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Tornado Warning 132, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 6, 2009Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2009, 9:17 AM CDT for Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 6, 2009, 9:17 AM CDT (14:17 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2009, 9:45 AM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Tuscaloosa County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:20 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 59 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 061417
TORBMX
ALC125-061445-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0132.090506T1417Z-090506T1445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
917 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HOLT...

* UNTIL 945 AM CDT

* AT 916 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR HOLT...MOVING EAST
  AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DEERLICK CREEK CAMPGROUNDS BY 930 AM CDT...
  7 MILES SOUTH OF BANKHEAD LOCK AND DAM BY 945 AM CDT...

THIS INCLUDES
AND INTERSTATE 59 EXIT NUMBERS 134 THROUGH 156.

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 3350 8736 3339 8724 3331 8717 3325 8751
      3343 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 1417Z 257DEG 20KT 3332 8752

$$

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1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 061432
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
932 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009

ALC125-061445-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0132.000000T0000Z-090506T1445Z/
TUSCALOOSA AL-
932 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA COUNTY...

AT 929 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES TO DETECT A
TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA COUNTY...
OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOLT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR ALABAMA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
1000 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA.

&&

LAT...LON 3341 8737 3343 8728 3339 8724 3331 8717
      3327 8741
TIME...MOT...LOC 1432Z 257DEG 20KT 3330 8736

$$

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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 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 6:44 AM CDT, 2 hours 33 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 47 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, 8:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 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.

&&

KSUMRALL

Local storm report, May 6, 8:36 AM CDT, 41 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.

&&

KSUMRALL

Local storm report, May 6, 8:46 AM CDT, 31 minutes 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.

&&

KSUMRALL

Local storm report, May 6, 8:54 AM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
854 AM CDT WED MAY 06 2009

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

0847 AM     HAIL             11 SSE FAYETTE          33.55N 87.76W
05/06/2009  E0.75 INCH       FAYETTE            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORTED NEAR CONCORD.

&&

KSUMRALL

Local storm report, May 6, 8:55 AM CDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
855 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

0847 AM     HAIL             11 SSE FAYETTE          33.55N 87.76W
05/06/2009  E0.75 INCH       FAYETTE            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORTED NEAR CONCORD.

&&

KSUMRALL

Local storm report, May 6, 9:14 AM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
914 AM CDT WED MAY 06 2009

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

0900 AM     TSTM WND DMG     PANOLA                  32.95N 88.27W
05/06/2009                   SUMTER             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ALONG COUNTY ROAD 84 NEAR PANOLA.

&&

KSUMRALL

The 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, 8:47 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Pickens, Tuscaloosa	43 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, 9:19 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

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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.