Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 290, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2006, 3:41 PM CDT for Barbour County, Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 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
- Jul 19, 2006, 3:41 PM CDT (20:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2006, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Barbour County, AL, Russell County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 1205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1020 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jul 19, 3:28 PM CDT, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 3:28 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
328 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2006
.SYNOPSIS...A HOT AND MAINLY DRY WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH FRIDAY. COOLER AND WETTER CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED
SATURDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES. COOLER WEATHER WITH NEAR
NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND NEAR NORMAL RAIN CHANCES CAN BE EXPECTED
NEXT WEEK.
&&
.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
DEALING WITH NEAR RECORD HEAT AND AFTERNOON AND EVENING
STRONG...POSSIBLY SEVERE...THUNDERSTORMS ARE THE MAIN CONCERNS.
MODELS IN THE SHORT TERM ARE IN FAIR AGREEMENT. PREFER THE NAM
MODEL AS THIS MODEL SEEMS TO BE HANDLING THE RECORD WARMTH BEST
AND MOVEMENT OF WEATHER SYSTEMS.
AT 3 PM CDT...HOT CONDITIONS WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS ALABAMA. TEMPERATURES WERE
NEAR 100 DEGREES WERE RAIN WAS NOT OCCURRING. MOST OF THE STORMS
WERE OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE...THOUGH OTHER STORMS WERE
SCATTERED ALONG INTERSTATE 65 NORTH OF BIRMINGHAM.
AS OF 3 PM CDT...MONTGOMERY HAD REACHED 101 DEGREES...TYING A
RECORD FOR THE DATE. ANNISTON HAD ALSO REACHED THE CENTURY MARK
AS WELL. TUSCALOOSA HAD REACHED 99 DEGREES AND MAY STILL CLIMB
ABOVE 100...WHILE BIRMINGHAM REACHED A HIGH OF 97 DEGREES BEFORE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH AROUND 130 PM CDT.
THROUGH 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...WILL HAVE TO CONTEND A
FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WET
MICROBURSTS WITH 60 MPH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE
OF NICKELS. THINK LOCATIONS WEST OF A WARRIOR TO ROCKFORD TO
AUBURN LINE HAVE THE BEST CHANCE WHERE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS
DEEPEST...SURFACE DEWPOINTS AROUND 70...AND THE AIR IS MOST
UNSTABLE WITH LIFTED INDICES AROUND -8. THINK COVERAGE WILL NOT
EXCEED 30 PERCENT...AND MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL WIND DOWN AFTER
9 PM CDT AS THE AIR COOLS WITH THE ONSET OF NIGHTFALL.
THE REST OF TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR AND WARM CONDITIONS WITH LOW
TEMPERATURES MAINLY BETWEEN 70 AND 75 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED.
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...EXPECT SIMILAR WEATHER WITH NEAR RECORD
WARM TEMPERATURES AND ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS 96 TO 102 DEGREES CAN BE EXPECTED EACH
DAY AND HEAT INDICES WILL APPROACH 109 DEGREES. STILL...DO NOT
PLAN ON ISSUING AN HEAT ADVISORY WITH LOW TEMPERATURES BELOW
75 DEGREES AND HEAT INDICES NOT EXCEEDING 110 DEGREES IN
MOST LOCATIONS.
A FEW AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED...WHICH
SOME AGAIN MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE PRODUCING WET MICROBURSTS WITH
GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. HOWEVER...THINK COVERAGE MAY BE LESS
THAN TODAY WITH SLIGHTLY WARMER AIR MOVING IN FROM ALOFT WHICH
WOULD CAP THE ATMOSPHERE A BIT.
MBS/91
.LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
DEFINITELY APPEARS A COOLER WEATHER PATTERN WILL OCCUR DURING
THIS TIME FRAME. RAIN CHANCES MAY BE HIGHER AS WELL.
ON SATURDAY...AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND LOW PRESSURE
DISTURBANCE WILL BREAK THE RECENT HEAT WAVE ACROSS ALABAMA
AND BRING HIGHER RAIN CHANCES. THINK COVERAGE MAY EXCEED
50 PERCENT...BUT DO NOT EXPECT A WASHOUT AS ANY RAIN WILL
LIKELY NOT LAST MORE THAN AN HOUR. MAY HAVE TO WATCH FOR A FEW
STRONG STORMS AS WELL. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SEVERAL DEGREES
COOLER WITH HIGHS IN THE 88 TO 94 DEGREE RANGE.
SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THERE IS UNCERTAINTY WITH THE FORECAST
DURING THIS TIME FRAME...ESPECIALLY IN REGARDS TO RAIN CHANCES.
MODELS INDICATE THAT A WEAK TROUGH A LOW PRESSURE WILL LINGER
OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE NATION...INCLUDING ALABAMA.
THIS WILL RESULT IN COOLER TEMPERATURES...CLOSER TO AVERAGE...
WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S AND LOWS AROUND 70. MOISTURE REMAINS
VERY UNCERTAIN...DEPENDING ON HOW FAR THE FRONT ON SATURDAY
MOVES SOUTH. APPEARS AT THIS TIME THAT RAIN CHANCES MAY BE A
BIT HIGHER THAN CURRENTLY...AGAIN MORE TYPICAL OF LATE JULY...
WITHOUT HIGH PRESSURE AND STRONG CAP OVERHEAD. THINK THE BEST
MOISTURE WILL BE OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE.
WIDESPREAD RAINS ARE NOT EXPECTED...THOUGH THE TROPICS MAY
NEED CLOSER WATCHING AS WE HEAD LATER INTO THE SUMMER MONTHS.
