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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 511, NWS Birmingham, AL

December 28, 2005Tallapoosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 28, 2005, 2:29 PM CST for Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 16 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Dec 28, 2005, 2:29 PM CST (20:29 UTC)
Expired
Dec 28, 2005, 2:45 PM CST
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Tallapoosa County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 28, 2:31 PM CSTHAIL 1.25New Site, ALCOVERING THE GROUND
Dec 28, 2:31 PM CSTHAIL 1.25New Site, ALCOVERING THE GROUND 5 TO 6 INCHES DEEP.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 28, 12:40 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 100 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2005-12-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 105 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2005-12-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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 282028
SVRBMX
ALC123-282045-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0511.051228T2029Z-051228T2045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 245 PM CST

* AT 225 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW SITE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  ALEXANDER CITY...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  DAVISTON.

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 3301 8582 3307 8583 3308 8582 3311 8568
      3311 8560 3300 8560 3299 8559 3297 8569
      3297 8577

$$

JD/81

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 28, 3:42 AM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryBMXAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more12 hr
Dec 28, 11:38 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson, Shelby37 min
Dec 28, 11:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock36 min
Dec 28, 12:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair, Talladega41 min
Dec 28, 12:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour34 min
Dec 28, 12:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby14 min
Dec 28, 12:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRussell57 min
Dec 28, 12:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour38 min
Dec 28, 12:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee20 min
Dec 28, 12:52 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXRussell23 min
Dec 28, 12:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCoosa, Tallapoosa60 min
Dec 28, 12:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Talladega35 min
Dec 28, 1:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay25 min
Dec 28, 1:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour52 min
Dec 28, 1:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby, Talladega49 min
Dec 28, 1:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock26 min
Dec 28, 1:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCoosa43 min
Dec 28, 1:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun31 min
Dec 28, 1:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLowndes32 min
Dec 28, 1:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers48 min
Dec 28, 1:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCleburne44 min
Dec 28, 1:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPike26 min
Dec 28, 1:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRandolph40 min
Dec 28, 1:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery39 min
Dec 28, 1:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour49 min
Dec 28, 1:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay, Coosa, Tallapoosa33 min
Dec 28, 2:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore51 min
Dec 28, 2:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers, Randolph50 min
Dec 28, 2:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock, Macon45 min
Dec 28, 2:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour26 min
Dec 28, 2:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock, Montgomery15 min
Dec 28, 3:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock21 min
Dec 28, 4:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour, Bullock, Russell16 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.