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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 143, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 4, 2008Lowndes County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 2008, 5:24 PM CDT for Lowndes County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 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: Apr 4, 2008, 5:24 PM CDT (22:24 UTC)
Expired: Apr 4, 2008, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Lowndes County, AL

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 4, 1:27 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 115 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: 464 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 608 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 278 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 379 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 5.3

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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 Apr 4, 4:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 4:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
423 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2008

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.

ONGOING ATTENTION TO SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS WILL
RESULT IN A VERY SHORT DISCUSSION THIS AFTERNOON.  LATEST FORECAST
REFLECTS THE GFS MODEL OUTPUT...WHICH HAS MORE RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST
AREA TONIGHT...WHILE SEVERE CONVECTION MOVES ACROSS EAST AND SOUTH
COUNTIES THROUGH REMAINDER OF AFTERNOON. AREA WILL BEGIN TO DRY
OUT BEHIND THE FRONT BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

.LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NEXT WEATHER MAKER...SHORT-WAVE TROUGH AND APPROACHING COLD
FRONT...WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT CENTRAL ALABAMA ON TUESDAY. THE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLS OVER THE AREA...AND WITH SOUTHWESTERLY
FLOW ALOFT...CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...

WILL UPDATE WITH 00Z TAFS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GADSDEN     55  63  45  77  47 / 100  30  10  10  10
ANNISTON    59  66  47  77  53 / 100  30  10  10  10
BIRMINGHAM  56  67  47  79  56 / 100  30  10  10  10
TUSCALOOSA  59  70  47  80  52 / 100  20  10  10  10
CALERA      59  68  48  78  53 / 100  30  10  10  10
AUBURN      60  67  50  76  58 /  80  70  10  10  10
MONTGOMERY  62  70  50  82  56 /  80  70  10  10  10
TROY        63  72  52  79  58 /  80  70  10  10  10

&&

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

&&

03

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 4, 4:35 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
435 PM CDT FRI APR 04 2008

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

0426 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 W PELL CITY           33.56N 86.36W
04/04/2008                   ST. CLAIR          AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            2 TREES DOWN ON CAMP WINNATASKA ROAD IN COOK SPRINGS
            AREA.

&&

Local storm report, Apr 4, 4:45 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
445 PM CDT FRI APR 04 2008

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

0443 PM     TSTM WND DMG     9 W SYLACAUGA           33.18N 86.42W
04/04/2008                   TALLADEGA          AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWERLINE DOWN BLOCKING ROADWAY AT TINNEY LANE IN
            FAYETTEVILLE.

&&

Local storm report, Apr 4, 4:53 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
453 PM CDT FRI APR 04 2008

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

1037 AM     TSTM WND DMG     NAUVOO                  33.99N 87.49W
04/04/2008                   WALKER             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A FEW TREE TOPS WERE SNAPPED OFF AND A FEW TREES WERE
            UPROOTED NEAR NAUVOO.

1051 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ARLEY                   34.08N 87.21W
04/04/2008                   WINSTON            AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN ARLEY...WITH SOME TREES
            BEING REPORTED DOWN ON MOBILE HOMES.

0103 PM     HAIL             16 SE TUSCALOOSA        33.07N 87.35W
04/04/2008  E0.50 INCH       TUSCALOOSA         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DIME TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN HAGLER.

0150 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SE BILLINGSLEY        32.62N 86.66W
04/04/2008                   AUTAUGA            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN IN THE VIDA AREA AT
            THE JUNCTION OF AL HWYS 19 AND 82.

0155 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     1 E HARPERSVILLE        33.34N 86.42W
04/04/2008                   SHELBY             AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY AMATUER RADIO OPERATOR OVER US
            HIGHWAY 280.

0213 PM     HAIL             INVERNESS               33.40N 86.72W
04/04/2008  E1.00 INCH       SHELBY             AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT VALLEYDALE AND CALDWELL
            MILL ROADS.

