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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 17, 2008, 10:59 AM CST for 6 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 31 min. 5 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
- Feb 17, 2008, 10:59 AM CST (16:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2008, 11:30 AM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bibb County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Perry County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:01 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 11:00 AM CST | HAIL 0.25 | Demopolis, AL | PEA SIZE HAIL JUST NORTH OF THE CITY. |
| Feb 17, 11:00 AM CST | HAIL 1 | 2 E Sawyerville, AL | QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR SAWYERVILLE. |
| Feb 17, 11:00 AM CST | HAIL 1 | 7 S Moundville, AL | QUARTER SIZE HAIL FELL IN AND AROUND HAVANA JUNCTION. |
| Feb 17, 11:05 AM CST | HAIL 1 | Greensboro, AL | QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN THE GREENSBORO AREA. |
| Feb 17, 11:24 AM CST | HAIL 0.88 | 7 E Greensboro, AL | NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS OBSERVED NEAR THE HALE AND PERRY COUNTY LINE. |
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 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 5:26 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 277 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 350 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KBMX 171659 SVRBMX ALC007-063-065-091-105-125-171730- /O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0033.080217T1659Z-080217T1730Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1059 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA... NORTHWESTERN PERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MARION... NORTH CENTRAL MARENGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA... HALE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GREENSBORO... SOUTHEASTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA... * UNTIL 1130 AM CST * AT 1059 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF WATEROAK TO 15 MILES WEST OF LANEVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES SOUTH OF TUSCALOOSA TO DEMOPOLIS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... CEDARVILLE AND GREENSBORO BY 1105 AM CST... WATEROAK AND LANEVILLE BY 1110 AM CST... NEWBERN BY 1115 AM CST... VANCE...MORGAN SPRINGS AND NEWBERN BY 1120 AM CST... FOLSOM AND EOLINE BY 1125 AM CST... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3325 8705 3264 8729 3242 8788 3306 8756 TIME...MOT...LOC 1659Z 241DEG 49KT 3303 8750 3247 8780 $$
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KBMX 171717
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1117 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
ALC007-063-065-091-105-125-171730-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-080217T1730Z/
MARENGO AL-PERRY AL-HALE AL-GREENE AL-BIBB AL-TUSCALOOSA AL-
1117 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM CST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN TUSCALOOSA...WESTERN BIBB...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN
GREENE...HALE...NORTHWESTERN PERRY AND NORTH CENTRAL MARENGO
COUNTIES...
AT 1117 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VANCE
TO CEDARVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
HOLT TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF GREENSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
MORGAN SPRINGS...MERTZ...HARMON AND VANCE BY 1125 AM CST...
FOLSOM...EOLINE...WEST BLOCTON AND ELLARDS BY 1130 AM CST...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST SUNDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3263 8777 3311 8742 3325 8705 3264 8729
3244 8786
TIME...MOT...LOC 1717Z 241DEG 49KT 3314 8731 3258 8761
$$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 Feb 17, 6:30 AM CST, 4 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 6:30 AM CST, 4 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 630 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 .UPDATE...AVIATION DISCUSSION. && .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. A RATHER COMPLEX WEATHER EVENT UNFOLDING ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH THIS MORNING. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO SHIFT EASTWARD ACROSS MISSISSIPPI. THE LINE IS ABOUT 3 HOURS AHEAD OF MODEL PREDICTIONS ...SO SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO WEST ALABAMA AROUND 6 AM. SURFACE FLOW IS VEERING TO A MORE SOUTHERLY DIRECTION ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA...AND DEWPOINTS ARE RISING AS WELL. STILL EXPECTING 60+ DEWPOINTS FROM I-20 SOUTHWARD BY THE AFTERNOON. DIFFICULT PART OF FORECAST IS DETERMINING EVOLUTION OF SQUALL LINE. WILL THE LINE CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS MISSISSIPPI BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER MAKER OR WILL ANOTHER LINE DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF COLD FRONT. 