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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 15, 2008Shelby County, Talladega County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2008, 3:57 AM CDT for Shelby County, Talladega County, Alabama. It was in force for 33 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 15, 2008, 3:57 AM CDT (08:57 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2008, 4:30 AM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Shelby County, AL, Talladega County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:01 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
Mar 15, 4:03 AM CDT	HAIL 1	Columbiana, AL

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 6 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 15, 12:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 41 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: 940 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1109 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 208 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 3.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KBMX 150858
SVRBMX
ALC117-121-150930-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0094.080315T0857Z-080315T0930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
357 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WILSONVILLE...COLUMBIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN TALLADEGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SYLACAUGA...CHILDERSBURG...

* UNTIL 430 AM CDT

* AT 357 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  COLUMBIANA...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GASTON STEAM PLANT AND WILSONVILLE BY 410 AM CDT...
  VARNONS BY 415 AM CDT...
  OAK GROVE...BON AIR...CHILDERSBURG AND GANTTS QUARRY BY 420 AM
  CDT...
  MIGNON AND SYLACAUGA BY 425 AM CDT...
  SYCAMORE BY 430 AM CDT...

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

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOUR ARE IH ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDAITELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN
THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL
DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT
SATURDAY MORNING FOR ALABAMA.

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

LAT...LON 3335 8613 3325 8611 3320 8613 3320 8618
      3312 8618 3311 8636 3311 8649 3309 8652
      3307 8674 3325 8677
TIME...MOT...LOC 0857Z 261DEG 41KT 3317 8665

$$

JONES/90

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 150914
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
414 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008

ALC117-150924-
/O.CAN.KBMX.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-080315T0930Z/
SHELBY AL-
414 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT
SATURDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3312 8649 3314 8647 3319 8650 3321 8647
      3328 8643 3331 8636 3334 8618 3332 8612
      3322 8612 3320 8618 3313 8619 3311 8637
TIME...MOT...LOC 0914Z 261DEG 41KT 3320 8642

$$

ALC121-150930-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-080315T0930Z/
TALLADEGA AL-
414 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN TALLADEGA COUNTY...

AT 414 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
 THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VARNONS...OR ABOUT NEAR WILSONVILLE...
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OAK GROVE...SYLACAUGA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...BON AIR AND GANTTS QUARRY
  BY 420 AM CDT...
  MIGNON AND SYLACAUGA BY 425 AM CDT...
  SYCAMORE AND 7 MILES NORTH OF OVERBROOK BY 430 AM CDT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN
THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL
DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT
SATURDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3312 8649 3314 8647 3319 8650 3321 8647
      3328 8643 3331 8636 3334 8618 3332 8612
      3322 8612 3320 8618 3313 8619 3311 8637
TIME...MOT...LOC 0914Z 261DEG 41KT 3320 8642

$$

JONES/90

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 150924
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
424 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008

ALC121-150934-
/O.EXP.KBMX.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-080315T0930Z/
TALLADEGA AL-
424 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TALLADEGA COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 430 AM CDT...

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE
WARNING HAVE WEAKENED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT
SATURDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3312 8649 3314 8647 3319 8650 3321 8647
      3328 8643 3331 8636 3334 8618 3332 8612
      3322 8612 3320 8618 3313 8619 3311 8637
TIME...MOT...LOC 0924Z 261DEG 41KT 3322 8629

$$

JONES/90

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 15, 12:32 AM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 12:32 AM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1232 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008

.UPDATE...AVIATION DISCUSSION.

&&

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

WE WILL BEGIN TO SEE AN INCREASE IN THE DEWPOINTS AND TEMPERATURES
ACROSS THE AREA AS THE WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTHWARD. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO DEVELOP AS THIS MOVES NORTHWARD. THE
BEST CHANCES WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE NORTH. THESE CHANCES WILL THEN
TRANSITION EASTWARD SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE...BEFORE LEAVING MOST OF
THE AREA SHORTLY AFTER NOON. WEST WINDS WILL THEN KICK IN AND
TEMPERATURES WILL REACH INTO THE LOW TO EVEN MID 80S ACROSS THE
SOUTH...WITH MID TO UPPER 70S ACROSS THE NORTH.

16

.LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA ON SUNDAY...WITH
NORTHERLY WINDS AND COOL ADVECTION AFFECTING THE AREA. NEAR NORMAL
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY...WITH LOW TO MID 60S ACROSS
THE NORTH AND LOW 70S IN THE SOUTH.

THE SURFACE HIGH WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST ON MONDAY...AS THE NEXT
WEATHER SYSTEM GETS ORGANIZED ACROSS SOUTHWEST TEXAS. THE PRESSURE
GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN ON TUESDAY AS THE APPROACHING SURFACE LOW
MOVES INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA/WESTERN ARKANSAS...CAUSING SOUTHERLY
FLOW TO INCREASE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THIS WILL PUSH HIGHS
TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE 70S AREAWIDE...WITH LOCATIONS IN THE WEST
AND SOUTH NEARING 80 DEGREES.

