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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 27, 20094 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 27, 2009, 3:57 PM CST for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report 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: Feb 27, 2009, 3:57 PM CST (21:57 UTC)
Expired: Feb 27, 2009, 5:00 PM CST
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bibb County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Hale County, AL, Perry County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 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
Feb 27, 4:21 PM CST	HAIL 1	12 Nw Marion, AL

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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
Feb 27, 12:38 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 37 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 622 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 398 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 400 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 272157
TORBMX
ALC007-021-065-105-272300-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0036.090227T2157Z-090227T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
357 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CENTREVILLE...BRENT...
  NORTHWESTERN CHILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  NORTHERN HALE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 500 PM CST

* AT 356 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES WEST OF
  MERTZ...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF GREENSBORO...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MERTZ BY 420 PM CST...
  HARRISBURG BY 430 PM CST...
  EOLINE BY 435 PM CST...
  BRENT AND WEST CENTREVILLE BY 440 PM CST...
  CENTREVILLE BY 445 PM CST...
  ASHBY BY 500 PM CST...

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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.

LAT...LON 3311 8697 3306 8689 3307 8688 3307 8685
      3277 8679 3273 8767 3290 8773
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 255DEG 32KT 3284 8759

$$

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 272208
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
408 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009

ALC007-021-065-105-272300-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-090227T2300Z/
PERRY AL-HALE AL-CHILTON AL-BIBB AL-
408 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
BIBB...NORTHWESTERN CHILTON...EAST CENTRAL HALE AND NORTHERN PERRY
COUNTIES...

AT 408 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WATEROAK...OR ABOUT 10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF GREENSBORO...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MERTZ BY 420 PM CST...
  ELLARDS BY 430 PM CST...
  HARRISBURG BY 435 PM CST...
  BRENT BY 440 PM CST...
  WEST CENTREVILLE AND CENTREVILLE BY 445 PM CST...
  BIBB COUNTY AIRPORT AND TRIO BY 450 PM CST...

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 800 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3310 8695 3306 8689 3307 8687 3305 8686
      3280 8681 3274 8757 3291 8763
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 255DEG 32KT 3285 8749

$$

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 272230
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
430 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009

ALC065-272240-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-090227T2300Z/
HALE AL-
430 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HALE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3294 8739 3304 8686 3281 8681 3280 8687
      3276 8739
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 255DEG 32KT 3282 8730

$$

ALC007-021-105-272300-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-090227T2300Z/
PERRY AL-CHILTON AL-BIBB AL-
430 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
BIBB...WEST CENTRAL CHILTON AND NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTIES...

AT 426 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ELLARDS...OR ABOUT 12 MILES
NORTH OF MARION...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ELLARDS BY 435 PM CST...
  HARRISBURG BY 440 PM CST...
  6 MILES SOUTH OF BRENT BY 445 PM CST...
  6 MILES SOUTH OF WEST CENTREVILLE AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF CENTREVILLE
  BY 450 PM CST...
  BIBB COUNTY AIRPORT BY 455 PM CST...
  TALLADEGA NATIONAL FOREST...TRIO...LAWLEY AND RANDOLPH BY 500 PM
  CST...

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 800 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3294 8739 3304 8686 3281 8681 3280 8687
      3276 8739
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 255DEG 32KT 3282 8730

$$

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 272248
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
448 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009

ALC007-021-105-272300-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-090227T2300Z/
PERRY AL-CHILTON AL-BIBB AL-
448 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BIBB...WEST CENTRAL CHILTON AND NORTHEASTERN PERRY
COUNTIES...

AT 443 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TALLADEGA
NATIONAL FOREST...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF BRENT...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LAWLEY AND TALLADEGA NATIONAL FOREST BY 455 PM CST...
  RANDOLPH...CAMPBELL AND 6 MILES WEST OF CHILTON COUNTY MOTOR SPORTS
  PARK BY 500 PM CST...

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 800 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3278 8721 3290 8719 3296 8684 3281 8681
      3280 8687
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 260DEG 35KT 3283 8705

$$

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 Feb 27, 3:09 PM CST, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 27, 3:09 PM CST, 48 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
309 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.

STATIONARY FRONT REMAINS PARKED FROM SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
THROUGH NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. AN EXTENDED LINE OF HEAVY RAINFALL
HAS SET UP NEAR THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR...WITH THE STRONGER
CONVECTION PUSHING INTO WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA. MANY LOCATIONS HAVE
RECEIVED A COUPLE INCHES OF RAIN THUS FAR WITH ADDITIONAL INCHES
EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING.

AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH INTERSTATE 20 HAVE THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE POTENTIAL FOR
TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

TOWARD SUNSET..THE FRONT WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY BUT A LOW
PRESSURE SURFACE WAVE WILL SHIFT FROM WEST MISSISSIPPI AND INTO
WEST ALABAMA. THE LOW LEVEL JET WILL INCREASE AND GREAT MOISTURE
CONVERGENCE WILL BE POSITIONED FROM NEAR INTERSTATE 20 NORTHWARD.
THE THREAT OF FLOODING RAIN WILL INCREASE IN THESE AREAS
ESPECIALLY DUE TO THE RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN.

