Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2005, 7:13 PM CST for Blount County, Alabama. It was in force for 47 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
- Mar 13, 2005, 7:13 PM CST (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2005, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Blount County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 491 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1546 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KBMX 140115 SVRBMX ALC009-140200- /O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0064.050314T0113Z-050314T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 713 PM CST SUN MAR 13 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BLOUNT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ONEONTA * UNTIL 800 PM CST * AT 713 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES WEST OF BLOUNTSVILLE TO 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLEVELAND...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CULLMAN TO WARRIOR...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SUMMIT...SUSAN MOORE AND SNEAD. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3422 8651 3388 8685 3382 8650 3410 8633 $$
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 Mar 13, 3:05 PM CST, 4 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 3:05 PM CST, 4 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 305 PM CST SUN MAR 13 2005 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT) MAIN QUESTIONS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL BE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND SEVERE POTENTIAL...MAIN THREAT BEING HAIL. PLENTY OF INSTABILITY ACROSS THE AREA AND MOISTURE IS INCREASING THIS AFTERNOON. MAIN FORCING IS COMING FROM HEATING, AND SFC FRONT TO OUR NORTH. FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTHWARD THIS AFTERNOON WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT AND THEN PUSHING SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT. LLJ ALSO PICKS UP ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA BETWEEN 00Z AND 06Z. AFTER 06Z JET MAX BEGINS SHIFTING EAST OF CWA AND MOST OF THE FORCING BREAKS DOWN. WITH THUNDERSTORMS ALREADY DEVELOPING IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...WILL HAVE TO ADJUST POPS FROM CATEGORICAL ACROSS THE NORTH AND CENTRAL TO CHANCE SOUTH. BEST CHANCE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS APPEARS TO BE OVER WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS EVENING. NEXT PROBLEM IS TEMPERATURES. ETA IS REALLY SLOW IN BRINGING THIS FRONT DOWN AND DOESNT PUSH IT THROUGH OUR AREA UNTIL TOMORROW. MORNING LOWS COULD RANGE FROM 40 IN THE NORTHWEST TO LOW 60S IN SOUTHEAST. WILL HAVE TO STAY CLOSE TO GUIDANCE. MONDAY HIGHS RANGE FROM THE MID 50S NORTH TO UPPER 60S SOUTH. .LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY BETWEEN MEDIUM RANGE MODELS HAS A LOT TO BE DESIRED...BUT SOLUTIONS AMONG THE GROUP ARE NOTHING WE HAVE NOT SEEN OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. SPLIT FLOW PATTERN AND LONG WAVE TROUGH OVER THE INTER-MOUNTAIN WEST WILL PLAY HAVOC WITH TIMING AND STRENGTH OF EJECTING SHORT WAVE TROUGHS COMING OUT OF THE WEST. ECMWF AND GFS DIVERGE THURSDAY/FRIDAY ON PROGRESSION/DAMPENING OF SAID LONG WAVE TROUGH AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN US AND TRANSITIONS BACK TO ZONAL FLOW. WILL GENERALLY ACCEPT HPC SOLUTION OF SURFACE FRONTAL POSITIONS DAY 3 THROUGH 7. MODELS HAVE ADVERTISED TRIPLE POINT COMING ACROSS ALABAMA FOR THE LAST SEVERAL RUNS...BUT HOW FAR NORTH INTO OUR CWA WAS THE QUESTION. ALREADY HAVE COMPLEX SYSTEM MOVING INTO OUR SOUTHERN CWA WITH MENTION OF THUNDER TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN AMOUNTS WILL BE NEAR THE SURFACE LOW TRACK AND AFFECTING THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE AREA WITH PRECIP WATER VALUES APPROACHING 1.5 INCHES. GFS HAS ALSO SPEEDED UP THE ARRIVAL OF THIS SYSTEM THE LAST FEW RUNS AND WILL ADJUST RAIN TIMING INTO EARLIER PERIODS. GFS ENSEMBLE NUMBERS HAVE COME UP QUITE A BIT FOR THE TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY TIME FRAME SO WILL INCREASE RAIN CHANCES AREAWIDE TUESDAY/TUESDAY NIGHT. WILL ALSO INCREASE RAIN CHANCES WEDNESDAY MAINLY EAST AND DECREASE IT A BIT WEST DUE TO UNCERTAINTY AND TIMING. WIND GRIDS NEED ADJUSTING IN THIS TIME FRAME TOO. WILL REMOVE POPS FROM THURSDAY EXCEPT FAR SOUTH WHERE UNCERTAINTY EXIST ON HOW FAR AND FAST THE FRONT PUSHES SOUTH. WILL KEEP THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED DRY AT THIS TIME. ENSEMBLE GFS MOS STILL HAS HIGH DEVIATIONS TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY FOR TEMPERATURES AND WILL LEAN SLIGHTLY BELOW ENSEMBLE AVERAGES DUE TO CLOUDS AND RAIN THIS SEGMENT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 48 56 40 55 / 90 20 10 60 ANNISTON 48 57 41 56 / 90 20 10 60 BIRMINGHAM 48 57 38 57 / 90 20 10 70 TUSCALOOSA 48 58 39 57 / 90 20 10 70 CALERA 48 58 40 58 / 90 20 10 70 AUBURN 55 66 51 61 / 50 40 20 70 MONTGOMERY 55 65 50 61 / 50 40 20 70 TROY 58 67 51 62 / 40 50 30 70 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 88/75
