Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Birmingham, AL

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WWUS54 KBMX 022055
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
355 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009

ALC107-022104-
/O.CAN.KBMX.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-090402T2130Z/
PICKENS AL-
355 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PICKENS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3344 8774 3401 8780 3431 8763 3430 8711
      3326 8727 3358 8758
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 268DEG 32KT 3431 8741 3359 8764

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ALC057-073-093-125-127-133-022130-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-090402T2130Z/
TUSCALOOSA AL-JEFFERSON AL-FAYETTE AL-WALKER AL-WINSTON AL-MARION AL-
355 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARION...WINSTON...WALKER...EASTERN FAYETTE...
EXTREME WEST CENTRAL JEFFERSON AND NORTHERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTIES...

AT 354 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM SIPSEY RIVER REC AREA TO NEW LEXINGTON...OR ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF HALEYVILLE TO 13 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF FAYETTE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WINSTON FREE STATE BARN...ROCK CREEK...HOUSTON RECREATIONAL AREA
  AND DOUBLE SPRINGS BY 400 PM CDT...
  WINSTON COUNTY AIRPORT...WEST CORONA...TOWNLEY AND POPLAR SPRINGS
  BY 405 PM CDT...
  MCDOWELL CAMP GROUNDS AND CORINTH REC AREA BY 410 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN ALABAMA.

&&

LAT...LON 3344 8774 3401 8780 3431 8763 3430 8711
      3326 8727 3358 8758
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 268DEG 32KT 3431 8741 3359 8764

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000 
WWUS54 KBMX 022118
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
418 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009

ALC057-125-127-133-022130-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-090402T2130Z/
TUSCALOOSA AL-FAYETTE AL-WALKER AL-WINSTON AL-
418 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR WINSTON...WESTERN WALKER...EAST CENTRAL FAYETTE AND EXTREME NORTH
CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA COUNTIES...

AT 416 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM UPSHAW TO WHITSON...OR ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOULTON TO 17 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CORDOVA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  PARRISH...LAKE SHORE...HELICON AND CURRY BY 425 PM CDT...
  GORGAS...CORDOVA AND GOODSPRINGS BY 430 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN ALABAMA.

&&

LAT...LON 3355 8750 3401 8758 3431 8742 3430 8711
      3362 8722
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 268DEG 32KT 3432 8715 3360 8739

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
338 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009

.DISCUSSION...

A PRE-FRONTAL LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY MOVING
INTO WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA WILL CONTINUE EASTWARD ACROSS THE STATE.
THIS LINE WILL ENCOUNTER A MORE STABLE AIRMASS LEFT OVER FROM THIS
MORNINGS RAIN AND LOW CLOUDS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. AS A
WARM FRONT CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTH AHEAD OF THIS LINE...SOME
DESTABILIZATION IS EXPECTED...CONTINUING A STRONG TO SEVERE THREAT
ALONG THE LINE.

UPPER LEVEL TROUGH REMAINS BACK ACROSS ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...AND
IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY AND INTO THE
OHIO RIVER VALLEY BY TOMORROW MORNING. ALONG THE ASSOCIATED COLD
FRONT...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS OCCURRING ALONG A LINE
STRETCHING FROM CENTRAL ARKANSAS SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA..I.AND MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST. AS THIS SYSTEM
SHIFTS EASTWARD...EXPECTING THE AIRMASS OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA TO
DESTABILIZE BEHIND THE CURRENT LINE OF STORMS...AND WILL HAVE TO
MONITOR FOR ANY DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE FRONT. IF THERE IS
REDEVELOPMENT...ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE.
EXPECTED TIMING OF THE FRONT INTO WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA IS BETWEEN
8-10PM...9-11PM ALONG THE I-65 CORRIDOR...AND 10-MIDNIGHT IN EAST
CENTRAL ALABAMA.

BEHIND THIS SYSTEM...EXPECT DRIER AIR TO FILTER INTO THE REGION AS
UPPER LEVEL RIDGING BUILDS INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN CONUS. COOLER AIR
IN NORTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL ALLOW FOR SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS ON
FRIDAY...WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. AS THE SURFACE HIGH SHIFTS
EASTWARD SATURDAY...AND SOUTHERLY FLOW DEVELOPS...HIGHS WILL RETURN
TO THE MID 70S.

A STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS SATURDAY WILL DRAG A
FRONT THROUGH CENTRAL ALABAMA ON SUNDAY. AS THIS SYSTEM CROSSES THE
AREA...THERE LOOKS TO BE A CHANCE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE
REGION BEHIND THIS SYSTEM...KEEPING CONDITIONS DRY THROUGH THE
MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. THERE WILL BE A GREATER COLD AIR PUSH BEHIND
THIS FRONT...AND TEMPERATURES FOR THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK WILL BE
ABOUT 10-15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL...WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER
50S.

SOUTHERLY FLOW RETURNS WEDNESDAY AS THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO
THE PLAINS...WHICH WILL BRING A FRONT...AND THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS...TO THE AREA NEXT THURSDAY.

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&&

.AVIATION...18Z TAF DISCUSSION.

EXPECT SCT SH/TS DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON...AFFECTING ALL
SITES...WITH GENERALLY MVFR CEILINGS. SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL
INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KTS. AS A FRONT
APPROACHES FROM THE WEST TONIGHT...EXPECT THE COVERAGE OF CONVECTIVE
ACTIVITY TO INCREASE...GOING FROM SCATTERED ACTIVITY TO A BROKEN
SQUALL LINE ALONG THE FRONT. SOME STORMS COULD BE SEVERE. THIS
ACTIVITY WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE STATE...ENDING BY
03-05Z ACROSS THE WEST...AND 05-06Z ACROSS THE EAST. BEHIND THE
FRONT...BR AND LOW CLOUDS AT 1KFT IS EXPECTED.

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&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GADSDEN     53  64  43  75  50 /  90  10  10  10  10
ANNISTON    54  65  42  76  54 /  90  10  10  10  10
BIRMINGHAM  51  66  42  76  59 /  90  10  10  10  10
TUSCALOOSA  52  69  42  78  58 /  70  10  10  10  20
CALERA      53  67  46  77  57 /  80  10  10  10  10
AUBURN      54  68  46  77  54 /  70  10  10  10  10
MONTGOMERY  56  70  45  78  56 /  60  10  10  10  10
TROY        57  69  44  78  55 /  50  10  10  10  10

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR ALL AREAS FROM NOON UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1158 AM CDT THU APR 2 2009

ALZ011>015-017>050-030100-
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-
1158 AM CDT THU APR 2 2009

...MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AHEAD OF
AND ALONG A STRONG COLD FRONT WHICH WILL PASS THROUGH ALABAMA LATER
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL...PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS
TO 45 MPH.

BY 2 PM CDT...A SQUALL LINE WILL BE APPROACHING THE ALABAMA
MISSISSIPPI STATE LINE.  THESE STORMS SHOULD AFFECT THE WESTERN
COUNTIES OF ALABAMA FROM 2 PM UNTIL 5 PM...THE CENTRAL COUNTIES OF
ALABAMA BETWEEN 4 PM AND 8 PM...AND THE EASTERN COUNTIES OF ALABAMA
BETWEEN 8 PM AND MIDNIGHT. THESE STORMS WILL CARRY WITH THEM THE
POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR A
STRONG TORNADO.

RIVER FLOODING CONTINUES FOR SEVERAL COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.
PLEASE REFER TO RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS
REGARDING YOUR AREA.

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

RIVERS WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SEVERAL COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. PLEASE REFER TO RIVER FLOOD
STATEMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS REGARDING YOUR AREA.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON...LASTING
INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WILL LIKELY
BE NECESSARY ON TODAY.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1225 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009

ALZ018-019-025-026-021815-
CALHOUN-ETOWAH-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-
1225 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR CALHOUN...ETOWAH...SHELBY AND ST.
CLAIR COUNTIES UNTIL 115 PM CDT...

AT 1225 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR RIVERSIDE...OR NEAR PELL CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  RIVERSIDE.
  NEELY HENRY DAM.
  OHATCHEE.
  WILLIAMS.
  MARKTON.
  SOUTHSIDE.

THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
250 PM CDT THU APR 02 2009

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

0249 PM     HAIL             HAMILTON                34.14N 87.98W
04/02/2009  E0.25 INCH       MARION             AL   COUNTY OFFICIAL

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
303 PM CDT THU APR 02 2009

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

0240 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DETROIT                 34.03N 88.17W
04/02/2009                   LAMAR              AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN

&&

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
322 PM CDT THU APR 02 2009

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

0319 PM     TORNADO          HIGHTOGY                33.69N 88.09W
04/02/2009                   LAMAR              AL   PUBLIC

            UNCONFIRMED TORNADO OBSERVED ON HWY17

&&

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