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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 9, 2006Hale County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 9, 2006, 5:06 PM CST for Hale County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 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: Mar 9, 2006, 5:06 PM CST (23:06 UTC)
Expired: Mar 9, 2006, 5:45 PM CST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hale County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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
Mar 9, 2:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 92 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 564 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 297 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 314 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Mar 9, 3:14 PM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 3:14 PM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
314 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006

.DISCUSSION...

DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

MODELS ARE GENERALLY IN GOOD AGREEMENT DURING THE SHORT TERM.
USED A BLEND OF THEM AND DID NOT STRAY MUCH AT ALL FROM THEM.

AT 3 PM CST...A SQUALL LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WAS JUST ENTERING NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA.
WINDY CONDITIONS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS ALABAMA WITH SOUTH
WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH NORTHWEST OF
INTERSTATE 59. SULLIGENT IN LAMAR COUNTY REPORTED TREES DOWN
ABOUT 230 PM CST FROM NON-THUNDERSTORM WINDS AHEAD OF THE
SQUALL LINE. UNDER MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES...TEMPERATURES WERE
IN THE 70S ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FOR WEST ALABAMA.

THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...THE SQUALL LINE WILL MOVE
EAST AND AFFECT ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA. IT SHOULD REACH
TUSCALOOSA BETWEEN 430 PM AND 530 PM CST...BIRMINGHAM AROUND
6 PM CST... ANNISTON AND SELMA BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM CST...
MONTGOMERY BY 10 PM CST...THEN STALL SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85
AFTER MIDNIGHT.

DAMAGING WINDS WILL OCCUR ALONG AND EVEN AHEAD OF THE
SQUALL LINE. GUSTS ON THE SQUALL LINE MAY EXCEED 70 MPH...
ESPECIALLY WEST OF AN ONEONTA TO DEMOPOLIS LINE BEFORE 6 PM CST.
GUSTS AHEAD OF THE SQUALL LINE MAY EXCEED 60 MPH THIS EVENING.
FOR NOW...WILL KEEP WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST.

THE TORNADO THREAT IS VERY LOW AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS NOT
VERY DEEP AS DEWPOINTS ARE ONLY IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S.
ALSO...INSTABILITY IS LIMITED...SO NOT EXPECTING MUCH...IF
ANY LIGHTNING. HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THE LINE. THE LINE SHOULD
WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INTO A COOLER AIRMASS ACROSS EAST ALABAMA
AFTER 8 PM CST.

THE LINE WILL STALL SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85 LATE TONIGHT
AND PERHAPS BRING SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TO PIKE AND
BARBOUR COUNTIES. HOWEVER...THE SEVERE POTENTIAL IN THESE
LOCATIONS SHOULD DIMINISH CONSIDERABLY.

PATCHY FOG MAY DEVELOP ACROSS WEST ALABAMA AS SKIES CLEAR
LATE TONIGHT. LOWS WILL BE IN THE 50S.

ON FRIDAY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE
NEAR THE OLD SQUALL LINE BOUNDARY ACROSS LOCATIONS SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 85...AT LEAST DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THE 18Z NAM
RUN SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COMING BACK NORTHWARD TO
AT LEAST MONTGOMERY. FOR NOW...WILL KEEP MOST PLACES DRY.
EXPECT A WARM DAY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S.

FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...DEEPER MOISTURE AND UNSTABLE
AIR WILL RETURN TO ALL AREAS AS DEWPOINTS RISE INTO THE
LOWER 60S THANKS TO INCREASING SOUTH WINDS. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE HEAT OF
THE DAY ON SATURDAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH
GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

SUNDAY...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN AND SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR IS
FORECAST TO MOVE IN. AGAIN...EXPECT A WARM DAY UNDER PARTLY
SUNNY SKIES. HIGHS COULD APPROACH 80 IN SOME LOCATIONS.

ON MONDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE WITH THE
APPROACH OF A COLD FRONT. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN
BRINGING A COLD FRONT THROUGH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS. THOUGH WINDS AND DYNAMICS ARE WEAKER WITH THIS
FRONT THAN THE CURRENT SYSTEM AFFECTING THE AREA...FORECAST
INSTABILITY IS HIGHER. WILL DEFINITELY HAVE TO WATCH
THIS SYSTEM.

TUESDAY AND BEYOND...DRY AND COOLER WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED WITH
HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE AT OR SLIGHTLY
BELOW NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S AND LOWS AROUND 40.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GADSDEN     51  75  55  77 / 100  10  20  50
ANNISTON    54  76  58  77 / 100  10  20  50
BIRMINGHAM  54  76  61  77 /  80  10  20  50
TUSCALOOSA  50  79  60  79 /  50  10  20  50
CALERA      55  77  60  79 /  90  10  20  40
AUBURN      58  74  59  81 /  90  40  20  30
MONTGOMERY  57  77  59  80 / 100  30  20  30
TROY        61  76  60  81 /  90  60  20  20

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT ALL LOCATIONS UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

&&

MBS/91

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 9, 4:25 PM CST, 41 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
425 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006

ALZ011>015-017>050-102225-
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-
425 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006

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

.DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

...DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH
MIDNIGHT CST...

