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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 4, 2008Autauga County, Dallas County, Lowndes County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 4, 2008, 3:03 AM CST for Autauga County, Dallas County, Lowndes County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report 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: Mar 4, 2008, 3:03 AM CST (09:03 UTC)
Expired: Mar 4, 2008, 3:45 AM CST
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Autauga County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Lowndes County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 4, 3:44 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Se Pine Level, AL	SEVERAL TREES DOWN.

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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 41 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
Mar 3, 9:56 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Mar 4, 1:25 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 89 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1699 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 273 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KBMX 040903
SVRBMX
ALC001-047-085-040945-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0069.080304T0903Z-080304T0945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
303 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  AUTAUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PRATTVILLE...
  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  NORTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LOWNDESBORO...HAYNEVILLE...

* UNTIL 345 AM CST

* AT 259 AM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
  MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COLLIRENE...OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF SELMONT-WEST SELMONT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WHITE HALL BY 310 AM CST...
  LOWNDESBORO BY 315 AM CST...
  AUTAUGAVILLE BY 320 AM CST...
  AUTAUGA COUNTY AIRPORT AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOOTH BY 330 AM
  CST...
  PRATTVILLE BY 335 AM CST...

WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL BREAK LARGE TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE SOME
DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO SMALLER STRUCTURES.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 900 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING FOR ALABAMA.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.

LAT...LON 3256 8685 3272 8644 3271 8642 3242 8640
      3240 8643 3241 8645 3235 8650 3233 8648
      3229 8649 3225 8641 3223 8640 3209 8688
TIME...MOT...LOC 0903Z 236DEG 42KT 3225 8680

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 040914
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
314 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008

ALC047-040924-
/O.CAN.KBMX.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-080304T0945Z/
DALLAS AL-
314 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL DALLAS
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 900 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3260 8676 3271 8643 3242 8640 3240 8643
      3241 8645 3235 8650 3233 8648 3229 8649
      3225 8641 3223 8640 3213 8672
TIME...MOT...LOC 0914Z 236DEG 42KT 3232 8667

$$

ALC001-085-040945-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-080304T0945Z/
LOWNDES AL-AUTAUGA AL-
314 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM CST
FOR AUTAUGA AND NORTHEASTERN LOWNDES COUNTIES...

AT 312 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR WHITE HALL...OR ABOUT NEAR LOWNDESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AUTAUGAVILLE BY 320 AM CST...
  MANACK BY 325 AM CST...
  AUTAUGA COUNTY AIRPORT AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOOTH BY 330 AM
  CST...
  PRATTVILLE BY 335 AM CST...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 900 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3260 8676 3271 8643 3242 8640 3240 8643
      3241 8645 3235 8650 3233 8648 3229 8649
      3225 8641 3223 8640 3213 8672
TIME...MOT...LOC 0914Z 236DEG 42KT 3232 8667

$$

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 040927
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
327 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008

ALC001-085-040945-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-080304T0945Z/
LOWNDES AL-AUTAUGA AL-
327 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM CST
FOR EASTERN AUTAUGA AND NORTHEASTERN LOWNDES COUNTIES...

AT 322 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR MANACK...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF LOWNDESBORO...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PRATTVILLE BY 335 AM CST...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING
FOR EASTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3213 8672 3260 8668 3271 8643 3242 8640
      3240 8643 3241 8645 3235 8650 3233 8648
      3229 8649 3225 8641 3223 8640
TIME...MOT...LOC 0927Z 236DEG 42KT 3240 8652

$$

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 Mar 4, 12:51 AM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 12:51 AM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1251 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008

.UPDATE...MESOSCALE DISCUSSION.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA EARLY
THIS MORNING. LARGE AREA OF CONVECTION COVERS THE ENTIRE WESTERN
HALF OF THE AREA AT THIS TIME. STRONGEST ACTIVITY GENERALLY
LOCATED FROM LINDEN SOUTHWARD. SQUALL LINE CONTINUES TO LOOK MORE
ORGANIZED...IT IS JUST LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA WITH
NUMEROUS DAMAGE REPORTS COMING IN FROM MISSISSIPPI.

SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY..INCLUDING CAPE AND LI...IS VERY LIMITED
IN A NARROW BAND JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT. EVEN MUCAPES ARE PALTRY.
SURFACE DEW POINTS HAVE INCREASED INTO THE 60S ACROSS THE WESTERN
HALF OF ALABAMA AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH SHEAR VALUES VERY HIGH AND
MID TO UPPER LEVEL FORCING ENTERING THE PICTURE. EXPECT THE CHANCES OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE FOR MOST AREAS OVERNIGHT WITH
UPPER SUPPORT OVERCOMING THE LACK OF INSTABILITY TO A POINT...BUT
SEVERE MAY BE MORE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED IN NATURE. EVEN THOUGH
COVERAGE MAY BE A BIT LESS...DO NOT LET YOUR GUARD DOWN DURING THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AS LARGE
DEPTH OF THE ATMOSPHERE HAS WINDS OVER 50 KTS. ISOLATED TORNADOES
AND LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE A THREAT.

THE FRONT WILL ENTER THE WESTERN STATE LINE AREA BETWEEN 2 AND 3
AM...SLOWLY ENDING THE THREAT FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE FRONT ENTERS THE I-65 CORRIDOR AROUND 5 OR 6 AM.

75

&&

.AVIATION...06Z TAF DISCUSSION.

THE LINE OF CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WHICH HAS BEEN THREATENING CENTRAL
ALABAMA FOR THE LAST 12 HOURS HAS FINALLY MOVED INTO THE
AREA...DROPPING CEILINGS CONSIDERABLY...ENOUGH TO DROP EVERYONE INTO
IFR CONDITIONS.  THIS LOOKS TO CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY ON TUESDAY.
AS FAR AS THE CONVECTION GOES...EXPECT TSRA TO MOVE THROUGH THE
AREA...ON A NORTHEAST-SOUTHWEST ORIENTATION.  TIMING LOOKS TO BE
ABOUT THE SAME AS PREVIOUS FORECASTS...WITH BHM AND EET AROUND
09Z...AND ANB/MGM/TOI AROUND SUNRISE TUESDAY...WITH RA PRIOR TO THE
TSRA ARRIVAL.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1132 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008/

DISCUSSION...

VIGOROUS UPPER LOW SPINNING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE MID
AND UPPER LEVEL FORCING IS FINALLY BEGINNING TO INTERACT WITH THE
HIGHER THETA E AIR ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. HENCE...THE
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BECOME MUCH MORE ORGANIZED AND MORE INTENSE IN
THE LAST HOUR OR SO. A SQUALL LINE IS DEVELOPING MAINLY FROM
INTERSTATE 20 SOUTHWARD WITH SEVERAL BOWING AND LEWPY STRUCTURES
NOTED. A TORNADO WATCH WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY THAT WILL ENCOMPASS
PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA GENERALLY FROM TUSCALOOSA TO LOWNDES
AND WESTWARD.

EXPECT THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE EAST NORTHEAST FOR THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY. SEVERE THREAT WILL
INCREASE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AREAS BY 11 PM. TIMING ON THE CURRENT
HWO STILL LOOKS REASONABLE FOR AREAS FARTHER EAST. THE ONLY
UNCERTAINTIES AT THIS TIME WILL BE IF THE SQUALL LINE ACCELERATES...
THE TIMING WILL BE JUST A BIT SOONER...AT LEAST FOR AREAS CENTRAL.

THE MAIN MODE OF STORMS WILL BE A SQUALL LINE...WITH A DISTINCT
DAMAGING WIND THREAT. DUE TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL SHEAR IN
PLACE...THE RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADO STILL EXISTS. DUE TO THE
RATHER SLOW MOVEMENT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...LOCALIZED HEAVY
RAIN HAS ALSO BECOME A THREAT. PLEASE KEEP UPDATED ON THE LATEST
STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS THROUGH THE NIGHT.

75/LINHARES

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...WIND ADVISORY FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL 6 AM.

&&

07/07/07

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 4, 1:22 AM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
122 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008

ALZ011>015-017>050-041230-
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-
122 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS...
TORNADOES...AND LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL...ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST
OF CENTRAL ALABAMA OVERNIGHT.

FAR NORTHWEST COUNTIES...OF LAMAR AND MARION...HAVE RECEIVED ONE TO
TWO INCHES OF RAIN AND ARE RELATIVELY WORKED OVER. A FEW STRONG
STORMS MAY STILL DEVELOP BUT THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LOCALIZED
FLOODING AND GUSTY WINDS THROUGH 3 AM.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL PRIMARILY COME IN THE FORM OF A
SQUALL LINE...ALONG AND ADVANCING COLD FRONT PUSHING ACROSS THE
REGION. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...BUT DUE TO THE
SHEAR IN THE ATMOSPHERE...ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY DEVELOP. SEE THE
GRAPHIC FOR TIMES AND AREAS AFFECTED.