EVENTUALLY...A KICKER LOW WILL BEGIN TO PUSH EVERYTHING TO THE
SOUTHEAST WITH THE HEAVIER RAINFALL TOTALS REACHING MGM AND TOI
EARLY MORNING.

OVERALL...A PROLONGED TIME FRAME WHERE HAZARDOUS WEATHER CAN BE
EXPECTED. REMAIN ALERT THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND TAKE ACTION
IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.

.LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.

THIS PERIODS WEATHER IS DOMINATED BY THE APPROACHING UPPER LOW
FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE MODELS ARE ALL IN AGREEMENT TODAY ON THE
TRACK OF THIS FEATURE PASSING OVER THE AREA LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
AND SUNDAY MORNING. ADDITIONALLY...THEY ALL AGREE ON FAIRLY DEEP
MOISTURE AND ENOUGH QPF TO WARRANT A THREAT OF MEASURABLE SNOW
ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. MAIN QUESTION IS THE QPF. IM PRETTY
CONFIDENT THAT IT IS GOING TO SNOW BUT GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL BE
WARM AND THE INITIAL SNOWFALL SHOULD MELT. HOWEVER...THIS EVENT
COULD LAST UP TO 6 HOURS FOR SOME LOCATIONS AND EVENTUALLY
ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR...PRIMARILY ACROSS THE NORTHERN COUNTIES.

DUE TO THE WIDE RANGING QPF FORECASTS BY GUIDANCE...WILL KEEP SNOW
TOTALS AROUND 1 INCH BUT THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR A HIGHER
TOTAL AND A WATCH OR WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MAY BE NEEDED SATURDAY
MORNING. NEEDLESS TO SAY SUNDAY WILL BE COLD AND BREEZY.

BEYOND SUNDAY...LOOK FOR FOR A MODEST WARM UP ON MONDAY WITH ABOVE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES BY THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. NO PRECIPITATION
EXPECTED NEXT WEEK AT THIS TIME.

&&

.AVIATION...18Z TAF DISCUSSION.

KEPT THE TAFS SHORT AND SIMPLE AS THE BASIC SCENARIO WILL HAVE A
SERIES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ALONG A BOUNDARY NEAR
THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY AND TONIGHT.
STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ON EXACTLY WHERE THE BOUNDARY WILL STALL
WHICH COULD ALLOW FOR SOME AMENDMENTS IN THE SHORT TERM. BASICALLY
BE AWARE OF MANY THUNDERSTORMS NEAR TCL, BHM, EET AND ANB.

FOR MGM AND TOI...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GADSDEN     64  51  54  33  42 / 100  90  70  80  30
ANNISTON    68  54  63  36  42 / 100 100  70  80  40
BIRMINGHAM  67  55  59  31  44 / 100 100  70  80  30
TUSCALOOSA  71  56  57  32  47 / 100  90  60  80  10
CALERA      69  56  60  35  45 / 100 100  70  80  30
AUBURN      67  56  67  34  44 /  70  80  80  60  50
MONTGOMERY  73  60  67  38  49 /  70  70  70  60  20
TROY        70  60  70  37  49 /  50  60  80  50  20

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR ALL AREAS THROUGH 6 PM.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 AM SATURDAY FOR MARION-
LAMAR- FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-
CLEBURNE- PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-
CLAY- RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB- HILTON-COOSA-
TALLAPOOSA- CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-ELMORE.

&&

88

Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 27, 11:28 AM CST, 4 hours 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1128 AM CST FRI FEB 27 2009

ALZ011>015-017>050-281230-
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-
1128 AM CST FRI FEB 27 2009

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 ARE POSSIBLE BOTH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AT
THIS TIME...THE STORMS WILL RE-INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON AND LAST
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORM THREATS INCLUDE
LARGE HAIL...ISOLATED TORNADOES...AND DAMAGING WINDS. IT APPEARS THAT
AREAS NEAR AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 WILL HAVE THE BEST ENVIRONMENT
FOR THE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...BUT AREAS SOUTH TO NEAR MONTGOMERY
MAY SEE AN INCREASED CHANCE DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS AS
THE FRONT SAGS SOUTHWARD.

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE A THREAT THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A
FEW LOCATIONS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A FEW INCHES OF RAIN...WITH RAIN
TOTALS BY SATURDAY MORNING OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLY WINDS OF
10 TO 15 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS AROUND 25 ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY ON OPEN
WATERWAYS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY...
LASTING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THUNDERSTORM THREATS WILL
BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. AT THIS
TIME...IT APPEARS THAT AREAS NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85 AND
HIGHWAY 80 WILL HAVE THE BEST ENVIRONMENT FOR THE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT. AN INCREASED THREAT NORTHWARD WILL BE SOLELY
DEPENDANT ON THE POSITION OF THE COLD FRONT.

