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Tornado Warning 109, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 11, 2008Fayette County, Lamar County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2008, 12:53 AM CDT for Fayette County, Lamar County, Alabama. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 11, 2008, 12:53 AM CDT (05:53 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2008, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Fayette County, AL, Lamar County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:54 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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
May 10, 7:08 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 141 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: 2301 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 691 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.5
Supercell composite: 5.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 110553
TORBMX
ALC057-075-110645-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0109.080511T0553Z-080511T0645Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1253 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FAYETTE...
  CENTRAL LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VERNON...

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 1249 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF
  BEDFORD...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS AFB...MOVING EAST AT 54
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BEDFORD BY 100 AM CDT...
  VERNON AND LAMAR COUNTY AIRPORT BY 105 AM CDT...
  BLOOMING GROVE AND 9 MILES NORTH OF BELK BY 115 AM CDT...
  BLUFF AND 6 MILES NORTH OF FAYETTE BY 120 AM CDT...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS
BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...
OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE
BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER
UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHERN ALABAMA.

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

LAT...LON 3370 8826 3377 8826 3378 8825 3383 8825
      3386 8823 3387 8768 3360 8771 3364 8827
      3369 8827
TIME...MOT...LOC 0553Z 268DEG 46KT 3377 8829

$$

JD/81

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 110613
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
113 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008

ALC057-075-110645-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0109.000000T0000Z-080511T0645Z/
FAYETTE AL-LAMAR AL-
113 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
LAMAR AND CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTIES...

AT 108 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR VERNON...MOVING EAST AT 51 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BLUFF BY 120 AM CDT...
  RICHARD ARTHUR FIELD AND 6 MILES NORTH OF FAYETTE BY 125 AM CDT...
  HUBBERTVILLE BY 130 AM CDT...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3386 8818 3387 8768 3360 8771 3367 8815
      3375 8820 3382 8820
TIME...MOT...LOC 0613Z 268DEG 44KT 3378 8800

$$

JD/81

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 110621
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
121 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008

ALC057-075-110645-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0109.000000T0000Z-080511T0645Z/
FAYETTE AL-LAMAR AL-
121 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
LAMAR AND CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTIES...

AT 117 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BLOOMING GROVE...OR ABOUT 9
MILES NORTHWEST OF FAYETTE...MOVING EAST AT 51 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HUBBERTVILLE BY 130 AM CDT...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3385 8812 3387 8768 3384 8769 3383 8768
      3360 8771 3369 8812
TIME...MOT...LOC 0621Z 268DEG 44KT 3378 8788

$$

JD/81

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 110632
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
132 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008

ALC075-110642-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0109.000000T0000Z-080511T0645Z/
LAMAR AL-
132 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL LAMAR COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3387 8768 3384 8769 3383 8768 3373 8769
      3373 8770 3372 8769 3361 8771 3365 8794
      3379 8794
TIME...MOT...LOC 0632Z 277DEG 41KT 3368 8781

$$

ALC057-110645-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0109.000000T0000Z-080511T0645Z/
FAYETTE AL-
132 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
FAYETTE COUNTY...

AT 130 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FAYETTE...MOVING EAST AT 47
MPH.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3387 8768 3384 8769 3383 8768 3373 8769
      3373 8770 3372 8769 3361 8771 3365 8794
      3379 8794
TIME...MOT...LOC 0632Z 277DEG 41KT 3368 8781

$$

JD/81

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 110644
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
144 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008

ALC057-110654-
/O.EXP.KBMX.TO.W.0109.000000T0000Z-080511T0645Z/
FAYETTE AL-
144 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 145 AM
CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3387 8768 3384 8769 3383 8768 3373 8769
      3373 8770 3372 8769 3361 8771 3365 8794
      3379 8794
TIME...MOT...LOC 0644Z 277DEG 41KT 3366 8765

$$

JD/81

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at May 11, 12:16 AM CDT, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 12:16 AM CDT, 37 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1216 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008

.UPDATE...AVIATION DISCUSSION.

&&

.SHORT TERM....OVERNIGHT

IMPRESSIVE CONVECTION JUST PASSING THROUGH THE MEMPHIS METRO AREA AT
THIS WRITING...WITH AN INCREASE IN ACTIVITY NOTED TO THE SOUTHWEST
OF LARGE SUPERCELL SOUTH OF TUNICA. VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE OVER
CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS EVENING...WITH HIGH SHEAR AND HIGH CAPE.
LUCKILY THE CAPPING INVERSION HAS HELD FOR THE MOST PART SO FAR.
SURFACE WARM FRONT HAS MOVED INTO FAR NORTHERN REACHES OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA AND THE ATMOSPHERE SOUTH OF SAID BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO
DESTABILIZE AND WEAKEN THE CAP. SUPERCELL STRUCTURES ARE EXPECTED
WITH THE ACTIVITY AS IT MOVES INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA JUST AFTER 11
PM...BUT A TRANSITION TO A SIGNIFICANT BOWING STRUCTURE MAY TAKE
PLACE. THEREFORE...DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND TORNADOES ALL
REMAIN POSSIBLE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

MADE SOME SIGNIFICANT ADJUSTMENTS TO HOURLY GRIDS FOR THE LATEST
TRENDS. LOOKS LIKE AN ACTIVE NIGHT SO STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL
WATCHES AND WARNINGS.