AHEAD OF THE STRONG COLD FRONT...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE GUSTY
WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS BETWEEN 35
AND 40 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

MONDAY NIGHTS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL LAST AS LATE AS 10 AM
TUESDAY MORNING...MAINLY FOR COUNTIES NEAR THE GEORGIA STATE LINE.

GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON BEHIND THE
COLD FRONT AND SOME SORT OF ADVISORY MAY BE NECESSARY.

ON FRIDAY...THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF
CENTRAL ALABAMA. THERE ARE STILL MANY UNCERTAINTIES WITH THIS
WEATHER SYSTEM...AND FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS QUITE LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WILL BE
NECESSARY TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

75/LINHARES

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 4, 12:18 AM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1218 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008

ALZ039-040700-
MARENGO-
1218 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR MARENGO COUNTY UNTIL 100 AM CST...

AT 1215 AM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAVACA...OR 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LINDEN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  NANAFALIA.
  SWEET WATER.
  HALF ACRE.
  CALVARY.
  LINDEN.
  THOMASTON.

THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING
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.

Local storm report, Mar 4, 1:41 AM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
141 AM CST TUE MAR 04 2008

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

0120 AM     TSTM WND DMG     3 N SAMANTHA            33.45N 87.58W
03/04/2008                   TUSCALOOSA         AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF US
            HIGHWAY 43 AND CR 38. ONE CHURCH SUSATINED ROOF DAMAGE
            AND ONE TREE FELL ON A VEHICLE. POSSIBLE TORNADO.

&&

LINHARES

Local storm report, Mar 4, 1:45 AM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
145 AM CST TUE MAR 04 2008

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

0140 AM     HEAVY RAIN       ADDISON                 34.20N 87.18W
03/04/2008  E0.00 INCH       WINSTON            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER OVER AIRPORT ROAD IN ADDISON.

&&

LINHARES

Special weather statement, Mar 4, 1:45 AM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
145 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008

ALZ023>025-034-040830-
BIBB-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-TUSCALOOSA-
145 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BIBB...JEFFERSON...SHELBY AND
TUSCALOOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 230 AM CST...

AT 142 AM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF COALING...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CENTREVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  HARMON.
  VANCE.
  WEST BLOCTON.
  CAFFEE JUNCTION.
  TANNEHILL IRONWORKS STATE PARK.
  MCCALLA.

THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 900 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING FOR ALABAMA.

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, Mar 4, 2:47 AM CST, 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
247 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008

ALZ017-040915-
BLOUNT-
247 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BLOUNT COUNTY UNTIL 315 AM CST...

AT 242 AM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR CLEAR SPRINGS...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ONEONTA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  ALLGOOD.
  ONEONTA.
  HENDRIX.
  SNEAD.
  MCLARTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 900 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING FOR ALABAMA.

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

Local storm report, Mar 4, 3:02 AM CST, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
302 AM CST TUE MAR 04 2008

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

0120 AM     TSTM WND DMG     OAKMAN                  33.71N 87.39W
03/04/2008                   WALKER             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES REPORTED DOWN IN OAKMAN. REPORTED BY MEDIA AND EMA.

&&

JD/81

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 3, 6:03 PM CST	Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	12 hr
Mar 3, 10:51 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Pickens, Sumter	39 min
Mar 4, 12:36 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marengo	39 min
Mar 4, 12:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	34 min
Mar 4, 12:49 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Fayette, Tuscaloosa, Walker	41 min
Mar 4, 1:12 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Dallas, Hale, Marengo, Perry	48 min
Mar 4, 1:20 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Walker, Winston	40 min
Mar 4, 1:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Perry	44 min
Mar 4, 2:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Shelby, Tuscaloosa	52 min
Mar 4, 2:31 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Coosa, Shelby, Talladega	44 min
Mar 4, 3:13 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Clay, St. Clair, Talladega	47 min
Mar 4, 3:16 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton, Coosa	44 min
Mar 4, 4:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery	45 min
Mar 4, 5:50 AM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	12 hr
Mar 4, 6:09 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Lowndes	2 hr

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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.