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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 29, 2008Fayette County, Lamar County, Marion County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 29, 2008, 4:26 PM CST for Fayette County, Lamar County, Marion 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 29, 2008, 4:26 PM CST (22:26 UTC)
Expired
Jan 29, 2008, 5:00 PM CST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Fayette County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Marion County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 2008-01-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2008-01-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 260 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
685 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
260 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
318 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KBMX 292226
SVRBMX
ALC057-075-093-292300-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0013.080129T2226Z-080129T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
426 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WINFIELD...
  WESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FAYETTE...
  LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...VERNON...DETROIT...

* UNTIL 500 PM CST

* AT 425 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BEDFORD...OR NEAR VERNON...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES SOUTH OF LAMAR COUNTY AIRPORT BY 430 PM CST...
  BLOOMING GROVE BY 440 PM CST...
  BLUFF BY 445 PM CST...
  WINFIELD BY 450 PM CST...
  GLEN ALLEN BY 455 PM CST...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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

LAT...LON 3363 8827 3369 8827 3370 8826 3377 8826
      3384 8824 3404 8822 3416 8766 3364 8762
      3354 8828 3362 8828
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 250DEG 50KT 3374 8818

$$

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1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KBMX 292241
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
440 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008

ALC057-075-093-292300-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080129T2300Z/
FAYETTE AL-LAMAR AL-MARION AL-
440 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST
FOR SOUTHERN MARION...LAMAR AND WESTERN FAYETTE COUNTIES...

AT 438 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLOOMING GROVE...OR
ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF VERNON...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BLUFF AND 9 MILES NORTH OF RICHARD ARTHUR FIELD BY 445 PM CST...
  WINFIELD AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF GU-WIN BY 450 PM CST...
  GLEN ALLEN...HUBBERTVILLE...6 MILES NORTH OF FOWLERS CROSSROADS AND
  7 MILES SOUTH OF TUCKER BY 455 PM CST...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE 
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS..AND HEAVY RAINFALL. PEOPLE OUTSIDE 
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT 
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3363 8827 3369 8827 3370 8826 3377 8826
      3384 8824 3404 8822 3416 8766 3364 8762
      3354 8828 3362 8828
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 250DEG 50KT 3381 8796

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 28, 8:22 PM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryBMXAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more23 hr
Jan 29, 3:46 AM CSTWind AdvisoryBMXAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more22 hr
Jan 29, 3:19 PM CSTFire Weather WatchBMXAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more11 hr

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.