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Tornado Warning 105, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 11, 20074 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2007, 5:09 PM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 51 min. 7 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: Apr 11, 2007, 5:09 PM CDT (22:09 UTC)
Expired: Apr 11, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Elmore County, AL, Macon County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 11, 5:15 PM CDT	HAIL 0.25	E Wetumpka, AL	PEA SIZE FELL AROUND WETUMPKA.
Apr 11, 5:15 PM CDT	HAIL 0.25	E Wetumpka, AL
Apr 11, 5:26 PM CDT	HAIL 2.75	4 W Tallassee, AL	BASEBALL SIZE HAIL FELL IN THE FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY.
Apr 11, 5:26 PM CDT	HAIL 2.75	E Wetumpka, AL	FRIENSHIP COMMUNITY
Apr 11, 5:54 PM CDT	TORNADO 1	6 Se Tuskegee, AL	AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BETWEEN TUSKEGEE AND WARRIORSTAND AND TRACKED EAST SOUTHEAST FOR ABOUT 12 MILES. IT LIFTED NEAR THE UCHEE COMMUNITY IN RUSSELL COUNTY. THE TORNADO SNAPPED OFF OR DOWNED HUNDREDS OF TREES ALONG ITS PATH.
Apr 11, 5:54 PM CDT	TORNADO	6 Se Tuskegee, AL	AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BETWEEN TUSKEGEE AND WARRIORSTAND AND TRACKED EAST SOUTHEAST FOR ABOUT 12 MILES. IT LIFTED NEAR THE UCHEE COMMUNITY IN RUSSELL COUNTY. THE TORNADO SNAPPED OFF OR DOWNED HUNDREDS OF TREES ALONG ITS PATH.
Apr 11, 5:55 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Nw Tuskegee, AL	ONE TREE FELL ON A MOBILE HOME NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE 85 AND COUNTY ROAD 65.

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this tornado warning; the first came 45 minutes after it went out.

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
Apr 11, 1:42 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr
Apr 11, 3:48 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 118 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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 501 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 342 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 389 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 112209
TORBMX
ALC051-087-101-123-112300-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0105.070411T2209Z-070411T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
509 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ELMORE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TALLASSEE...
  NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  MACON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TUSKEGEE...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 509 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BLUE
  RIDGE... 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WETUMPKA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  TALLASSEE BY 530 PM CDT...
  TUSKEGEE AND NOTASULGA BY 545 PM CDT...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.

LAT...LON 3235 8621 3256 8621 3258 8571 3259 8570
      3249 8547 3231 8547

$$

6 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 112216
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
515 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

ALC051-087-101-123-112300-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0105.000000T0000Z-070411T2300Z/
MONTGOMERY AL-MACON AL-ELMORE AL-TALLAPOOSA AL-
515 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR EXTREME
SOUTH CENTRAL TALLAPOOSA...SOUTHEASTERN ELMORE...NORTHERN MACON AND
NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...

AT 513 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WARE...OR ABOUT 11
MILES SOUTHEAST OF WETUMPKA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SHORTER BY 520 PM CDT...
  TALLAPOOSA RIVER MILSTEAD AND MILSTEAD BY 525 PM CDT...
  TALLASSEE BY 530 PM CDT...
  FRANKLIN AND WOODLAND BY 535 PM CDT...
  TUSKEGEE BY 540 PM CDT...
  UPHAPEE CREEK AND NOTASULGA BY 545 PM CDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3235 8608 3255 8614 3258 8571 3259 8570
      3249 8547 3238 8549

$$
STEFKOVICH

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 112223
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
522 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

ALC101-112232-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0105.000000T0000Z-070411T2300Z/
MONTGOMERY AL-
522 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3238 8599 3242 8602 3247 8612 3258 8571
      3259 8570 3249 8547 3238 8549

$$

ALC051-087-123-112300-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0105.000000T0000Z-070411T2300Z/
MACON AL-ELMORE AL-TALLAPOOSA AL-
522 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR EXTREME
SOUTH CENTRAL TALLAPOOSA...SOUTHEASTERN ELMORE AND NORTHERN MACON
COUNTIES...

AT 518 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WARE...OR ABOUT 9 
MILES SOUTHWEST OF TALLASSEE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. ALTHOUGH A 
TORNADO HAS NOT BEEN ACTUALLY REPORTED WITH THIS STORM...WIDESPREAD 
DAMAGING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS ALL 
OF SOUTHERN ELMORE COUNTY.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  TALLAPOOSA RIVER MILSTEAD...MILSTEAD AND TALLASSEE BY 530 PM CDT...
  FRANKLIN BY 535 PM CDT...
  WOODLAND BY 540 PM CDT...
  UPHAPEE CREEK AND TUSKEGEE BY 545 PM CDT...
  NOTASULGA BY 550 PM CDT...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3238 8599 3242 8602 3247 8612 3258 8571
      3259 8570 3249 8547 3238 8549

$$
STEFKOVICH

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 112235
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
534 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

ALC051-112244-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0105.000000T0000Z-070411T2300Z/
ELMORE AL-
534 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ELMORE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3239 8588 3244 8593 3254 8588 3258 8571
      3259 8570 3249 8547 3238 8549

$$

ALC087-123-112300-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0105.000000T0000Z-070411T2300Z/
MACON AL-TALLAPOOSA AL-
534 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR EXTREME
SOUTH CENTRAL TALLAPOOSA AND NORTHERN MACON COUNTIES...