00Z NAM MODEL WAS GOING WITH THE LATER SCENARIO...BUT 06Z NAM NOT SHOWING MUCH DEVELOPMENT AT ALL ALONG COLD FRONT. REGARDLESS OF HOW IT UNFOLDS...BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHERN COUNTIES WHERE HIGHER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL EXIST. HELICITY AND EHI VALUES SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES SOUTH OF LINE FROM DEMOPOLIS...TO CLANTON...TO WEDOWEE....GENERALLY ANYTIME AFTER 12 NOON. SEVERE THREAT WILL LINGER ACROSS SOUTHEAST COUNTIES THRU THE EARLY EVENING AS BOUNDARY BECOMES ORIENTED IN A SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DIRECTION. DISCRETE SUPERCELLS MAY ALSO COME INTO PLAY ACROSS SOUTHERN COUNTIES AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INCREASES AND SURFACE TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. MODELS HAVE SLOWED DOWN ARRIVAL OF COLDER AIR TONIGHT..AND TEMPERATURES RAISED CONSIDERABLY DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THERE WILL BE SOME WRAP AROUND LOW CLOUDS...MAINLY ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA. THERE MAY BE A FEW SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ALONG COLD FRONT...BUT MOST OF THE CONVECTION WILL BE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY REGION OF ALABAMA AND EXTENDING NORTHWARD INTO TENNESSEE. COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL CONTINUE MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. SOME LOW CLOUDS MAY STILL BE AROUND IN THE MORNING...BUT PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL PREVAIL IN THE AFTERNOON. GRADIENT WINDS ARE NEAR 50 KNOTS SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OFF THE SURFACE...AND A LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED FOR TODAY FOR ALL COUNTIES. THE ADVISORY MAY BE UPGRADED IF HIGHER WINDS MIX DOWNWARD. 58/ROSE .LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. DRY WEATHER EXPECTED EARLY ON AS HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN PLACE. THIS HIGH PRESSURE THOUGH IS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY EXIT THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY. MOISTURE WILL QUICKLY RETURN ALONG WITH A MORE ACTIVE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN BY THURSDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A FEW UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVES AND POSSIBLY A TROF OR TWO WILL RIDE ALONG THIS UPPER FLOW WHICH WILL HELP KEEP OUR RAIN CHANCES UP THROUGH THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. LONG RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO SLIGHTLY CHANGE WITH THE INTENSITY OF EACH SYSTEM. BOTH GFS AND ECMWF KEEP THE AREA UNSTABLE FROM THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE GFS BY FAR CONTINUES TO SHOW A MUCH STRONGER SYSTEM FOR FRIDAY. THE ECMWF ALSO SUPPORTS THIS SOLUTION ALTHOUGH DYNAMICS ARE NOT NEARLY AS STRONG. ONE THING TO NOTE IS THAT THE GFS IS SHOWING SOME VERY IMPRESSIVE CAPE VALUES FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. FOR THE LOWER HALF OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...CAPE VALUES RANGE FROM 1500 TO 2000 WITH LIS IN THE -2 TO -4 RANGE. SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR NOW. AFTER A COOL START...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BOUNCE BACK TO WELL ABOVE NORMAL WITH NO SIGNIFICANT COOL DOWN IN SIGHT. 10/ARM && .AVIATION...12Z TAF DISCUSSION. LOW CLOUDS WITH BASES AROUND 1500 FEET HAVE SPREAD ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA AT START OF TAF PERIOD. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED INTO WEST ALABAMA AND WILL REACH KTCL BY 14Z...AND KEET/KBHM/KMGM BY 16Z. VSBYS WILL LIKELY REMAIN ABOVE 3 MILES WITH THIS FIRST WAVE OF RAIN. STRONGER STORMS WILL REMAIN OUTSIDE OF TAF SITES THRU 18Z. ADDITIONAL STORMS SHOULD DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS INSTABILITY INCREASES. IT IS DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE WHERE LINE REDEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR...BUT MOST LIKELY JUST EAST OF CURRENT RAIN SHIELD. CLOUDS BASES WILL LIKELY RISE THIS MORNING TO AROUND 3500 FEET BY 18Z. A COLD FRONT WILL ENTER WEST ALABAMA AROUND 02Z AND MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE STATE. THERE SHOULD BE A BREAK IN THE CLOUDS IN DRY SLOT AHEAD OF SURFACE FRONT...BUT POST-FRONTAL CLOUDS WITH BASES AROUND 3500 FEET WILL SPREAD SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA AFTER 02Z. PLENTY OF WIND SHEAR TODAY DUE TO STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT. SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 15-20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS WILL WEAKEN AFTER 23Z. 58/ROSE && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 66 41 51 27 52 / 90 20 10 10 0 ANNISTON 67 42 52 29 55 / 90 30 10 0 0 BIRMINGHAM 67 41 51 30 57 / 90 20 10 0 0 TUSCALOOSA 68 39 52 31 59 / 90 10 0 0 0 CALERA 68 42 52 31 58 / 90 20 10 0 0 AUBURN 72 44 55 33 58 / 80 60 0 10 0 MONTGOMERY 72 45 56 33 62 / 90 40 0 10 0 TROY 74 45 59 33 61 / 80 60 0 10 0 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREAS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM TODAY. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 17, 9:36 AM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 936 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ALZ011>015-017>050-181236- 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- 936 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY...LASTING AS LATE AS 5 PM IN THE SOUTHEAST. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE MORE COMMONPLACE. A SQUALL LINE WILL BE JUST EAST OF THE ALABAMA MISSISSIPPI STATE LINE AROUND 10AM...MOVE TO NEAR BIRMINGHAM TO SELMA LINE BY NOON...AND THEN AFFECT AREAS EAST OF THIS LINE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE GREATEST TORNADO THREAT THIS MORNING WILL GENERALLY BE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GEIGER...TO MARION...TO PRATTVILLE. AS THE MORE UNSTABLE AIR SHIFTS NORTHWARD THIS AFTERNOON...THE TORNADO THREAT AREA WILL ALSO SHIFT FARTHER NORTHWARD FOR THOSE AREAS EAST OF I-65. THE GREATEST TORNADO THREAT THIS AFTERNOON WILL GENERALLY BE EAST OF A LINE FROM MOSSES...TO WETUMPKA...TO DADEVILLE...TO ROANOKE. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO FURTHER STATEMENTS REFINING THE THREAT AREAS AND THE TIMING FOR YOUR SPECIFIC AREA. NORTH OF THE TORNADO THREAT AREAS AND SOUTH OF I-20...