Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Birmingham, AL

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 200152
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
852 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2009

ALC125-127-200200-
/O.CAN.KBMX.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-090420T0215Z/
TUSCALOOSA AL-WALKER AL-
852 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WALKER AND 
NORTHEASTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED.


LAT...LON 3429 8551 3346 8677 3348 8734 3350 8732
      3349 8728 3351 8725 3353 8726 3355 8719
      3360 8719 3366 8706 3379 8700 3384 8685
      3421 8640 3411 8630 3420 8618 3421 8585
      3425 8584 3429 8574
TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 270DEG 30KT 3424 8597 3352 8706

$$

ALC009-019-055-073-115-200215-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-090420T0215Z/
JEFFERSON AL-ST. CLAIR AL-ETOWAH AL-BLOUNT AL-CHEROKEE AL-
852 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL CHEROKEE...BLOUNT...ETOWAH...NORTHERN ST. CLAIR AND
JEFFERSON COUNTIES...

AT 848 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF TABOR
ROAD TO SYLVAN SPRINGS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES EAST
OF BOAZ TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF HUEYTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 35 
MPH...AFFECTING LOCATIONS IN ALL COUNTIES WITHIN THE WARMING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
ALABAMA.

&&

LAT...LON 3429 8551 3346 8677 3348 8734 3350 8732
      3349 8728 3351 8725 3353 8726 3355 8719
      3360 8719 3366 8706 3379 8700 3384 8685
      3421 8640 3411 8630 3420 8618 3421 8585
      3425 8584 3429 8574
TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 270DEG 30KT 3424 8597 3352 8706

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
630 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2009

.UPDATED FOR AVIATION DISCUSSION.

&&

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT.

ACTIVE EVENING EXPECTED AS A COLD FRONT ACROSS PORTIONS OF
MISSISSIPPI MOVES INTO AND ACROSS THE AREA.  STRONG UPPER LEVEL
IMPULSE WILL SWING ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE AREA BETWEEN 5
PM AND 11 PM...HELPING TO TRIGGER STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE
STORMS. AIR MASS AHEAD OF THE FRONT CONTINUES TO DE-STABILIZE.
WILL INCLUDE RATHER HIGH POPS FOR TONIGHT AND SEVERE WORDING.  BEST
CHANCE OF SEVERE WILL BE WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 PRIOR TO 8 PM AND EAST
OF THE INTERSTATE AFTER 8 PM. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
DECREASE IN INTENSITY LATE THIS EVENING AND END FROM WEST TO EAST
OVERNIGHT.  MAY ADJUST POPS JUST BEFORE RELEASE.

.LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY...UPPER PORTION OF THE SYSTEM REMAINS TO OUR
NORTH AND WILL BE SLOW TO SHIFT NORTHEAST.  THIS WILL ALLOW SOME
WRAP-AROUND MOISTURE MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTH FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY
AND COOL TEMPERATURES AS FLOW REMAINS FROM THE NORTHWEST.  WE CAN
EXPECT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EACH DAY.  HIGHS EACH DAY MID 60S
NORTH TO LOWER 70S SOUTH.  OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 40S MONDAY NIGHT...
THEN 35 TO 45 TUESDAY NIGHT WITH SOME PATCHY FROST POSSIBLE EAST.

WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN BY MID-
WEEK...THEN RETURN FLOW DEVELOPS LATER IN THE WEEK PROVIDING FOR A
VERY NICE WARM-UP.  WE CAN EXPECT DRY CONDITIONS AND A GOOD DEAL OF
SUNSHINE EACH DAY.  HIGHS 65 TO 75 EARLY IN THE PERIOD...WARMING
INTO THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S BY FRIDAY AND LASTING
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION...00Z TAF DISCUSSION.
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS EXPECTED THROUGH
04Z IN ADVANCE OF STRONG COLD FRONT.  ACTIVITY WILL WEAKEN
QUICKLY.  EXPECT CEILINGS 2000 TO 3000 FEET WITH TEMPORARY CEILINGS
AROUND 1000 FEET THROUGH 06Z. AFTER 06Z EXPECT CEILINGS 1000 TO 2000
FEET IN MAINLY A NORTHWEST FLOW OF 10 TO 15 MPH.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GADSDEN     52  66  42  67  39 /  60  20  20  20  10
ANNISTON    54  67  42  68  39 /  70  20  20  20  10
BIRMINGHAM  54  67  42  68  42 /  60  10  10  10  10
TUSCALOOSA  53  70  45  72  42 /  40  10  10  10  10
CALERA      54  68  44  68  41 /  60  10  10  10  10
AUBURN      54  70  43  70  42 /  60  10  10  10  10
MONTGOMERY  56  71  47  72  43 /  60  10  10  10  10
TROY        57  72  47  72  41 /  60  10  10  10  10

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

&&

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
227 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2009

ALZ011>015-017>050-201927-
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-
227 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2009