0214 PM     HAIL             OAK MOUNTAIN STATE PARK 33.34N 86.73W
04/04/2008  E1.00 INCH       SHELBY             AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON JOHN FINLEY BLVD.

0216 PM     HAIL             INVERNESS               33.40N 86.72W
04/04/2008  E0.50 INCH       SHELBY             AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            DIME TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT JUNCTION VALLEYDALE ROAD AND
            U S HWY 280.

0233 PM     HAIL             ALABASTER               33.23N 86.82W
04/04/2008  E0.88 INCH       SHELBY             AL   NWS EMPLOYEE

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT 254 PARKPLACE WAY.

0233 PM     HAIL             ALABASTER               33.23N 86.82W
04/04/2008  E0.50 INCH       SHELBY             AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            DIME SIZE HAIL AT PUBLIX SUPERMARKET IN ALABASTER.

0233 PM     HAIL             9 W SYLACAUGA           33.18N 86.42W
04/04/2008  E0.88 INCH       TALLADEGA          AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            NICKLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN FAYETTEVILLE.

0233 PM     HAIL             ALABASTER               33.23N 86.82W
04/04/2008  E0.88 INCH       SHELBY             AL   NWS EMPLOYEE

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON 254 PARKWAY PLACE WAY.

0240 PM     HAIL             5 NNW CALERA            33.17N 86.79W
04/04/2008  M1.00 INCH       SHELBY             AL   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL OBSERVED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
            SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE...KBMX.

0240 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG LIVINGSTON              32.60N 88.19W
04/04/2008                   SUMTER             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN THE LIVINGSTON
            AREA...AND IN SEVERAL OTHER LOCATIONS AROUND THE COUNTY.

0255 PM     TSTM WND DMG     EUTAW                   32.84N 87.89W
04/04/2008                   GREENE             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMA REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

0255 PM     TSTM WND DMG     EUTAW                   32.84N 87.89W
04/04/2008                   GREENE             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS TREE DOWN ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

0300 PM     TSTM WND DMG     10 SE MAPLESVILLE       32.68N 86.76W
04/04/2008                   CHILTON            AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            ROOF BLOWN OFF HOUSE ON U S HWY 82 NEAR THE AUTAUGA
            COUNTY BORDER. WINDS ESTIMATED 70 MPH.

0305 PM     HAIL             PELL CITY               33.56N 86.27W
04/04/2008  E0.88 INCH       ST. CLAIR          AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN THE PELL CITY AREA.

0324 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GREENSBORO              32.70N 87.59W
04/04/2008                   HALE               AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS COUNTY.

0324 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     ANNISTON                33.66N 85.81W
04/04/2008                   CALHOUN            AL   PUBLIC

            E911 REPORTED PUBLIC REPORT THAT 2 FUNNEL CLOUDS TOUCHING
            DOWN NEAR DADS BARBAQUE ON MCCLELLAN BLVD.

0332 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     12 N ANNISTON           33.84N 85.81W
04/04/2008                   CALHOUN            AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED COMING OVER STATE TROOPERS POST IN
            JACKSONVILLE.

0350 PM     HAIL             JACKSONVILLE            33.81N 85.76W
04/04/2008  E0.50 INCH       CALHOUN            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MARBLE HAIL REPORTED ON FRANCIS STREET EAST.

0408 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     PELHAM                  33.30N 86.79W
04/04/2008                   SHELBY             AL   PUBLIC

            3 FUNNEL CLOUDS REPORTED ON US 31/HIGHWAY 119.

0416 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 S COLUMBIANA          33.10N 86.60W
04/04/2008                   SHELBY             AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            TREE DAMAGE IN THE HWY 145 AREA NEAR SHELBY
            COMMUNITY...PUBLIC REPORTS ROTATION IN AREA OF DAMAGE.

0426 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 W PELL CITY           33.56N 86.36W
04/04/2008                   ST. CLAIR          AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            2 TREES DOWN ON CAMP WINNATASKA ROAD IN COOK SPRINGS
            AREA.