...LOCATIONS NORTHWEST OF A DEMOPOLIS TO CENTRE LINE WILL HAVE THE
HIGHEST THREAT FOR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS...POSSIBLY UP TO 80 MPH...

A SQUALL LINE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH ALABAMA INTO THE
EVENING HOURS.  THE LINE WILL REACH A BIRMINGHAM TO DEMOPOLIS LINE
BY 6 PM CST...HEFLIN TO SELMA LINE BY 8 PM CST...AND THEN SLOW DOWN
AND STALL JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85 BY MIDNIGHT CST.

DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THE SQUALL LINE.
LOCATIONS NORTHWEST OF A DEMOPOLIS TO CENTRE LINE MAY EXPERIENCE
WINDS UP TO 80 MPH WITH THE LINE BEFORE 8 PM CST.

EVEN AHEAD OF THE SQUALL LINE...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  SUSTAINED WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH ARE LIKELY
WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.  THESE WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE BETWEEN 8 PM AND
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY AS SCATTERED AFTERNOON
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP IN A WARM UNSTABLE AIRMASS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT
AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED
FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS.  ACTIVATION WILL
LIKELY NOT BE NEEDED AFTER MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.  ACTIVATION MAY
ALSO BE NECESSARY MONDAY NIGHT AS ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE.

MBS/91

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 9, 3:19 PM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
319 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006

ALZ013>015-023-031-032-039-092300-
FAYETTE-GREENE-HALE-MARENGO-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON-
319 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR MARENGO...HALE...GREENE...
TUSCALOOSA...FAYETTE...WALKER AND WINSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM
CST...

...WINDS UP TO 65 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM APPROACHING LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS...

AT 317 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME EASTERN
MISSISSIPPI...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.  THIS LINE WILL MOVE INTO
WESTERN ALABAMA BETWEEN 330 AND 430 PM.

THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING
WINDS...KNOCKING DOWN NUMEROUS TREES.  STAY TUNED FOR WARNINGS AS
THESE STORMS GET CLOSER TO THESE COUNTIES.

03

Local storm report, Mar 9, 3:58 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
358 PM CST THU MAR 09 2006

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

0340 PM     HAIL             VERNON                  33.76N 88.11W
03/09/2006  M0.25 INCH       LAMAR              AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PEA SIZE HAIL IN VERNON.

0342 PM     TSTM WND GST     VERNON                  33.76N 88.11W
03/09/2006  M60 MPH          LAMAR              AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            60 MPH WIND GUST IN VERNON.

0345 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SULLIGENT               33.89N 88.13W
03/09/2006                   LAMAR              AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ROOFS ROLLING DOWN THE ROAD ON HWY 278 AT HWY 17.

&&

JSS

Local storm report, Mar 9, 4:17 PM CST, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
417 PM CST THU MAR 09 2006

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

0349 PM     HAIL             HAMILTON                34.14N 87.98W
03/09/2006  M0.25 INCH       MARION             AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            PEA SIZE HAIL AND ZERO VISIBILITY IN SOUTH HAMILTON.

0405 PM     TSTM WND DMG     VERNON                  33.76N 88.11W
03/09/2006                   LAMAR              AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ROOF BLOWN OFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN VERNON.

&&

JSS

Local storm report, Mar 9, 4:24 PM CST, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
424 PM CST THU MAR 09 2006

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

0410 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NW FAYETTE            33.71N 87.86W
03/09/2006                   FAYETTE            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ON SHADY GROVE ROAD OFF AL 107.

0415 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GUIN                    33.97N 87.91W
03/09/2006                   MARION             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MOBILE HOME DAMAGE ON STATE HWY 44 IN GUIN.

&&

JSS

Local storm report, Mar 9, 4:26 PM CST, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
426 PM CST THU MAR 09 2006

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

0410 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NW FAYETTE            33.71N 87.86W
03/09/2006                   FAYETTE            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN IN THE SHADY GROVE COMMUNITY OFF AL 107.

&&

JSS

Local storm report, Mar 9, 4:51 PM CST, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
451 PM CST THU MAR 09 2006

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

0415 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NW FAYETTE            33.72N 87.87W
03/09/2006                   FAYETTE            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            BARN DESTROYED

0438 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BAZEMORE                33.89N 87.70W
03/09/2006                   FAYETTE            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN

&&

JSS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 9, 3:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Marion, Pickens	62 min
Mar 9, 3:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette	62 min
Mar 9, 3:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Sumter	55 min
Mar 9, 3:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Walker, Winston	64 min
Mar 9, 4:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	57 min
Mar 9, 4:06 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marion	16 min
Mar 9, 4:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Pickens	46 min
Mar 9, 4:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene	66 min
Mar 9, 4:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette	21 min
Mar 9, 5:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	26 min
Mar 9, 5:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb	52 min
Mar 9, 5:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson	52 min
Mar 9, 5:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Shelby	46 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.