ON SATURDAY...THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE COLD FRONT AND THE
LIKELIHOOD THAT AREAS WILL BE IMPACTED BY MULTIPLE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ALONG
AND NEAR THE COLD FRONT.

BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE BOTH AHEAD AND BEHIND THE COLD FRONT.
THESE CONDITIONS MAY MATERIALIZE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. A
FEW WIND GUSTS OF 25 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

A STRONG UPPER LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SOME MOISTURE WILL BE AVAILABLE AS
THE COLD AIR FILTERS IN. THEREFORE...THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF
MEASURABLE SNOW THROUGH NOON ON SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WILL BE
NECESSARY THROUGH SATURDAY AT NOON.

75/LINHARES

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 27, 1:01 PM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
101 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009

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

1255 PM     FLASH FLOOD      TUSCALOOSA              33.24N 87.54W
02/27/2009                   TUSCALOOSA         AL   NWS EMPLOYEE

            SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE ON UNIVERSITY OF
            ALABAMA CAMPUS.

&&

Special weather statement, Feb 27, 1:02 PM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
102 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009

ALZ025-034-035-271945-
BIBB-CHILTON-SHELBY-
102 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BIBB...CHILTON AND SHELBY COUNTIES
UNTIL 145 PM CST...

AT 1258 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
TANNEHILL IRONWORKS STATE PARK TO EOLINE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTEVALLO TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRENT...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  MARVEL.
  MAYLENE.
  AMERICAN VILLAGE.
  WILTON.
  CALERA.
  MINOOKA PARK.

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

Local storm report, Feb 27, 1:58 PM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
158 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009

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

1245 PM     HAIL             SAFFORD                 32.29N 87.37W
02/27/2009  E1.00 INCH       DALLAS             AL   POST OFFICE

&&

MBAER

Local storm report, Feb 27, 2:16 PM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
216 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009

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

0200 PM     HAIL             PINE LEVEL              32.07N 86.06W
02/27/2009  E1.00 INCH       MONTGOMERY         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
            AT JUNCTION OF I-65 AND US HWY 31.

&&

Local storm report, Feb 27, 3:06 PM CST, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
306 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009

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

0835 AM     TSTM WND DMG     4 W HUBBERTVILLE        33.83N 87.81W
02/27/2009                   FAYETTE            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 171 NEAR HARBIN ROAD.

&&

KSUMRALL

Local storm report, Feb 27, 3:27 PM CST, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
327 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009

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

0318 PM     HAIL             3 NE NORTHPORT          33.27N 87.56W
02/27/2009  E0.50 INCH       TUSCALOOSA         AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            PINE VALLEY RETIREMENT COMMUNITY.

&&

MBAER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 27, 4:56 AM CST	Flash Flood Watch	BMX	Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 25 more	25 hr
Feb 27, 8:21 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Pickens	54 min
Feb 27, 8:39 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Walker	51 min
Feb 27, 8:39 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pickens	38 min
Feb 27, 9:11 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Pickens, Tuscaloosa	49 min
Feb 27, 10:17 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega	28 min
Feb 27, 10:25 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chilton, Clay, Coosa and 10 more	3 hr
Feb 27, 11:26 AM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	7 hr
Feb 27, 12:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Dallas, Marengo, Perry	39 min
Feb 27, 12:22 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Pickens, Tuscaloosa	3 hr
Feb 27, 12:50 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Dallas	40 min
Feb 27, 1:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Dallas	45 min
Feb 27, 1:16 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton	29 min
Feb 27, 1:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes	62 min
Feb 27, 1:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Elmore, Montgomery	67 min
Feb 27, 2:16 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby	3 hr
Feb 27, 2:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pickens	66 min
Feb 27, 2:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lowndes, Montgomery	28 min
Feb 27, 2:32 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bullock, Elmore, Macon, Montgomery, Tallapoosa	58 min
Feb 27, 2:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Pickens	63 min
Feb 27, 3:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	42 min
Feb 27, 3:14 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Pickens, Tuscaloosa	3 hr
Feb 27, 3:17 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	28 min
Feb 27, 3:25 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Pickens, Tuscaloosa	65 min
Feb 27, 3:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Hale, Perry	18 min
Feb 27, 3:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Jefferson, Shelby, Tuscaloosa	57 min
Feb 27, 4:20 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Hale, Perry	40 min
Feb 27, 4:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa	39 min
Feb 27, 4:51 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Pickens, Tuscaloosa	20 min
Feb 27, 4:52 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne and 14 more	6 hr
Feb 27, 4:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Perry	53 min
Feb 27, 5:03 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter	42 min
Feb 27, 5:19 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Dallas, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Sumter	41 min
Feb 27, 5:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Marengo, Sumter	46 min
Feb 27, 5:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Elmore, Montgomery	37 min
Feb 27, 5:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter	45 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.