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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 27, 2009Greene County, Marengo County, Sumter County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 27, 2009, 5:29 PM CST for Greene County, Marengo County, Sumter County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 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: Feb 27, 2009, 5:29 PM CST (23:29 UTC)
Expired: Feb 27, 2009, 6:15 PM CST
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Greene County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Sumter County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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, 5:30 PM CST	HAIL 1	4 N Livingston, AL	EXIT 20 ON INTERSTATE 20. CORRECTED FOR TIME.
Feb 27, 5:43 PM CST	HAIL 1	4 N Livingston, AL	EXIT 20 ON INTERSTATE 20
Feb 27, 6:05 PM CST	HAIL 0.25	Belmont, 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 272329
TORBMX
ALC063-091-119-280015-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0042.090227T2329Z-090228T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MARENGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LINDEN...
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  SOUTHERN SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...YORK...LIVINGSTON...

* UNTIL 615 PM CST

* AT 526 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LIVINGSTON...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 80 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DUG HILL AND COATOPA BY 535 PM CST...
  JEFFERSON AND PIN HOOK BY 545 PM CST...
  LINDEN AND CHICKASAW STATE PARK BY 550 PM CST...
  THOMASTON...7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DAYTON AND 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  MILLER BY 555 PM CST...
  7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONSUL BY 600 PM CST...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 8 THROUGH 23.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 3259 8832 3272 8818 3227 8750 3215 8751
      3214 8753 3214 8758 3217 8799 3219 8803
      3230 8802 3230 8825 3232 8830
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 311DEG 71KT 3259 8815

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 272346
SVSBMX

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

ALC063-091-119-280015-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-090228T0015Z/
MARENGO AL-SUMTER AL-GREENE AL-
546 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN GREENE...SOUTHEASTERN SUMTER AND NORTHERN MARENGO
COUNTIES...

AT 543 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BLUFFPORT...OR ABOUT 8 MILES
EAST OF LIVINGSTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BELMONT BY 555 PM CST...
  MCDOWELL AND DEMOPOLIS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT BY 600 PM CST...
  OLD SPRING HILL BY 610 PM CST...
  CHICKASAW STATE PARK AND PROVIDENCE BY 615 PM CST...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBER 17.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF 
BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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

LAT...LON 3230 8804 3248 8813 3261 8822 3270 8815
      3232 8758 3226 8750 3228 8802 3230 8802
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 308DEG 35KT 3260 8803

$$

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 272359
SVSBMX

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

ALC063-091-119-280015-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-090228T0015Z/
MARENGO AL-SUMTER AL-GREENE AL-
559 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR EXTREME
SOUTH CENTRAL GREENE...SOUTHEASTERN SUMTER AND NORTHERN MARENGO
COUNTIES...

AT 555 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BELMONT...OR ABOUT 7 MILES
WEST OF DEMOPOLIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  7 MILES NORTHEAST OF JEFFERSON AND 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF PIN HOOK BY
  610 PM CST...
  OLD SPRING HILL...CHICKASAW STATE PARK...6 MILES NORTH OF
  PROVIDENCE AND 8 MILES NORTH OF LINDEN BY 615 PM CST...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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

LAT...LON 3228 8785 3229 8790 3231 8794 3247 8804
      3253 8806 3262 8804 3232 8759 3226 8750
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 308DEG 35KT 3252 8791

$$

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, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 27, 3:09 PM CST, 2 hours 20 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, 5:15 PM CST, 14 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
515 PM 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-
515 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING...SCATTERED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...AND HAIL TO THE
SIZE OF GOLFBALLS...IS LIKELY THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA.  ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL OCCUR AREA WIDE...THROUGH
MIDNIGHT THE GREATEST THREAT OF STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL...
AND ISOLATED TORNADOES...WILL OCCUR ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE
RAIN...GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20.  BY MIDNIGHT...THE SEVERE
STORM POTENTIAL IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT NORTHWARD TO WITHIN 50 MILES
EITHER SIDE OF INTERSTATE 20...AND CONTINUE THROUGH DAYBREAK.

