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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 350, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2008, 2:06 PM CDT for Pickens County, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 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 5, 2008, 2:06 PM CDT (19:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2008, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Pickens County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 961 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 993 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 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 5, 12:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 12:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1242 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008 .UPDATE...18Z AVIATION DISCUSSION. && .DISCUSSION... EARLY MORNING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA...AS SCATTERED DIURNAL DEVELOPMENT HAS BEGUN IN THE SOUTHEAST. A FEW OTHER CONVECTIVE IMPULSES OVER MISSISSIPPI WILL PUSH EASTWARD...AFFECTING LOCATIONS IN THE EAST. THE MOST LIKELY SCENARIO IS THAT THOSE IMPULSES WILL CONTINUE TO DISSIPATE AND REFIRE. CLOUD COVER COULD PROHIBIT WIDESPREAD DEVELOPMENT EARLY...BUT AS BOUNDARIES INTERACT WITHIN A MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS...CONVECTION AREAWIDE WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE BEST CHANCE WILL BE IN THE SOUTH WHERE INSTABILITIES ARE SLIGHTLY HIGHER. STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL DEPEND ON LOCATION OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WILL HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S EXPECTED. UPDATED ZONES OUT SHORTLY. 14 && .AVIATION...12Z AVIATION. ACTIVE CONVECTIVE DAY EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...AS SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP AREAWIDE. INCLUDED VCTS AT ALL TERMINALS AND WILL UPDATE AS NEEDED. BRIEF MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT A FEW TERMINALS. HOWEVER...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL. STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL THIS AFTERNOON IS MODERATE. WINDS AND CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR TWO WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. 14 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 5:30 AM CDT, 8 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 530 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008 ALZ011>015-017>050-060000- 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- 530 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME NUMEROUS AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE STRONG...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 1 PM AND 9 PM. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 1 PM AND 9 PM. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 03
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:06 PM CDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 106 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008 ALZ050-051845- BARBOUR- 106 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BARBOUR COUNTY UNTIL 145 PM CDT... AT 104 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CLAYTON...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLIO...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... CLAYTON. MILLERS FORD. GAINO. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. 14
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:27 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 38 min |
| Jul 5, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 52 min |
| Jul 5, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 44 min |
| Jul 5, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 47 min |
| Jul 5, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby | 43 min |
| Jul 5, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Etowah, St. Clair | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 26 min |
| Jul 5, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Montgomery, Pike | 26 min |
| Jul 5, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Montgomery, Pike | 30 min |
| Jul 5, 5:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Talladega | 37 min |
| Jul 5, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Talladega | 52 min |
| Jul 5, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Tallapoosa | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon | 49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.