Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Birmingham, AL

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WWUS54 KBMX 261350
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
750 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2008

ALC081-113-261400-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-080226T1400Z/
RUSSELL AL-LEE AL-
750 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LEE AND NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTIES...

AT 747 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL
SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PHENIX CITY TO 11 MILES
SOUTH OF PARKMANVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PHENIX CITY TO
16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT BENNING SOUTH...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  UCHEE CREEK BY 755 AM CST...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CST
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3251 8516 3257 8503 3253 8498 3245 8497
      3243 8495 3237 8497 3234 8499 3232 8493
      3226 8489 3220 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 1350Z 259DEG 58KT 3247 8494 3224 8513

$$
STEFKOVICH

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
525 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2008

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

CURRENTLY...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING QUICKLY
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA AND GENERALLY STRETCHED NORTHEAST TO
SOUTHWEST FROM RANDOLPH TO COOSA TO PERRY TO MARENGO COUNTIES.
THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD AS A FRONT PUSHES
ACROSS THE STATE. BY 7AM...THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE APPROACHING THE
INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR.

BEHIND THIS FRONT...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL USHER IN COLDER AND
DRIER AIR...WITH GUSTY WINDS CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS
AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY FALL
THROUGH THE DAY...INTO THE MID 40S IN THE NORTHWEST AND LOW 50S IN
THE SOUTHEAST BY LATE AFTERNOON.

STRONG COLD ADVECTION AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AS A SURFACE HIGH DROPS INTO THE SOUTHEAST
KEEPING THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHT. AS THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
AXIS SWINGS THROUGH TONIGHT...ANY LEFTOVER MOISTURE COULD FALL AS
LIGHT FLURRIES ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. NO
ACCUMULATIONS OR TRAVEL PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY MORNINGS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE MID TO
UPPER 20S...WITH HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY IN THE 40S TO AROUND 50.

.LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO MODERATE THURSDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS
TO THE EAST AND WINDS TURN TO THE SOUTH. MOISTURE WILL GRADUALLY
RETURN TO THE AREA AHEAD OF A WEAK SHORT WAVE AND SURFACE FRONT THAT
WILL BRING THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS TO CENTRAL ALABAMA FRIDAY AND
FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS FRONT LOOKS TO STALL TO OUR SOUTH...AND THEN
RETURN NORTHWARD AS SOUTHERLY FLOW INCREASES SATURDAY NIGHT. KEPT
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY DRY AT THIS TIME. ALTHOUGH THIS MIGHT BE
OPTIMISTIC...ANY PRECIP THAT DOES DEVELOP WILL BE SCATTERED AND
MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTH AND WEST.

BETTER CHANCES FOR SHOWERS/TSTORMS WILL BE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
AS A SHORT WAVE AND FRONT AFFECT THE AREA. THIS SYSTEM...ALBEIT AT
THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD...LOOKS TO BE VERY STRONG. STILL SOME
DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE MODELS AS FAR AS TRACK AND TIMING...AND
LEFT CHANCE POPS IN FOR NOW...AND WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR FUTURE
MODEL RUNS.

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&&

.AVIATION...06Z TAF DISCUSSION.

SOUTHERLY SURFACE WINDS ARE INCREASING ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA AS
PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS. MVFR CIGS SPREAD NORTHWARD A LITTLE
SOONER THAN EXPECTED...AND CLOUDS HAVE JUST ABOUT SPREAD OVER ALL OF
CENTRAL ALABAMA.  IFR CIGS POSSIBLE AT KMGM AND KTOI THROUGH 12Z
...WITH MFVR CIGS ELSEWHERE. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH A
KTCL-KBHM LINE ARND 09Z AND KMGM ARND 13Z. IFR VSBYS AND CIGS
EXPECTED WITH LINE OF STRONG TSTMS. TSTMS WILL NOT LAST FOR MORE
THAN TWO HOURS ONCE THEY BEGIN DUE TO FAST MOVING FRONT.

LOWER CLOUDS MAY BECOME SCATTERED BY AFTERNOON AS DRIER AIR MIXES
DOWNWARD. HOWEVER...COLD AIR STRATUS DECK WITH CIGS 1500-2500 FEET
WILL MOVE BACK INTO AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON. AFTER FROPA...SURFACE
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHWEST
AND NOT DIMINISH UNTIL AFTER 03Z.

58/ROSE

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GADSDEN     51  27  44  24  56 /  70  10   0   0  10
ANNISTON    53  28  45  27  57 /  80  10   0   0   0
BIRMINGHAM  53  27  45  30  56 /  60  10   0   0   0
TUSCALOOSA  52  29  50  29  60 /  40   0   0   0   0
CALERA      54  30  47  29  58 /  60  10   0   0   0
AUBURN      57  28  47  30  53 /  80  10   0   0   0
MONTGOMERY  59  30  50  27  59 /  80  10   0   0   0
TROY        58  29  49  24  59 /  80   0   0   0   0

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CST FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
607 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2008

ALZ011>015-017>050-271200-
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-
607 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 9 AM THIS MORNING...GENERALLY ALONG AND
SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM SELMA...TO ROCKFORD...TO LAFAYETTE. THE MAIN
THREAT IS STRONG...DAMAGING WINDS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH...
ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

BEHIND THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT
TO THE NORTHWEST AND BECOME BREEZY AND GUSTY...AT 10 TO
20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WILL BE
REQUIRED THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
650 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2008

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

0400 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ODENVILLE               33.69N 86.40W
02/26/2008                   ST. CLAIR          AL   AIRPLANE PILOT

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN COUNTY-WIDE-POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL
            DAMAGE.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
651 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2008

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

0400 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ODENVILLE               33.69N 86.40W
02/26/2008                   ST. CLAIR          AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN COUNTY-WIDE-POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL
            DAMAGE.