AS THE SURFACE LOW TRACKS INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY TUESDAY
NIGHT...A FRONT WILL APPROACH CENTRAL ALABAMA LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND
CONTINUE ACROSS THE STATE ON WEDNESDAY. DYNAMICS LOOK GOOD WITH THIS
SYSTEM...ALTHOUGH SOME MODEL DISAGREEMENT ON TIMING STILL EXISTS.
WILL KEEP THE MENTION OF THUNDERSTORMS IN FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY COULD BE TRICKY...AS
THEY WILL GREATLY DEPEND ON THE TIMING OF THE ACTUAL FRONTAL
PASSAGE. BUT NOT EXPECTING A SUBSTANTIAL COOL DOWN WITH THIS SYSTEM.

HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BACK INTO THE REGION ON THURSDAY THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED...WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL WITH HIGHS
IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...AND LOWS IN THE LOW
40S.

14

&&

.AVIATION...06Z TAF DISCUSSION.

TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF WEATHER HEADING AT UP FROM TWO DIFFERENT
DIRECTIONS EARLY THIS MORNING.  DECK OF LOW CLOUDS HEADING NORTH...
HAS ALREADY ENGULFED TOI AND MGM...AND SHOULD CONTINUE ON TO THE
REST OF THE TAF SITES THROUGH ANOUT 09Z.  CEILINGS ASSOCIATED WITH
THIS STRATUS DECK HAVE BEEN BETWEEN 1000 AND 1500 FEET.  THEY MAY
DROP BELOW 1000 FEET AS THE MORNING WEARS ON...BUT SHOULDNT GET AS
LOW AS 500.

COMING AT US FROM THE WEST IS A BIG MASS OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...RIDING ALONG A WARM FRONT.  THIS RAIN IS EXPECTED TO
REACH TCL BY 07-08Z...AND PROGRESS EASTWARD FROM THERE...IT IT HOLDS
TOGETHER.  I WENT WITH VCTS INNITIALLY...SINCE (EVEN WITH THE
CONVECTION RELATIVELY CLOSE) MY CONFIDENCE IS STILL QUITE LOW ON HOW
THE OVERALL PATTERN OF SHOWERS/STORMS EVOLVES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS. THE ONE THING I AM FAIRLY CONFIDENT IN IS THAT IT SHOULD STAY
NORTH OF MGM AND TOI FOR NOW.

AFTER SUNRSIE...I TRIED TO INDICATE A GRADUAL BUT EVENTUAL
IMPROVEMENT IN CONDITIONS...WITH THE CLOUDS SLOWLY LIFTING AND THEN
BREAKING UP.  CONDITIONS SHOULD BE BACK TO VFR IF NOT BY 00Z
TOMORROW...THEN QUITE SOON AFTER.

/61/

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 14, 8:48 PM CDT, 7 hours 9 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
848 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 2008

ALZ011>015-017>050-160130-
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-
848 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH 3 AM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA...FROM EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
THE FIRST WAVE OF STORMS COULD BEGIN AS EARLY AS 3 AM IN WEST
ALABAMA...AND THE LAST WAVE OF STORMS COULD CONTINUE IN EASTERN
ALABAMA THROUGH 3 PM. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS...BUT THERE WILL BE A SMALL CHANCE OF TORNADOES. THE
AREA WITH THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM THE
CITIES OF LIVINGSTON...CLANTON...AND LAFAYETTE...NORTHWARD.

DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BE SUSTAINED
BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH.

ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL ENTER THE AREA LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY. AT THIS TIME THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF
SEVERE WEATHER. UNCERTAINTY REMAINS WITH TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THIS
SYSTEM. STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS AS THIS SYSTEM APPROACHES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE
NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 15, 2:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
225 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008

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

0224 AM     HAIL             4 WNW DUNCANVILLE       33.08N 87.47W
03/15/2008  E0.88 INCH       TUSCALOOSA         AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE REPORTED ON BEAR CREEK ROAD.

&&

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Local storm report, Mar 15, 2:44 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
244 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008

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

0237 AM     HAIL             9 W HUEYTOWN            33.45N 87.16W
03/15/2008  E1.00 INCH       JEFFERSON          AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED ON LOCK 17 ROAD NEAR
            PLEASANT GROVE.

&&

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Local storm report, Mar 15, 3:33 AM CDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
333 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008

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

0247 AM     HAIL             2 NE WOODSTOCK          33.22N 87.13W
03/15/2008  E0.50 INCH       BIBB               AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN THE GREEN POND COMMUNITY.