75

.LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

SEVERE THREAT SHOULD END ACROSS EAST ALABAMA EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...
NO LATER THAN 9 AM. A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH
AREA QUICKLY DUE TO WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. MAIN CHANGE TO
FORECAST WAS TO END RAIN SOONER ACROSS WEST ALABAMA WITH RAIN
GONE FROM CENTRAL ALABAMA BY 12 NOON. TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT
BEHIND FRONT WILL PRODUCE BRISK WEST WINDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE NECESSARY ONCE SEVERE THREAT IS OUT
OF AREA. A DRY AND RATHER COOL AIR MASS WILL SETTLE INTO CENTRAL
ALABAMA SUNDAY NIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE MIDDLE TO
UPPER 40S ACROSS NORTHERN COUNTIES. BRISK NORTHERLY FLOW WILL
CONTINUE ON MONDAY DUE TO GRADIENT BETWEEN EXITING SURFACE LOW OFF
THE MID ATLANTIC COAST AND SURFACE RIDGE AXIS ALONG THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THIS WILL KEEP DAYTIME TEMPERATURES SEVERAL
DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. VERY DRY AIR MASS
WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO RADIATE NICELY MONDAY NIGHT WITH LOWS
IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 40S ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE CWA.

TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITIES WILL RISE ON TUESDAY AS SURFACE RIDGE
MOVES EAST OF ALABAMA AND SOUTHERLY FLOW RETURNS. MOISTURE WILL
NOT BE DEEP ENOUGH BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR ANY CONVECTION AND
REMOVED SMALL RAIN CHANCES WEST. A FAIRLY ROBUST NORTHERN STREAM
SHORT WAVE WILL TRY AND PHASE UP WITH CUT-OFF LOW OVER THE
SOUTHWESTERN STATES. MODELS SHOW CLOSED UPPER LOW GETS LEFT BEHIND
AS NORTHERN TROF PULLS EASTWARD...AND SO A WEAK SURFACE FRONT WILL
SAG TOWARDS ALABAMA BY WEDNESDAY AND INCREASE RAIN CHANCES OVER
NORTHERN HALF OF ALABAMA. GFS IS SHOWING TO MUCH CONVECTIVE
FEEDBACK WITH THIS SYSTEM AND KEPT POPS IN THE CHANCE CATEGORY.

ANOTHER NORTHERN STREAM SHORT WAVE TROF MOVES OUT OF THE PLAINS
STATES AND THIS TIME IT APPEARS IT WILL PICK UP CUT-OFF LOW.
THIS PHASING WILL BRING WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO
THE GULF COAST STATES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. POSITION OF BOUNDARY
FROM PREVIOUS SYSTEM WILL BE CRITICAL TO POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
RAINFALL ACROSS ALABAMA. DUE TO TIMING AND ISSUES RELATED TO
PLACEMENT OF FOCUS MECHANISM...POPS HELD BELOW 50 PERCENT...BUT
HIGHER RAIN CHANCES WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ONCE CONFIDENCE GROWS IN
MODEL OUTPUT.

UPPER TROF SHOULD FINALLY PUSH THROUGH AREA LATE FRIDAY WITH RAIN
FREE CONDITIONS AND COOLER CONDITIONS BY THE WEEKEND.

58/ROSE

&&

.AVIATION...06Z TAF DISCUSSION.

LINE OF STORMS IS MOVING IN A LOT FASTER THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT.
THE FORECAST HAS BEEN UPDATED ACORDINGLY. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD
PRODUCE SOME VERY STRONG WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE
AT LEAST THROUGH 12Z ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN TAF SITES. AFTER THE
COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH...STILL EXPECTING SUSTAINED GUSTY WINDS
AROUND 30 KNOTS AFTER 18Z.

10/ARM

&&

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

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 10:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1031 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

ALZ011>015-017>050-120331-
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-
1031 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF
CENTRAL ALABAMA...INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE AT LEAST
THROUGH 6 AM SUNDAY.

NIGHTTIME SEVERE WEATHER CAN BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. PLEASE MAKE
SURE THAT YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO HAS CHARGED BATTERIES AND STAY
TUNED TO LATER THIS EVENING IF ANY WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS...
LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES...ACROSS SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH NOON SUNDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE AREA ENDING MUCH OF THE THREAT BY NOON. THE GREATEST THREAT AREA
WILL BE EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85 ON SUNDAY
MORNING.