AT 529 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TALLAPOOSA RIVER 
MILSTEAD...OR ABOUT NEAR TALLASSEE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS 
STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  UPHAPEE CREEK AND TUSKEGEE BY 540 PM CDT...
  6 MILES SOUTH OF NOTASULGA BY 545 PM CDT...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3239 8588 3244 8593 3254 8588 3258 8571
      3259 8570 3249 8547 3238 8549

$$
STEFKOVICH

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 112240
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
540 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

ALC123-112250-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0105.000000T0000Z-070411T2300Z/
TALLAPOOSA AL-
540 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3239 8588 3244 8588 3250 8582 3253 8564
      3249 8547 3236 8545

$$

ALC087-112300-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0105.000000T0000Z-070411T2300Z/
MACON AL-
540 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
MACON COUNTY...

AT 534 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FRANKLIN...OR
ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF TUSKEGEE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  TUSKEGEE AND UPHAPEE CREEK BY 545 PM CDT...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3239 8588 3244 8588 3250 8582 3253 8564
      3249 8547 3236 8545

$$

STEFKOVICH

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 112245
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
544 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

ALC087-112300-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0105.000000T0000Z-070411T2300Z/
MACON AL-
544 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY...

AT 539 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR UPHAPEE CREEK...OR
ABOUT NEAR TUSKEGEE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3240 8572 3247 8578 3250 8582 3256 8566
      3249 8547 3236 8545

$$

STEFKOVICH

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 112250
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
550 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

ALC087-112300-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0105.000000T0000Z-070411T2300Z/
MACON AL-
550 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MACON COUNTY...

AT 545 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TUSKEGEE...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3240 8572 3247 8572 3251 8573 3253 8559
      3249 8547 3236 8545

$$

STEFKOVICH

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Apr 11, 3:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 3:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
301 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE FRONT WILL CLEAR THE AREA SHORTLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT.

COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT. ONCE AGAIN...WILL
GO SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN MOS. IT HAS NOT BEEN A GOOD WEEK FOR MOS.
WILL ALSO TREND WARMER FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM IS SCHEDULE TO IMPACT CENTRAL ALABAMA LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. MODELS ARE NOW SHOWING A VERY
IMPRESSIVE SYSTEM. GOOD UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS...STRONG LOW LEVEL
JET...AND GOOD SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY. CONFIDENCE IS
INCREASING. MODELS SHOULD BEGIN TO STICK TO ONE SOLUTION AS WE GET
CLOSER AND CLOSER. THURSDAYS MODEL RUNS SHOULD PROVIDE US WITH A
BETTER IDEA OF WHAT TO EXPECT.

COOLER TEMPERATURES RETURN ON SUNDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE SETS IN.

10/ARM

.LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH MID WEEK. LONG RANGE MODELS
SHOW INDICATE THAT ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA LATE
WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. TOO EARLY TO TELL WHAT THIS SYSTEM WILL
BRING.

10/ARM

&&

.AVIATION...18Z TAF DISCUSSION.

MVFR OR IFR CEILINGS AT ALL SITES CONTINUE WITH SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING TO THE WEST ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN
MISSISSIPPI. IN ADDITION TO PROLONGED IFR CONDITIONS TODAY...MAY SEE
SEVERAL HOURS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY TCL...BHM...EET AND ANB. AT THE MOMENT
IT LOOKS LIKE THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH
A NARROW LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS TCL AROUND
21Z...BHM/EET AROUND 22Z ANNISTON BE 23Z...AND MGM/TOI AFTER 00Z.
ADDITIONALLY...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF
THIS LINE...BUT WILL BE SCATTERED IN NATURE. WINDS WILL ALSO BE
BREEZY OUT OF THE SOUTH...AFFECTING ANY EAST/WEST ORIENTED
RUNWAYS. CEILINGS SHOULD FINALLY COME UP TO VFR BEHIND THE
STORMS/FRONT BEFORE MIDNIGHT AREA WIDE.

