12/28/2005  0.75 INCH        SHELBY             AL   NWS EMPLOYEE

            PENNY SIZE HAIL IN INVERNESS ON US HWY 280.

1221 PM     HAIL             MIDWAY                  32.07N 85.52W
12/28/2005  0.75 INCH        BULLOCK            AL   PUBLIC

            PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN MIDWAY.

1250 PM     HAIL             1 S EUFAULA             31.89N 85.15W
12/28/2005  1.00 INCH        BARBOUR            AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED 1 1/2 MILES SOUTH OF EUFALA.

&&

JSS

Local storm report, Dec 28, 1:20 PM CST, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
120 PM CST WED DEC 28 2005

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

1233 PM     HAIL             3 NW TALLADEGA          33.46N 86.13W
12/28/2005  0.50 INCH        TALLADEGA          AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DIME TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON STEMLEY ROAD IN THE
            STEMLEY COMMUNITY.

1258 PM     HAIL             1 SE LINCOLN            33.59N 86.13W
12/28/2005  1.75 INCH        TALLADEGA          AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT THE TALLADEGA SUPER
            SPEEDWAY.

&&

JSS

Local storm report, Dec 28, 1:29 PM CST, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
129 PM CST WED DEC 28 2005

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

0100 PM     HAIL             HOLY TRINITY            32.22N 85.00W
12/28/2005  1.75 INCH        RUSSELL            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

0100 PM     HAIL             COTTONTON               32.15N 85.07W
12/28/2005  0.75 INCH        RUSSELL            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DIME SIZE HAIL.

0105 PM     HAIL             WILSONVILLE             33.24N 86.48W
12/28/2005  0.75 INCH        SHELBY             AL   NWS EMPLOYEE

            DIME SIZE HAIL DOWNTOWN.

0115 PM     HAIL             ASHLAND                 33.27N 85.83W
12/28/2005  0.88 INCH        CLAY               AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NICKLE SIZE HAIL.

&&

JSS

Local storm report, Dec 28, 1:34 PM CST, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
134 PM CST WED DEC 28 2005

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

0120 PM     HAIL             JACKSONS GAP           32.88N 85.82W
12/28/2005  0.75 INCH        TALLAPOOSA         AL   PUBLIC

            PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN JACKSONS GAP.

0129 PM     HAIL             2 S ANNISTON            33.63N 85.81W
12/28/2005  1.00 INCH        CALHOUN            AL   OTHER FEDERAL

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY THE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
            LOCATED AT THE ANNISTON METRO AIRPORT.

&&

JSS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 28, 3:42 AM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	12 hr
Dec 28, 11:38 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Shelby	37 min
Dec 28, 11:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bullock	36 min
Dec 28, 12:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	St. Clair, Talladega	41 min
Dec 28, 12:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour	34 min
Dec 28, 12:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Shelby	14 min
Dec 28, 12:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Russell	57 min
Dec 28, 12:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour	38 min
Dec 28, 12:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lee	20 min
Dec 28, 12:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Russell	23 min
Dec 28, 12:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Coosa, Tallapoosa	60 min
Dec 28, 12:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Talladega	35 min
Dec 28, 1:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay	25 min
Dec 28, 1:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour	52 min
Dec 28, 1:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Shelby, Talladega	49 min
Dec 28, 1:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bullock	26 min
Dec 28, 1:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Coosa	43 min
Dec 28, 1:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun	31 min
Dec 28, 1:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lowndes	32 min
Dec 28, 1:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers	48 min
Dec 28, 1:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cleburne	44 min
Dec 28, 1:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Randolph	40 min
Dec 28, 1:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Montgomery	39 min
Dec 28, 1:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour	49 min
Dec 28, 1:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Coosa, Tallapoosa	33 min
Dec 28, 2:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Elmore	51 min
Dec 28, 2:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Randolph	50 min
Dec 28, 2:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bullock, Macon	45 min
Dec 28, 2:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tallapoosa	16 min
Dec 28, 2:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour	26 min
Dec 28, 2:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bullock, Montgomery	15 min
Dec 28, 3:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bullock	21 min
Dec 28, 4:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour, Bullock, Russell	16 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.