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY...AND A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ON AREA LAKES AND WATERWAYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...A SERIES OF UPPER LOWS WILL PASS TO THE WEST OF ALABAMA PRODUCING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AT THIS TIME...THE INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE APPEAR HIGH ENOUGH THAT SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG...WITH THE BETTER CHANCE OF STRONG STORMS ON FRIDAY. STAY TUNED TO LATER STATEMENTS ADDRESSING SPECIFIC AREAS AND TIMING OR FOR A POTENTIAL THREAT UPGRADE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WILL BE REQUIRED TODAY.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 17, 9:53 AM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 953 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ALZ015-023-024-171645- JEFFERSON-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER- 953 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR JEFFERSON...TUSCALOOSA AND WALKER COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 AM CST... AT 943 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST WERE TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WHITSON TO MAXWELL...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CORDOVA TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF NORTHPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. PEOPLE IN EASTERN TUSCALOOSA...SOUTHEASTERN WALKER AND WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HOLT...TUSCALOOSA... BANKHEAD LOCK AND DAM...HOLT LOCK AND DAM...COTTONDALE...PETERSON... COALING...GORGAS STEAM PLANT...BEVILLE LOCK AND DAM AND BROOKWOOD... SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Feb 17, 10:10 AM CST, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1010 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ALZ030-031-171645- GREENE-SUMTER- 1010 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR GREENE AND SUMTER COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 AM CST... AT 1010 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GAINESVILLE TO CYRIL...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTH OF LIVINGSTON TO 17 MILES SOUTH OF CUBA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... YORK. WEST GREENE. EPES. MANTUA. MCDOWELL. TISHABEE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA.
Special weather statement, Feb 17, 10:21 AM CST, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1021 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ALZ034-171645- BIBB- 1021 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BIBB COUNTY UNTIL 1045 AM CST... AT 1021 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ELLARDS...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CENTREVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... HARRISBURG. CENTREVILLE. SIX MILE. MARVEL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Feb 17, 10:47 AM CST, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1047 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ALZ023>025-031>034-039-171730- BIBB-GREENE-HALE-JEFFERSON-MARENGO-PERRY-SHELBY-TUSCALOOSA- 1047 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BIBB...GREENE...HALE...JEFFERSON... MARENGO...PERRY...SHELBY AND TUSCALOOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 AM CST... AT 1044 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM TUSCALOOSA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT TO DEMOPOLIS LOCK AND DAM...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NORTHPORT TO DEMOPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... OLIVER LOCK AND DAM. TUSCALOOSA. LAKE TUSCALOOSA. WINDHAM SPRINGS. BANKHEAD LOCK AND DAM. BULL CITY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 4:08 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 17, 11:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas, Hale, Marengo, Perry | 32 min |
| Feb 17, 11:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore and 8 more | 66 min |
| Feb 17, 11:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas, Marengo, Perry | 35 min |
| Feb 17, 12:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Dallas, Perry | 52 min |
| Feb 17, 12:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas, Marengo | 49 min |
| Feb 17, 12:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Elmore and 5 more | 62 min |
| Feb 17, 12:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas | 42 min |
| Feb 17, 12:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton | 34 min |
| Feb 17, 1:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore | 51 min |
| Feb 17, 1:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Randolph, Talladega | 63 min |
| Feb 17, 1:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Elmore | 44 min |
| Feb 17, 1:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers, Clay, Coosa, Randolph, Tallapoosa | 35 min |
| Feb 17, 1:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas, Lowndes | 60 min |
| Feb 17, 1:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Pike | 55 min |
| Feb 17, 2:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Randolph, Tallapoosa | 49 min |
| Feb 17, 2:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa | 44 min |
| Feb 17, 2:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery | 59 min |
| Feb 17, 2:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Pike, Russell | 64 min |
| Feb 17, 2:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers, Coosa, Elmore, Randolph, Tallapoosa | 56 min |
| Feb 17, 3:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa | 34 min |
| Feb 17, 3:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 44 min |
| Feb 17, 3:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour, Russell | 38 min |
| Feb 17, 4:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour, Pike | 40 min |
| Feb 17, 4:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Pike, Russell | 50 min |
| Feb 17, 4:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers, Clay, Randolph, Tallapoosa | 43 min |
| Feb 17, 4:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour, Russell | 25 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.