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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 10, 20094 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 2009, 4:25 AM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 35 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: Apr 10, 2009, 4:25 AM CDT (09:25 UTC)
Expired: Apr 10, 2009, 5:00 AM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Fayette County, AL, Marion County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:28 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
Apr 10, 1:43 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 239 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: 366 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 734 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 379 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 460 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 5.9

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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 Apr 10, 3:45 AM CDT, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 3:45 AM CDT, 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 2:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
248 AM CDT FRI APR 10 2009

ALZ011>015-017>050-101300-
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-
248 AM CDT FRI APR 10 2009

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

.DAY ONE...REMAINDER OF TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FOR AREAS NORTH OF I-20 AND WEST
OF I-65. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL...BUT AN ISOLATED
TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA ON FRIDAY...
BETWEEN 12 NOON AND 10 PM.  THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LARGE
HAIL AND STRAIGHT LINE WINDS....BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE
RULED OUT ALONG AND NORTH OF I-20.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON MONDAY...AS A COLD FRONT
PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WILL LIKELY
BE NEEDED TODAY AND POSSIBLY AGAIN ON MONDAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 10, 3:48 AM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 10, 3:54 AM CDT, 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 10, 4:23 AM CDT, 2 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 10, 3:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar	40 min
Apr 10, 3:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker, Winston	40 min
Apr 10, 4:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar	45 min
Apr 10, 4:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Walker	44 min
Apr 10, 5:40 AM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	7 hr
Apr 10, 6:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Etowah, St. Clair	28 min
Apr 10, 6:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah	24 min
Apr 10, 12:35 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	6 hr
Apr 10, 1:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion	45 min
Apr 10, 2:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion, Winston	51 min
Apr 10, 2:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Winston	16 min
Apr 10, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Winston	34 min
Apr 10, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega	24 min
Apr 10, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby	30 min
Apr 10, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee	42 min
Apr 10, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega	41 min
Apr 10, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Etowah	52 min
Apr 10, 4:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Etowah, St. Clair	34 min
Apr 10, 4:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Blount, Etowah	34 min
Apr 10, 4:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Cherokee	45 min
Apr 10, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, St. Clair, Talladega	47 min
Apr 10, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Walker, Winston	20 min
Apr 10, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Jefferson	44 min
Apr 10, 4:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Talladega	40 min
Apr 10, 4:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Cherokee, Etowah	48 min
Apr 10, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby, Talladega	47 min
Apr 10, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Jefferson, Shelby, Tuscaloosa	48 min
Apr 10, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega	44 min
Apr 10, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Cleburne, Randolph	41 min
Apr 10, 5:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Clay, Cleburne, Randolph	29 min
Apr 10, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah	48 min
Apr 10, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah, St. Clair	61 min
Apr 10, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Shelby, Talladega	41 min
Apr 10, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah, St. Clair	23 min
Apr 10, 5:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah	52 min
Apr 10, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton, Clay, Coosa, Shelby, Talladega, Tallapoosa	46 min
Apr 10, 5:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cleburne, Etowah, St. Clair	60 min
Apr 10, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Shelby	21 min
Apr 10, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Shelby, Talladega	60 min
Apr 10, 6:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chilton, Coosa, Tallapoosa	58 min
Apr 10, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Clay, Coosa, Randolph, Talladega, Tallapoosa	60 min
Apr 10, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Coosa, Perry	51 min
Apr 10, 6:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Coosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa	28 min
Apr 10, 6:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chambers, Elmore, Lee, Tallapoosa	65 min
Apr 10, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton, Coosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa	63 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.