BEHIND THE FRONT ON SUNDAY...GUSTY WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED.
SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE 15 TO 20 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH.
SOME TYPE OF WIND ADVISORY WILL MOST LIKELY BE REQUIRED.

FINALLY...THERE IS A RISK OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL
OF CENTRAL ALABAMA ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.  FORECAST CONFIDENCE
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM IS RATHER LOW AT THIS POINT.  IF
CONFIDENCE LATER INCREASES...THEN A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT MAY NEED
TO BE INTRODUCED IN LATER OUTLOOKS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE
REQUIRED WILL BE REQUIRED TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY.

10/ARM

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 11, 12:12 AM CDT, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1212 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008

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

1158 PM     TSTM WND GST     BEAR CREEK              34.26N 87.72W
05/10/2008  E60 MPH          MARION             AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            HAM RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED 60 MPH WIND GUST NEAR BEAR
            CREEK.

&&

GGOGGINS

Local storm report, May 11, 12:24 AM CDT, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1224 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008

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

1206 AM     HAIL             5 N HALEYVILLE          34.31N 87.62W
05/11/2008  E0.75 INCH       WINSTON            AL   PUBLIC

            DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED 5 MILES NORTH OF HALEYVILLE ON
            FRANKLIN/WINSTON COUNTY LINE.

&&

GGOGGINS

Local storm report, May 11, 12:39 AM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1239 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008

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

1238 AM     TSTM WND DMG     DOUBLE SPRINGS          34.15N 87.40W
05/11/2008                   WINSTON            AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            STRUCTURAL DAMAGE REPORTED IN DOUBLE SPRINGS.

&&

GGOGGINS

Local storm report, May 11, 12:46 AM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1246 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008

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

1241 AM     HAIL             5 ENE JASPER            33.88N 87.19W
05/11/2008  E0.75 INCH       WALKER             AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN BOLDO.

&&

GGOGGINS

Local storm report, May 11, 12:50 AM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1250 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008

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

1241 AM     TSTM WND DMG     JASPER                  33.85N 87.27W
05/11/2008                   WALKER             AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            TREE DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES AT 1911 BENNET ROAD IN
            JASPER.

&&

GGOGGINS

Local storm report, May 11, 12:53 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1253 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008

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

1242 AM     HAIL             COLUMBIANA              33.18N 86.60W
05/11/2008  E0.75 INCH       SHELBY             AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN COLUMBIANA

&&

GGOGGINS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 10:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker, Winston	65 min
May 10, 11:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marion	40 min
May 10, 11:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marion, Winston	61 min
May 10, 11:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Fayette, Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker	36 min
May 10, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Walker, Winston	32 min
May 11, 12:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Lamar, Marion, Walker, Winston	3 hr
May 11, 12:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Shelby	36 min
May 11, 12:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Fayette, Jefferson, Walker, Winston	39 min
May 11, 12:26 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair, Walker, Winston	49 min
May 11, 12:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton, Clay, Coosa, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega	40 min
May 11, 12:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker	52 min
May 11, 12:51 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Blount, Walker	39 min
May 11, 12:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Jefferson, Walker	46 min
May 11, 1:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Coosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa	52 min
May 11, 1:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Calhoun, Etowah, Jefferson, St. Clair, Talladega	42 min
May 11, 1:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Tuscaloosa, Walker	46 min
May 11, 1:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton, Clay, Coosa, Shelby, Talladega, Tallapoosa	43 min
May 11, 1:37 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Walker	3 hr
May 11, 1:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Lee, Randolph, Tallapoosa	46 min
May 11, 1:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair, Talladega	3 hr
May 11, 1:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Shelby	41 min
May 11, 2:01 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Shelby	44 min
May 11, 2:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Greene, Hale, Tuscaloosa	40 min
May 11, 2:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cleburne, Jefferson, St. Clair, Talladega	40 min
May 11, 2:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Dallas	45 min
May 11, 2:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Shelby	50 min
May 11, 2:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Lee, Randolph, Tallapoosa	23 min
May 11, 2:39 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Cleburne	23 min
May 11, 2:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Jefferson, Randolph and 3 more	46 min
May 11, 2:48 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Jefferson, St. Clair	87 min
May 11, 2:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Shelby	3 hr
May 11, 3:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Lee, Macon, Russell	29 min
May 11, 3:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Cleburne, Randolph	39 min
May 11, 3:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette	16 min
May 11, 3:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Coosa, Lee, Randolph, Tallapoosa	45 min
May 11, 4:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lee, Russell	33 min
May 11, 4:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour, Bullock, Macon, Pike, Russell	50 min
May 11, 5:16 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	14 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.