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Tornado Warning 130, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2009, 8:47 AM CDT for Greene County, Pickens County, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 43 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 2009, 8:47 AM CDT (13:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2009, 9:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Greene County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:48 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 8:57 AM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 5 Ene Sipsey River, AL | AN EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG COUNTY ROAD 21. A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AND LANDED ON SOME HOMES. |
| May 6, 9:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Northport, AL | ESTIMATED WIND GUST OF 70MPH. STORM SPOTTER REPORTS ROOF DAMAGE AND TREES DOWN 2.5 MILES WEST OF MCFARLAND BLVD. |
| May 6, 9:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Tuscaloosa, AL | WIDESPREAD DAMAGE ACROSS THE COUNTY. TREES DOWN AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. POSSIBLE TORNADO AND STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this tornado warning; the first came 10 minutes after it went out.
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 6, 4:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 1131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 517 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 301 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KBMX 061347 TORBMX ALC063-107-125-061430- /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0130.090506T1347Z-090506T1430Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 847 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA... EAST CENTRAL PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GORDO... CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TUSCALOOSA...NORTHPORT...HOLT... * UNTIL 930 AM CDT * AT 846 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF GORDO...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 7 MILES SOUTH OF GORDO AND 7 MILES NORTH OF JENA BY 855 AM CDT... COKER AND LAKE LURLEEN STATE PARK BY 910 AM CDT... NORTHPORT BY 915 AM CDT... TUSCALOOSA...6 MILES NORTH OF UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA...7 MILES NORTH OF UNIVERSITY MALL AND 9 MILES NORTH OF MCFARLAND MALL BY 920 AM CDT... HOLT BY 925 AM CDT... THIS INCLUDES... INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 68 THROUGH 76 AND INTERSTATE 59 EXIT NUMBERS 130 THROUGH 137. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA. && TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3344 8749 3316 8745 3312 8797 3334 8796 TIME...MOT...LOC 1347Z 255DEG 35KT 3321 8794 $$ 58
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KBMX 061400 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 900 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009 ALC063-107-061410- /O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0130.000000T0000Z-090506T1430Z/ GREENE AL-PICKENS AL- 900 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PICKENS AND EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL GREENE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3313 8783 3337 8783 3344 8749 3316 8745 TIME...MOT...LOC 1400Z 255DEG 35KT 3324 8779 $$ ALC125-061430- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0130.000000T0000Z-090506T1430Z/ TUSCALOOSA AL- 900 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA COUNTY... AT 858 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES TO DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BUHL...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GORDO...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BUHL BY 905 AM CDT... COKER AND LAKE LURLEEN STATE PARK BY 910 AM CDT... NORTHPORT...TUSCALOOSA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND OLIVER LOCK AND DAM BY 915 AM CDT... TUSCALOOSA AND 6 MILES NORTH OF UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA BY 920 AM CDT... LAKE TUSCALOOSA AND HOLT BY 925 AM CDT... THIS INCLUDES... INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 68 THROUGH 76... AND INTERSTATE 59 EXIT NUMBERS 130 THROUGH 137. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA. && LAT...LON 3313 8783 3337 8783 3344 8749 3316 8745 TIME...MOT...LOC 1400Z 255DEG 35KT 3324 8779 $$ 58
