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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 251, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2009, 2:05 PM CDT for Pickens County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 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
- May 16, 2009, 2:05 PM CDT (19:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2009, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Pickens County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 122 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 609 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 570 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 May 16, 12:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 16, 12:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1231 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2009 .UPDATE...AVIATION DISCUSSION. && .DISCUSSION... TWO MAIN AREAS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EXTREMELY SLOW AND BACK BUILDING AS WELL...SO WENT AHEAD AND ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE THE NORTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH SUNDAY 7 AM. THIS ACTIVITY IS WELL AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT THAT WILL BEGIN TO WORK INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA OVERNIGHT. RAIN CHANCES WERE ALREADY CATEGORICAL BUT WENT AHEAD AND INCREASED THEM UPWARDS IN AREAS WITH THE RAIN ALREADY FALLING AND EXPECTED. ALSO ADJUSTED TEMPERATURES DOWN FOR THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY SEEN THE RAIN. UPDATES HAVE BEEN SENT. 16 && .AVIATION...18Z TAF DISCUSSION. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DUE TO THE SCATTERED NATURE OF THIS ACTIVITY IT WILL BE HARD TO PINPOINT A TIME FOR ANY GIVEN TERMINAL. AS A RESULT...WILL KEEP VCTS IN AT ALL SITES FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOW CLOUDS AND FOG WILL ONCE AGAIN BE A PROBLEM LATER TONIGHT...LIMITING VISIBILITIES. 14 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MARION...LAMAR...FAYETTE...WINSTON... WALKER...BLOUNT...ETOWAH...CALHOUN...CHEROKEE...CLEBURNE... PICKENS...TUSCALOOSA...JEFFERSON...SHELBY...ST. CLAIR... TALLADEGA...CLAY...RANDOLPH...BIBB...CHILTON...COOSA... TALLAPOOSA...CHAMBERS...LEE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 1:50 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 150 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2009 ALZ011>015-017>050-171850- 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- 150 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH 10 PM. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF UP TO 40 MPH. FLASH FLOODING DUE TO SEVERAL PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM AUBURN TO CLANTON TO ALICEVILLE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 AM SUNDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM EUTAW...CLANTON...ALEXANDER CITY AND LAFAYETTE. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF UP TO 40 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 16, 11:43 AM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1143 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1135 AM FLASH FLOOD CORINTH 33.17N 85.56W
05/16/2009 RANDOLPH AL EMERGENCY MNGR
WATER 6 INCHES DEEP FLOWING ACROSS COUNTY ROAD 49 IN THE
CORINTH COMMUNITY.
&&Local storm report, May 16, 11:51 AM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1151 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1135 AM FLASH FLOOD ROANOKE 33.15N 85.37W
05/16/2009 RANDOLPH AL EMERGENCY MNGR
ROANOKE PD REPORTS WATER 2 FEET DEEP IN ONE CONFINED AREA
OF CHESTNUT ROAD...AND 1 FOOT DEEP BLOCKING A 10 FOOT
WIDE SECTION OF LOUINA ROAD. BOTH ROADS ARE CLOSED.
&&Local storm report, May 16, 12:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1213 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1205 PM FLASH FLOOD CORINTH 33.17N 85.56W
05/16/2009 RANDOLPH AL EMERGENCY MNGR
FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTS WATER 4 FEET DEEP RUSHING ACROSS
COUNTY ROAD 41 NEAR THE NATURAL GAS PUMPING STATION.
&&Local storm report, May 16, 12:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1229 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1217 PM FLASH FLOOD CONCORD 33.13N 85.50W
05/16/2009 RANDOLPH AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
DEPUTY SHERIFF REPORTS WATER RUSHING ACROSS COUNTY ROAD
43 AT BEAVER CREEK NEAR JUNCTION OF COUNTY ROADS 43 AND
41...ABOUT A FOOT DEEP AND 60 FEET WIDE.
&&Local storm report, May 16, 12:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, May 16, 1:16 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 116 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2009 ALZ012-022-161900- LAMAR-PICKENS- 116 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR LAMAR AND PICKENS COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT... AT 114 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SULLIGENT TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW HOPE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SULLIGENT TO 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF PICKENSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... DETROIT. BEDFORD. SULLIGENT. LAMAR COUNTY AIRPORT. CREWS. STAR. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. 12/SIRMON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 8:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Lee, Russell, Tallapoosa | 3 hr |
| May 15, 10:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Cleburne | 3 hr |
| May 15, 11:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 3 hr |
| May 16, 9:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | BMX | Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers and 25 more | 33 hr |
| May 16, 9:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 3 hr |
| May 16, 10:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Randolph | 4 hr |
| May 16, 11:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Perry | 48 min |
| May 16, 12:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Chambers | 3 hr |
| May 16, 12:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Perry | 26 min |
| May 16, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar | 42 min |
| May 16, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 26 min |
| May 16, 3:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Marengo | 3 hr |
| May 16, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 23 min |
| May 16, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 38 min |
| May 16, 5:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Barbour | 3 hr |
| May 16, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 31 min |
| May 16, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson | 37 min |
| May 16, 6:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Pike | 3 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.