MBS/91
&&
.AVIATION....DISCUSSION FOR 18Z TAFS.
AREA RADARS ARE ALREADY FILLING UP WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS THIS EARLY AFTERNOON. EXPECT THIS TREND TO CONTINUE
AND HAVE INCLUDED VCTS FOR ALL TAF SITES EXCEPT KTCL THROUGH 02Z.
ONCE AGAIN WITH LIGHT NORTHEASTERLY FLOW ALOFT...HAZE APPEARS TO
BE A PROBLEM WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR 5-6SM THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
KBHM...KEET...AND KANB. SOME PATCHY FOG OF 4-5SM CAN BE EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT AT KANB...KEET...AND KTOI AS WELL AS AREAS WHERE RAIN
OCCURS TODAY.
KNS/99
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA REMAINS DRY...EVEN WITH ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING A FEW INCHES OF RAIN IN SOME
SPOTS OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. KBDI AND SOIL MOISTURE VALUES
REMAIN IN THE CRITICAL LEVELS. THE LIMITING FACTOR FOR RED FLAG
CONDITIONS WILL BE AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE
MID 30S...AND 20 FOOT WINDS GENERALLY REMAINING BELOW 9 MPH.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
AFTERNOON ALONG WITH INTENSE HEAT OF 96 TO 102 DEGREES.
MBS/91
&&
.CLIMATE...
RECORD HIGHS NORMAL HIGHS
BIRMINGHAM 7/20...100 91
7/21...101 91
MONTGOMERY 7/20...104 93
7/21...102 93
ANNISTON 7/20...100 90
7/21...101 90
TUSCALOOSA 7/20...100 93
7/21...104 93
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GADSDEN 70 97 71 97 / 10 10 10 20
ANNISTON 72 98 73 98 / 10 20 10 20
BIRMINGHAM 74 98 75 98 / 10 10 10 10
TUSCALOOSA 73 100 74 100 / 10 10 10 10
CALERA 74 97 75 97 / 20 20 10 10
AUBURN 71 98 72 98 / 10 20 10 20
MONTGOMERY 73 99 73 100 / 20 20 10 20
TROY 71 98 72 98 / 20 20 20 20
&&
.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.
&&
91/99Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 1:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 118 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2006 ALZ011>015-017>050-201818- 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- 118 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD 100 DEGREE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH MODERATE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL MAKE IT FEEL BETWEEN 100 AND 109 DEGREES. BESIDES THE HEAT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE A VERY HIGH POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WET MICROBURSTS WITH STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG WITH A FEW POSSIBLY REACHING SEVERE LIMITS. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL: BIRMINGHAM...VERY HIGH. MONTGOMERY...VERY HIGH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 107 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON THURSDAY... AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL FOR WET MICROBURSTS IN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. KNS/99
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 1:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 155 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2006 ALZ026-191945- ST. CLAIR- 155 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR ST. CLAIR COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM CDT... ...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 150 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER BRANCHVILLE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR ODENVILLE... MARGARET...BRANCHVILLE AND MOODY THROUGH 245 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THESE WINDS CAN BREAK OFF SMALL TREE LIMBS...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. KNS/99
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 2:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 217 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2006 ALZ023-192000- TUSCALOOSA- 217 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR TUSCALOOSA COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM CDT... ...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... ...SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 212 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER BROOKWOOD...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR VANCE...BROOKWOOD... TUSCALOOSA...NORTHPORT...HOLT AND FOSTERS THROUGH 300 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH. THESE WINDS CAN BREAK OFF SMALL TREE LIMBS...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. KNS/99
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 2:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 233 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2006 ALZ024-192000- JEFFERSON- 233 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM CDT... ...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... ...WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 231 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER CARDIFF...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR FORESTDALE... CARDIFF...BROOKSIDE...GRAYSVILLE...ADAMSVILLE...WEST JEFFERSON... MULGA AND MINOR THROUGH 300 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. 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. THE STORM WILL ALSO CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THESE WINDS CAN BREAK OFF SMALL TREE LIMBS...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS.
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 2:53 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 253 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2006 ALZ025-035-192045- CHILTON-SHELBY- 253 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR CHILTON AND SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT... ...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... ...WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 248 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER COLUMBIANA...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. ANOTHER STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHELSEA...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR COLUMBIANA...SHELBY CO AIRPORT...JEMISON AND CALERA THROUGH 345 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. 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. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THESE WINDS CAN BREAK OFF SMALL TREE LIMBS...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS.
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:18 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 318 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2006 ALZ048-050-192115- BARBOUR-RUSSELL- 318 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR BARBOUR AND RUSSELL COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CDT... ...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 314 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER COTTONTON...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR SEALE...PITTSVIEW... HOLY TRINITY...COTTONTON...GLENVILLE...LAKEPOINT RESORT STATE PARK... BATESVILLE AND EUFAULA THROUGH 415 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH. THESE WINDS CAN BREAK OFF SMALL TREE LIMBS...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. KNS/99
Local storm report, Jul 19, 3:40 PM CDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
340 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0150 PM HAIL BANKS 31.81N 85.84W
07/19/2006 E0.75 INCH PIKE AL POST OFFICE
0305 PM TSTM WND DMG SUMITON 33.75N 87.05W
07/19/2006 WALKER AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
WIND DAMAGE TO COUNTRY CARPETS AND APARTMENTS NEAR BEVIL
STATE ON MAIN STREET IN SUMITON.
&&
KNS/99The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Pickens | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 22 min |
| Jul 19, 1:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion, Winston | 15 min |
| Jul 19, 1:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pike | 39 min |
| Jul 19, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 17 min |
| Jul 19, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 25 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006
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.