&&

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
659 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2008

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

0300 AM     HAIL             6 W NORTHPORT           33.24N 87.70W
02/26/2008  E0.50 INCH       TUSCALOOSA         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMA REPORTS MARBLE SIZED HAIL IN COKER

0310 AM     TSTM WND DMG     CORDOVA                 33.76N 87.19W
02/26/2008                   WALKER             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN IN CORDOVA.

0340 AM     TSTM WND DMG     5 ESE BIRMINGHAM        33.50N 86.72W
02/26/2008                   JEFFERSON          AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            TREES DOWN ON BELMONT ROAD

0340 AM     TSTM WND DMG     HOOVER                  33.38N 86.82W
02/26/2008                   JEFFERSON          AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN WITH POWER OUTAGES ALONG HWY 31
            AND JUNCTION OF HWY 150 AND SHADES CREEK.

0345 AM     HAIL             LEEDS                   33.55N 86.56W
02/26/2008  E0.75 INCH       JEFFERSON          AL   PUBLIC

0345 AM     TSTM WND DMG     LEEDS                   33.55N 86.56W
02/26/2008                   JEFFERSON          AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN AND HOMES DAMAGED ON VEASEY ROAD. NO
            ADDITIONAL DETAILS AS TO EXTENT OF DAMAGE.

0345 AM     TSTM WND DMG     LEEDS                   33.55N 86.56W
02/26/2008                   JEFFERSON          AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            *** 1 FATAL *** TREE DOWN ON MOBILE HOME ON HENRY ELLEN
            ROAD.

0356 AM     HAIL             CHELSEA                 33.33N 86.64W
02/26/2008  E0.25 INCH       SHELBY             AL   NWS EMPLOYEE

            REPORTED BY OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE.

0400 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ODENVILLE               33.69N 86.40W
02/26/2008                   ST. CLAIR          AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN COUNTY-WIDE-POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL
            DAMAGE.

0402 AM     TSTM WND DMG     S TUSKEGEE              32.44N 85.71W
02/26/2008                   MACON              AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN ON HWY 69 AT WYNDHAM SPRINGS.

0420 AM     TSTM WND DMG     LINCOLN                 33.60N 86.14W
02/26/2008                   TALLADEGA          AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MOBILE HOME ROOF DAMAGE NEAR MICHAELS LANE.

0420 AM     TSTM WND DMG     LINCOLN                 33.60N 86.14W
02/26/2008                   TALLADEGA          AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN NEAR RIVER FOREST LANE.

0420 AM     TSTM WND DMG     TALLADEGA               33.43N 86.10W
02/26/2008                   TALLADEGA          AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE AND TRAMPOLINE IN ROAD AND ANOTHER ON A HOUSE.

0420 AM     TSTM WND DMG     LINCOLN                 33.60N 86.14W
02/26/2008                   TALLADEGA          AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POWERLINE DOWN ON QUAIL RIDGE ROAD AND ALSO ON HWY 207.

0420 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SSW TALLADEGA         33.41N 86.11W
02/26/2008                   TALLADEGA          AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HALF OF THE ROOF IS PEELED OFF A RESIDENCE IN BEMISTON.

0420 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SSW TALLADEGA         33.41N 86.11W
02/26/2008                   TALLADEGA          AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE ON A HOUSE ON PARKWAY AVENUE IN BEMISTON.

0430 AM     TSTM WND DMG     OXFORD                  33.60N 85.83W
02/26/2008                   CALHOUN            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES REPORTED DOWN COUNTY WIDE.
            SOME STRUCTUAL DAMAGE.

0430 AM     HAIL             OXFORD                  33.60N 85.83W
02/26/2008  E1.00 INCH       CALHOUN            AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            REPORTED NEAR HWY 78 IN OXFORD.

0440 AM     TSTM WND DMG     LINEVILLE               33.31N 85.75W
02/26/2008                   CLAY               AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN COUNTY-WIDE.

0445 AM     TSTM WND DMG     WEDOWEE                 33.31N 85.49W
02/26/2008                   RANDOLPH           AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ACROSS THE NORTH END
            OF THE COUNTY. SOME STRUCTUAL DAMAGE.

0445 AM     TSTM WND DMG     HEFLIN                  33.65N 85.59W
02/26/2008                   CLEBURNE           AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWERLINES REPORTED DOWN COUNTY WIDE.

&&

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
706 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2008

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

0345 AM     TSTM WND DMG     LEEDS                   33.55N 86.56W
02/26/2008                   JEFFERSON          AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DONWTOWN LEEDS...WINDOWS BLOWN OUT AND ROOFS TORN OFF
            BUSINESSES.

&&

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
712 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2008

ALZ047-261345-
LEE-
712 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR LEE COUNTY UNTIL 745 AM CST...

AT 710 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MARTIN DAM TO
MITCHELL...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES EAST OF EQUALITY TO
15 MILES NORTHEAST OF MEADVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.

WINDS UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
 OPELIKA
 BEAUREGARD
 GRIFFIN HILL
 SMITHS

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CST
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
720 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2008

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

0650 AM     TSTM WND DMG     S MONTGOMERY            32.35N 86.28W
02/26/2008                   MONTGOMERY         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ACROSS SOUTHERN END OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

&&

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