000 WWUS54 KBMX 061414 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 914 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009 ALC125-061430- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0130.000000T0000Z-090506T1430Z/ TUSCALOOSA AL- 914 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA COUNTY... AT 914 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES TO DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE LURLEEN STATE PARK...OR NEAR NORTHPORT...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... TUSCALOOSA...6 MILES NORTH OF UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA...7 MILES NORTH OF UNIVERSITY MALL AND 9 MILES NORTH OF MCFARLAND MALL BY 920 AM CDT... LAKE TUSCALOOSA AND HOLT BY 925 AM CDT... THIS INCLUDES... INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 68 THROUGH 76... AND INTERSTATE 59 EXIT NUMBERS 130 THROUGH 137. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA. && LAT...LON 3314 8769 3340 8768 3344 8749 3316 8745 TIME...MOT...LOC 1414Z 255DEG 35KT 3327 8764 $$ 58
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 6, 6:44 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 6, 6:44 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 644 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009 .UPDATE...FOR 12Z AVIATION. && .DISCUSSION... ONCE AGAIN...BUSY WITH WEATHER...SO I WILL BE BRIEF. ANOTHER DAY...SAME FORECAST...AS YET ANOTHER VORT MAX AND JET MAX ENTER NORTHWEST ALABAMA THIS MORNING AND WILL FOCUS STORMS...THE STRONGEST THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS...STRONG WITH A GOOD MIX OF SEVERE WILL LINGER INTO THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS THE FOCUSING MECHANISM DRIFTS FURTHER SOUTH THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. LOOK FOR MUCH OF THE SAME AS THE PREVIOUS OVERNIGHT PERIODS...FOR THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO LAST WELL INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. INTO THURSDAY...WE WILL ONCE AGAIN DEAL WITH ACTIVE WEATHER...AS WEDNESDAYS SLOW MOVING BOUNDARY WILL ONCE AGAIN TRIGGER MAINLY AFTERNOON STORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE CWA. ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER WILL ONCE AGAIN BE IN THE CARDS AS SHEAR VECTORS AND LAPSE RATES REMAIN RATHER LARGE...AGAIN THOUGH...THINKING THE BEST CHANCES WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO MOVE FURTHER SOUTH AS THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING PROGRESSES. WE WILL HOPEFULLY BEGIN SEEING OUR FIRST BREAK IN THE ACTION BY LATE THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD ON FRIDAY MORNING. FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO THE WEEKEND...WE MAY CATCH A BIT OF A REST AS THE AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SEEM TO BE A BIT MORE ON THE DISORGANIZED SIDE...ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...EXPECT TO SEE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DEVELOPMENT EACH DAY...MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. BEYOND THE WEEKEND...IT LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER SAGGING FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE...SO GET READY FOR ANOTHER FEW DAYS OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD. I DONT SEE A LOT OF UPPER LEVEL DYNAMIC SUPPORT FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE OUTBREAK TYPE WEATHER...BUT CERTAINLY ANY VORT OR JET MAX WILL BRING THE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SEVERE THREAT ONCE AGAIN TO CENTRAL ALABAMA...TYPICAL MONTH OF MAY PATTERN. && .AVIATION...12Z TAF DISCUSSION. CHALLENGE TODAY IS TIMING THE SQUALL APPROACHING FROM MISSISSIPPI. AMENDMENTS MAY BE NEEDED BASED ON INCREASE OR DECREASE IN SPEED. IFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED WITHIN LINE. PRE-SQUALL LINE CONDITIONS WILL BE MVFR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MARION-WINSTON-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WALKER-BLOUNT- ETOWAH AND CHEROKEE UNTIL 12 PM. && 17/88
Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 6:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 630 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009 ALZ011>015-017>050-070940- 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- 440 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT MUCH OF CENTRAL ALABAMA FROM THE MORNING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL SLOWLY PUSH SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND EVENTUALLY WILL BE CONFINED TO AREAS ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 85 AND HIGHWAY 80 THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AREAS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA ON THURSDAY...MAINLY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 6 AM AND 10 PM. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WILL BE NEEDED TODAY AND POSSIBLY THURSDAY.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 6, 6:52 AM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
652 AM CDT WED MAY 06 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0643 AM HEAVY RAIN SNEAD 34.12N 86.40W
05/06/2009 E3.00 INCH BLOUNT AL EMERGENCY MNGR
HEAVY RAIN CAUSING URBAN FLOODING OF ROADWAYS.WATER OVER
THE ROAD AND TELCO CONNECTION BOXES PARTIALLY UNDERWATER.