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL ALABAMA.
THE MAIN FOCUS OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 AND
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 PRIOR TO 8 PM WITH THE THREAT OF DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AND THE SLIM CHANCE OF AN ISOLATED TORNADO.  THE
FOCUS WILL SHIFT EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 AFTER 8 PM AS THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY MOVES ACROSS THE STATE.  AFTER 8 PM...THE THREAT OF
TORNADOES WILL DIMINISH GREATLY...BUT THERE WILL STILL BE A CHANCE OF
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...SO
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY FOR THE WESTERN TIER
OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...THROUGH 6 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL WORK IN BEHIND THIS SYSTEM. ON WEDNESDAY
MORNING...TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER
30S IN THE NORTH AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. WHILE
FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE NOT FORECASTED AT THIS TIME...AREAS OF
PATCHY FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WINDS WILL BE LIGHT OVERNIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE NEEDED
THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
647 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2009

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

0620 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NE ALABASTER          33.27N 86.79W
04/19/2009                   SHELBY             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 11 NEAR INTERSTATE
            65...SOME TREES DOWN ON MOBILE HOMES AND GAS LEAKS DUE TO
            UPROOTED TREES...POSSIBLE TORNADO.

&&

GOLDEN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
705 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2009

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

0702 PM     TORNADO          ALABASTER               33.25N 86.82W
04/19/2009                   SHELBY             AL   NWS EMPLOYEE

            REPORTED ON THE GROUND NEAR THE SHOPPING CENTER AT EXIT
            NUMBER 238 OFF INTERSTATE 65.

&&

GOLDEN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
713 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2009

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

0610 PM     HAIL             NATURAL BRIDGE          34.09N 87.60W
04/19/2009  E0.88 INCH       WINSTON            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

GOLDEN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
757 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2009

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

0600 PM     TORNADO          2 NE NEWBERN            32.61N 87.51W
04/19/2009                   PERRY              AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TWO BARNS...ONE HOME WITH PARTIAL
            ROOF DAMAGE...HUNDREDS OF TREES DOWN NORTH OF COUNTY ROAD
            16 ALONG HIGHWAY 25 IN WHITSITT.

&&

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
804 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2009

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

0750 PM     SNOW             VERBENA                 32.75N 86.51W
04/19/2009  E0.0 INCH        CHILTON            AL   PUBLIC

            FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED NEAR THE TOWN OF VERBENA.

&&

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
818 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2009

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

0335 PM     HAIL             10 W TUSCALOOSA         33.24N 87.71W
04/19/2009  E0.25 INCH       TUSCALOOSA         AL   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTION OF FOXFIRE RD AND SIPSEY
            VALLEY RD IN ROMULUS.

0340 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 S SIPSEY RIVER        33.20N 87.77W
04/19/2009                   TUSCALOOSA         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ON SIPSEY VALLEY RD JUST NORTH OF KELLEYTOWN
            RD.

0505 PM     HAIL             3 NE COALING            33.19N 87.30W
04/19/2009  E0.25 INCH       TUSCALOOSA         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORTED ALONG INTERSTATE 20 NEAR EXIT NUMBER 86.

0523 PM     HAIL             HAMILTON                34.14N 87.98W
04/19/2009  E0.75 INCH       MARION             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PENNY SIZE HAIL IN HAMILTON

0530 PM     HAIL             HAMILTON                34.14N 87.98W
04/19/2009  E1.75 INCH       MARION             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LARGE HAIL REPORTED IN HAMILTON.

0555 PM     TORNADO          5 W NEWBERN             32.59N 87.62W
04/19/2009                   HALE               AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND NEAR CEDARVILLE.

0600 PM     TORNADO          2 NE NEWBERN            32.61N 87.51W
04/19/2009                   PERRY              AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TWO BARNS...ONE HOME WITH PARTIAL
            ROOF DAMAGE...HUNDREDS OF TREES DOWN NORTH OF COUNTY ROAD
            16 ALONG HIGHWAY 25 IN WHITSITT.

0610 PM     HAIL             NATURAL BRIDGE          34.09N 87.60W
04/19/2009  E0.88 INCH       WINSTON            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

0620 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NE ALABASTER          33.27N 86.79W
04/19/2009                   SHELBY             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 11 NEAR INTERSTATE
            65...SOME TREES DOWN ON MOBILE HOMES AND GAS LEAKS DUE TO
            UPROOTED TREES...POSSIBLE TORNADO.

0702 PM     TORNADO          ALABASTER               33.25N 86.82W
04/19/2009                   SHELBY             AL   NWS EMPLOYEE

            REPORTED ON THE GROUND NEAR THE SHOPPING CENTER AT EXIT
            NUMBER 238 OFF INTERSTATE 65.

0750 PM     SNOW             VERBENA                 32.75N 86.51W
04/19/2009  E0.0 INCH        CHILTON            AL   PUBLIC

            FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED NEAR THE TOWN OF VERBENA.

&&

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