12/SIRMON

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GADSDEN     44  72  43  75  58 /  30  10  10  10  30
ANNISTON    45  72  45  76  59 /  30  10  10  10  30
BIRMINGHAM  46  72  44  76  63 /  20  10  10  10  60
TUSCALOOSA  44  75  47  79  63 /  10  10  10  10  60
CALERA      46  74  44  78  63 /  20  10  10  10  50
AUBURN      50  74  46  79  60 /  30  10  10   0  10
MONTGOMERY  48  77  45  82  61 /  20  10  10  10  20
TROY        48  78  46  82  61 /  20  10  10  10  20

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 11, 1:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
115 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

ALZ011>015-017>050-121830-
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-
115 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE STORM PREDICTION HAS PLACED ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA IN A
SLIGHT RISK AREA FOR SEVERE WEATHER.

STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO FORM AHEAD OF A MORE ORGANIZED LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
AND RAPIDLY SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA.  THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE
STORMS WILL BE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND LOCALLY DAMAGING
WINDS.  IN GENERAL THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO A MORE STABLE
AIRMASS...THUS A GENERAL WEAKENING TREND IS EXPECTED AS THEY MOVE
FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE STATE.  ALL CONVECTION SHOULD MOVE INTO
GEORGIA BY 03Z.

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

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN LATE FRIDAY NIGHT
AND SATURDAY. A SQUALL LINE WILL DEVELOP TO THE WEST ON FRIDAY AND
THEN MOVE INTO WESTERN ALABAMA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS FRIDAY
NIGHT. THE SQUALL LINE WITH EMBEDDED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE IN EASTERN ALABAMA BY MID-DAY. WITH THIS SQUALL LINE WE ARE
ANTICIPATING HEAVY RAIN...DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES.

THIS SYSTEM WILL NEED TO BE CLOSELY MONITORED AS WE APPROACH THE
WEEKEND. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM
SYSTEM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY
BE NECESSARY LATER TODAY AND WILL LIKELY BE NECESSARY LATE FRIDAY
NIGHT INTO SATURDAY.

JD/81

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 11, 4:55 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
455 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

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

0455 PM     HAIL             10 NW WETUMPKA          32.65N 86.32W
04/11/2007  E0.88 INCH       ELMORE             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

SUNGER

Local storm report, Apr 11, 4:58 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
458 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

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

0458 PM     HAIL             MILLBROOK               32.49N 86.37W
04/11/2007  E2.00 INCH       ELMORE             AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SUNGER

Local storm report, Apr 11, 5:00 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
500 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

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

0458 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     2 W WETUMPKA            32.54N 86.24W
04/11/2007                   ELMORE             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HWY 14 AND HW 143 CITY OF ELMORE

&&

SUNGER

Local storm report, Apr 11, 5:04 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
504 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

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

0504 PM     HAIL             2 S ALEXANDER CITY      32.90N 85.93W
04/11/2007  E1.00 INCH       TALLAPOOSA         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

SUNGER

Local storm report, Apr 11, 5:07 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
507 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

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

0505 PM     HAIL             6 SE ALEXANDER CITY     32.87N 85.86W
04/11/2007  E0.50 INCH       TALLAPOOSA         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

SUNGER

Local storm report, Apr 11, 5:09 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
509 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

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

0500 PM     HAIL             E ROCKFORD              32.89N 86.22W
04/11/2007  E1.75 INCH       COOSA              AL   PUBLIC

            2 MILE E OF NIXBURG

&&

SUNGER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 11, 4:20 AM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	BMX	Blount, Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, Marion, Pickens and 5 more	13 hr
Apr 11, 1:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar	37 min
Apr 11, 1:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion	29 min
Apr 11, 1:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Sumter	31 min
Apr 11, 2:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar	22 min
Apr 11, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion	21 min
Apr 11, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	45 min
Apr 11, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Winston	35 min
Apr 11, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter	46 min
Apr 11, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Walker	32 min
Apr 11, 2:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Walker	30 min
Apr 11, 2:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bibb, Hale, Perry	41 min
Apr 11, 2:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Dallas, Hale, Marengo, Perry	50 min
Apr 11, 3:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jefferson	26 min
Apr 11, 3:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	25 min
Apr 11, 3:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Blount, Jefferson	34 min
Apr 11, 3:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Shelby	33 min
Apr 11, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	13 min
Apr 11, 3:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Dallas	50 min
Apr 11, 3:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Walker	34 min
Apr 11, 3:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chilton, Coosa	33 min
Apr 11, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount	30 min
Apr 11, 4:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Elmore	48 min
Apr 11, 4:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Coosa, Tallapoosa	45 min
Apr 11, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Etowah, St. Clair	34 min
Apr 11, 4:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Montgomery	26 min
Apr 11, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lowndes	29 min
Apr 11, 5:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chambers, Tallapoosa	41 min
Apr 11, 5:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lee, Macon, Russell	65 min
Apr 11, 5:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chambers	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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.