&&
KSUMRALLLocal storm report, May 6, 7:09 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
709 AM CDT WED MAY 06 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0655 AM FUNNEL CLOUD 3 WSW WESTON 34.15N 88.08W
05/06/2009 MARION AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTED TO E911 AT HIGHWAY 19 AND COUNTY ROAD 11 IN
BARNSVILLE.
&&
KSUMRALLLocal storm report, May 6, 7:56 AM CDT, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
756 AM CDT WED MAY 06 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0706 AM TSTM WND DMG HAMILTON 34.14N 87.98W
05/06/2009 MARION AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 278 IN HAMILTON. POSSIBLE
TORNADO.
&&
KSUMRALLLocal storm report, May 6, 8:05 AM CDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
805 AM CDT WED MAY 06 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0759 AM FLASH FLOOD SULLIGENT 33.89N 88.13W
05/06/2009 LAMAR AL EMERGENCY MNGR
ESTIMATED RAINFALL TOTALS OF THREE INCHES...WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS...HAS CAUSED THE FLOODING OF HIGHWAY 278
IN SULLIGENT AND THE ROAD IS IMPASSABLE.
&&
KSUMRALLLocal storm report, May 6, 8:36 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
836 AM CDT WED MAY 06 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0805 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 W MORELAND 34.25N 87.35W
05/06/2009 WINSTON AL EMERGENCY MNGR
4 TREES DOWN 2 MILES WEST OF MORELAND.
&&
KSUMRALLLocal storm report, May 6, 8:46 AM CDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
846 AM CDT WED MAY 06 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0819 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 WNW ALICEVILLE 33.14N 88.21W
05/06/2009 PICKENS AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN ALONG COUNTY ROAD 78 NEAR ROGERSVILLE.
POSSIBLE TORNADO.
&&
KSUMRALLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas, Marengo, Perry | 41 min |
| May 5, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas, Marengo, Perry | 32 min |
| May 5, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 43 min |
| May 5, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale, Marengo | 37 min |
| May 6, 1:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Lamar, Marion, Winston | 3 hr |
| May 6, 3:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion, Walker, Winston | 26 min |
| May 6, 4:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 13 hr |
| May 6, 4:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Blount | 3 hr |
| May 6, 5:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Cherokee, Etowah | 3 hr |
| May 6, 6:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Winston | 54 min |
| May 6, 6:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion | 34 min |
| May 6, 6:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion, Winston | 4 hr |
| May 6, 7:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Blount | 3 hr |
| May 6, 7:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion, Winston | 40 min |
| May 6, 8:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 53 min |
| May 6, 8:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 3 hr |
| May 6, 8:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens, Sumter | 64 min |
| May 6, 8:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 33 min |
| May 6, 8:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Walker, Winston | 47 min |
| May 6, 8:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 40 min |
| May 6, 8:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa | 41 min |
| May 6, 8:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 23 min |
| May 6, 9:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Blount, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson and 4 more | 62 min |
| May 6, 9:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 28 min |
| May 6, 9:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Sumter | 41 min |
| May 6, 9:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter | 5 days |
| May 6, 9:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 24 hr |
| May 6, 9:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo | 49 hr |
| May 6, 9:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson | 9 min |
| May 6, 10:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Etowah, Jefferson, St. Clair | 52 min |
| May 6, 10:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega | 33 min |
| May 6, 10:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Etowah | 4 hr |
| May 6, 10:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Blount | 4 hr |
| May 6, 11:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa, Tallapoosa | 33 min |
| May 6, 11:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore | 44 min |
| May 6, 12:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Coosa, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery, Tallapoosa | 40 min |
| May 6, 12:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery | 46 min |
| May 6, 12:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Tallapoosa | 43 min |
| May 6, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery, Tallapoosa | 34 min |
| May 6, 1:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Lamar, Marion, Winston | 4 hr |
| May 6, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee, Macon, Russell | 42 min |
| May 6, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon, Montgomery, Pike | 30 min |
| May 6, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Russell | 37 min |
Nearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.