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 13, 3:23 PM CST, 3 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 323 PM CST SUN MAR 13 2005 ALZ011>015-017>050-141330- 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- 323 PM CST SUN MAR 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...(THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT). A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL VERY SLOWLY MOVE SOUTHWARD THROUGH NORTHWEST ALABAMA THIS EVENING. A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF THE COLD FRONT AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGH THIS EVENING. MOISTURE IS FAIRLY LIMITED...BUT THERE IS ENOUGH TO PRODUCE STORMS. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE. THE STORMS WILL BE WEAKENING BY MID EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY). NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL BE NECESSARY THROUGH THIS EVENING ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 6:19 PM CST, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 619 PM CST SUN MAR 13 2005 ALZ013-140100- FAYETTE- 619 PM CST SUN MAR 13 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR FAYETTE COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CST... ...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE FROM APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS... ...SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE FROM APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS... AT 617 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM FAYETTE TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAYETTE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR FAYETTE...STUDDARDS CROSSROADS AND BERRY 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, Mar 13, 6:48 PM CST, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 648 PM CST SUN MAR 13 2005 ALZ018-140115- ETOWAH- 648 PM CST SUN MAR 13 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR ETOWAH COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM CST... AT 644 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF RIDGEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR RIDGEVILLE... ATTALLA...GADSDEN...REECE CITY AND KEENER THROUGH 715 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.
Local storm report, Mar 13, 6:56 PM CST, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
656 PM CST SUN MAR 13 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0629 PM HAIL ALICEVILLE 33.13N 88.16W
03/13/2005 0.75 INCH PICKENS AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
PENNY SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.
0635 PM TSTM WND DMG ALICEVILLE 33.13N 88.16W
03/13/2005 PICKENS AL BROADCAST MEDIA
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR ALICEVILLE.
&&
JSSSpecial weather statement, Mar 13, 6:57 PM CST, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 657 PM CST SUN MAR 13 2005 ALZ015-140130- WALKER- 657 PM CST SUN MAR 13 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR WALKER COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CST... ...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... ...SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 653 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER PARRISH...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR PARRISH...JASPER... GOODSPRINGS...CORDOVA...DORA AND SIPSEY THROUGH 730 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, Mar 13, 7:09 PM CST, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 709 PM CST SUN MAR 13 2005 ALZ017-140200- BLOUNT- 709 PM CST SUN MAR 13 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR BLOUNT COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM CST... ...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE FROM APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS... ...SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE FROM APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS... AT 706 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 13 MILES WEST OF BLOUNTSVILLE TO SMOKE RISE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR SMOKE RISE...HAYDEN...COUNTY LINE...NECTAR...LOCUST FORK...BLOUNTSVILLE... SUMMIT AND ROSA THROUGH 800 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.
Local storm report, Mar 13, 7:12 PM CST, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
712 PM CST SUN MAR 13 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0709 PM HAIL FOSTERS 33.09N 87.62W
03/13/2005 1.75 INCH TUSCALOOSA AL TRAINED SPOTTER
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN FOSTERS.
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JSSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 6:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 36 min |
| Mar 13, 6:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene | 41 min |
| Mar 13, 6:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 61 min |
| Mar 13, 7:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 44 min |
| Mar 13, 7:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens, Sumter | 31 min |
| Mar 13, 7:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount | 41 min |
| Mar 13, 7:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 28 min |
| Mar 13, 7:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene | 40 min |
| Mar 13, 7:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 39 min |
| Mar 13, 7:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 67 min |
| Mar 13, 7:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Pickens | 36 min |
| Mar 13, 8:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 43 min |
| Mar 13, 8:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 41 min |
| Mar 13, 8:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 35 min |
| Mar 13, 8:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 49 min |
| Mar 13, 9:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 26 min |
| Mar 13, 10:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 31 min |
| Mar 13, 10:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton | 43 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.