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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 467, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2008, 1:21 PM CDT for Fayette County, Lamar County, Marion County, Alabama. It was in force for 54 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
- Aug 7, 2008, 1:21 PM CDT (18:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2008, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 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), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 10:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 1172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1221 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 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 Aug 7, 12:45 PM CDT, 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 12:45 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 11:01 AM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1101 AM CDT THU AUG 7 2008 ALZ011>015-017>050-081130- 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- 1101 AM CDT THU AUG 7 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 POSSIBLE BETWEEN 11 AM THIS MORNING...THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS...LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. THE BEST CHANCE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN 11 AM AND 7 PM...AND BETWEEN INTERSTATE 20 AND INTERSTATE 85 FROM 3 PM UNTIL 9 PM. THE STORMS WILL GRADUALLY LOSE SOME INTENSITY AFTER SUNSET. THESE STORMS WILL FORM IN THE VICINITY OF A COLD FRONT AS IT CROSSES CENTRAL ALABAMA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. JD/81
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 7, 12:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1219 PM CDT THU AUG 07 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1210 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SW VERNON 33.74N 88.14W
08/07/2008 LAMAR AL BROADCAST MEDIA
TREE REPORTED DOWN ON CR 9 NEAR THE SKATING RINK.
&&
GOLDENSpecial weather statement, Aug 7, 12:22 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1222 PM CDT THU AUG 7 2008 ALZ019-021-071800- CALHOUN-CLEBURNE- 1222 PM CDT THU AUG 7 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR CALHOUN AND CLEBURNE COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM CDT... AT 1222 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF PIEDMONT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 26 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... PIEDMONT. LIBERTY HILL. OAK LEVEL. FRUITHURST. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. 27
Local storm report, Aug 7, 1:02 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Pickens | 53 min |
| Aug 7, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion, Walker, Winston | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 3:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee, Russell | 24 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.