0255 AM     HAIL             4 W BIRMINGHAM          33.52N 86.86W
03/15/2008  E1.25 INCH       JEFFERSON          AL   PUBLIC

            HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL REPORTED ON I-20 BETWEEN EXIT 120
            AND ARKADELPHIA ROAD.

0256 AM     HAIL             5 SSW BIRMINGHAM        33.46N 86.84W
03/15/2008  E0.50 INCH       JEFFERSON          AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            REPORTED ON WEST OXMOOR ROAD.

0256 AM     HAIL             3 NNW WARRIOR           33.85N 86.83W
03/15/2008  E0.50 INCH       BLOUNT             AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            REPORTED ON I-65 AT HIGHWAY 160.

0257 AM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NE WOODSTOCK          33.26N 87.08W
03/15/2008                   TUSCALOOSA         AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            LARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN JUST SOUTH OF BELLVIEW BAPTIST
            CHURCH.

0259 AM     HAIL             BIRMINGHAM              33.53N 86.80W
03/15/2008  E0.75 INCH       JEFFERSON          AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PENNY SIZED HAIL IN DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM.

0300 AM     HAIL             2 NE HELENA             33.31N 86.82W
03/15/2008  E0.50 INCH       SHELBY             AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            REPORTED NEAR PELHAM HIGH SCHOOL.

0302 AM     HAIL             2 SSW CAHABA HEIGHTS    33.43N 86.74W
03/15/2008  E0.50 INCH       JEFFERSON          AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            REPORTED AT I-459 AND CAHABA RIVER ROAD.

0305 AM     HAIL             3 WSW ALABASTER         33.21N 86.86W
03/15/2008  E1.50 INCH       SHELBY             AL   PUBLIC

            REPORTED IN MAYLENE.

&&

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Special weather statement, Mar 15, 3:39 AM CDT, 18 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
339 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008

ALZ018>021-150930-
CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-ETOWAH-
339 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR CALHOUN...CHEROKEE...CLEBURNE AND
ETOWAH COUNTIES UNTIL 430 AM CDT...

AT 339 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM REECE CITY TO 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BYNUM...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GADSDEN TO 9
MILES NORTHEAST OF LINCOLN...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  NORTHSIDE.
  WILSONIA.
  LEESBURG.
  WEISS DAM.
  TENNALA.
  HOWELLS CROSSROADS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT
SATURDAY 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.

JONES/90

Local storm report, Mar 15, 3:44 AM CDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
344 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008

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

0339 AM     HAIL             3 NNE ALABASTER         33.26N 86.80W
03/15/2008  E0.50 INCH       SHELBY             AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            REPORTED AT I-65 AND CR-11.

&&

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Local storm report, Mar 15, 3:56 AM CDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
356 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008

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

0347 AM     HAIL             5 S ALABASTER           33.15N 86.81W
03/15/2008  E1.00 INCH       SHELBY             AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AT CR-22 AND CR-16 IN
            MONTEVALLO.

0350 AM     HAIL             4 SE ALABASTER          33.18N 86.78W
03/15/2008  E0.75 INCH       SHELBY             AL   NWS EMPLOYEE

            PENNY SIZED HAIL AT THE NWS OFFICE IN CALERA.

&&

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 14, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee, Etowah	39 min
Mar 15, 12:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Pickens, Tuscaloosa	26 min
Mar 15, 12:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion	55 min
Mar 15, 12:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker	52 min
Mar 15, 1:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Pickens	54 min
Mar 15, 1:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Marion	31 min
Mar 15, 1:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion, Winston	50 min
Mar 15, 1:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Greene, Pickens, Tuscaloosa	39 min
Mar 15, 2:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker	46 min
Mar 15, 2:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Hale, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby and 1 more	46 min
Mar 15, 2:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount	41 min
Mar 15, 2:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Hale, Tuscaloosa	20 min
Mar 15, 2:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair	38 min
Mar 15, 3:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Etowah, St. Clair	29 min
Mar 15, 3:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Calhoun, Chilton, Clay, Coosa, Jefferson and 3 more	50 min
Mar 15, 3:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Shelby	20 min
Mar 15, 4:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Clay, Randolph, Tallapoosa	45 min
Mar 15, 6:45 AM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	12 hr
Mar 15, 7:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion	41 min
Mar 15, 7:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Marion	14 min
Mar 15, 9:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Jefferson	59 min
Mar 15, 9:46 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Blount, Etowah, St. Clair	34 min
Mar 15, 10:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah	47 min
Mar 15, 10:31 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah	39 min
Mar 15, 1:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cleburne	45 min
Mar 15, 1:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Cleburne	13 min
Mar 15, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Cleburne, Randolph	28 min

Nearby

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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.