0443 PM     TSTM WND DMG     9 W SYLACAUGA           33.18N 86.42W
04/04/2008                   TALLADEGA          AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWERLINE DOWN BLOCKING ROADWAY AT TINNEY LANE IN
            FAYETTEVILLE.

&&

Local storm report, Apr 4, 4:55 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
455 PM CDT FRI APR 04 2008

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

0450 PM     HAIL             5 NW MILLTOWN           33.11N 85.55W
04/04/2008  E1.00 INCH       CHAMBERS           AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN THE ABANDA COMMUNITY.

&&

Local storm report, Apr 4, 4:59 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
459 PM CDT FRI APR 04 2008

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

0450 PM     HAIL             WADLEY                  33.12N 85.57W
04/04/2008  E0.75 INCH       RANDOLPH           AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORTED IN THE CITY OF WADLEY

&&

Local storm report, Apr 4, 5:17 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
517 PM CDT FRI APR 04 2008

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

0505 PM     HAIL             ROANOKE                 33.15N 85.37W
04/04/2008  E0.75 INCH       RANDOLPH           AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORTED IN ROAKNOKE

&&

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 4, 3:58 AM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	15 hr
Apr 4, 12:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Cherokee	35 min
Apr 4, 1:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Hale, Tuscaloosa	44 min
Apr 4, 1:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Shelby, Talladega	40 min
Apr 4, 1:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Shelby, Talladega	47 min
Apr 4, 1:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee	29 min
Apr 4, 1:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Dallas, Hale, Marengo, Perry	51 min
Apr 4, 1:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Etowah, St. Clair	35 min
Apr 4, 1:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Talladega	45 min
Apr 4, 1:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Cherokee	30 min
Apr 4, 1:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bibb	35 min
Apr 4, 1:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Dallas, Hale, Marengo, Perry	47 min
Apr 4, 2:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bibb, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby	44 min
Apr 4, 2:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Etowah, St. Clair	28 min
Apr 4, 2:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cleburne, Talladega	51 min
Apr 4, 2:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter	26 min
Apr 4, 2:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby	39 min
Apr 4, 2:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton, Shelby	23 min
Apr 4, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Walker, Winston	35 min
Apr 4, 2:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Dallas, Perry	42 min
Apr 4, 2:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Etowah, St. Clair	15 min
Apr 4, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Sumter and 1 more	45 min
Apr 4, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton, Coosa, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega	29 min
Apr 4, 2:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Clay, Randolph, Tallapoosa	42 min
Apr 4, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker	35 min
Apr 4, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Dallas, Marengo	50 min
Apr 4, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, St. Clair, Talladega	35 min
Apr 4, 3:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount	34 min
Apr 4, 3:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, St. Clair	29 min
Apr 4, 3:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Coosa	43 min
Apr 4, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Talladega	27 min
Apr 4, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Hale, Jefferson, Perry, Shelby and 1 more	51 min
Apr 4, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Randolph	32 min
Apr 4, 3:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne	29 min
Apr 4, 3:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Dallas, Lowndes	43 min
Apr 4, 3:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Coosa, Tallapoosa	44 min
Apr 4, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee, Cleburne	20 min
Apr 4, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby	36 min
Apr 4, 4:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Shelby	27 min
Apr 4, 4:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cleburne	26 min
Apr 4, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Lowndes, Montgomery	47 min
Apr 4, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Clay, Coosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa	40 min
Apr 4, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega	52 min
Apr 4, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Etowah, St. Clair, Talladega	46 min
Apr 4, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Clay, Randolph, Tallapoosa	36 min
Apr 4, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Dallas	14 min
Apr 4, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah, Randolph and 1 more	52 min
Apr 4, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery	66 min
Apr 4, 5:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Dallas	37 min
Apr 4, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Elmore, Macon, Tallapoosa	42 min
Apr 4, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Elmore, Montgomery	38 min
Apr 4, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa	63 min
Apr 4, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Elmore, Lee, Macon, Montgomery, Tallapoosa	31 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.