.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 A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION.

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 FLOODING.

BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY WITH SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF THE COLD ON
SATURDAY AND STRONG NORTH WINDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT SATURDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH 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.

STEFKOVICH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 27, 4:28 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before

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

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

0415 PM     FLOOD            TUSCALOOSA              33.24N 87.54W
02/27/2009                   TUSCALOOSA         AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            OREGON FOREST, BEAR CREEK AND OLD WATERMELON ROADS HAVE
            WATER ACROSS THEM. FLOODING IS ALSO REPORTED NEAR THE
            NORTH RIVER YACHT CLUB.

0421 PM     HAIL             12 NW MARION            32.75N 87.46W
02/27/2009  E1.00 INCH       PERRY              AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MBAER

Local storm report, Feb 27, 4:30 PM CST, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
430 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.

0955 AM     HAIL             BIRMINGHAM              33.53N 86.80W
02/27/2009  M0.50 INCH       JEFFERSON          AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMA REPORTS MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT INTERSECTION OF 5TH AVE N
            AND 16TH ST N IN DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM.

0956 AM     TSTM WND GST     BIRMINGHAM              33.53N 86.80W
02/27/2009  E50.00 MPH       JEFFERSON          AL   POST OFFICE

            ESTIMATED WIND GUST TO 50 MPH REPORTED AT PRINCETON
            HOSPITAL IN WEST BIRMINGHAM.

0956 AM     HAIL             BIRMINGHAM              33.53N 86.80W
02/27/2009  E0.75 INCH       JEFFERSON          AL   PUBLIC

            PENNY SIZE HAIL AT PRINCETON HOSPITAL IN WEST BIRMINGHAM.

1010 AM     TORNADO          CHELSEA                 33.33N 86.64W
02/27/2009                   SHELBY             AL   NWS EMPLOYEE

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN CHELSEA NEAR POST OFFICE ON
            US HWY 280. CONFIRMED TORNADO.

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

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.

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.

0308 PM     HAIL             ALICEVILLE              33.13N 88.16W
02/27/2009  E0.75 INCH       PICKENS            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PENNY SIZED HAIL IN ALICEVILLE.

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

            PINE VALLEY RETIREMENT COMMUNITY.

0341 PM     HAIL             KNOXVILLE               32.99N 87.79W
02/27/2009  E0.88 INCH       GREENE             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORTED BY VFD IN KNOXVILLE AREA.

0401 PM     HAIL             MOUNDVILLE              33.00N 87.63W
02/27/2009  E0.50 INCH       HALE               AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

0401 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SAMANTHA                33.42N 87.61W
02/27/2009                   TUSCALOOSA         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            OLD FAYETTE ROAD AT BRADY MONTGOMERY ROAD. ROAD CLOSED
            DUE TO FLOODING

0415 PM     FLOOD            TUSCALOOSA              33.24N 87.54W
02/27/2009                   TUSCALOOSA         AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            OREGON FOREST, BEAR CREEK AND OLD WATERMELON ROADS HAVE
            WATER ACROSS THEM. FLOODING IS ALSO REPORTED NEAR THE
            NORTH RIVER YACHT CLUB.

0421 PM     HAIL             12 NW MARION            32.75N 87.46W
02/27/2009  E1.00 INCH       PERRY              AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MBAER

Local storm report, Feb 27, 4:41 PM CST, 48 minutes before

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

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

0438 PM     HAIL             MOUNDVILLE              33.00N 87.63W
02/27/2009  E0.50 INCH       HALE               AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

MBAER

Local storm report, Feb 27, 4:52 PM CST, 37 minutes before

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

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

0445 PM     FLASH FLOOD      COLUMBIANA              33.18N 86.60W
02/27/2009                   SHELBY             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            THORNBURG VET CLINIC HIWAY 25 NEAR COLUMBIANA MTN

&&

MBAER

Local storm report, Feb 27, 5:15 PM CST, 14 minutes before

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

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

0509 PM     FLOOD            3 S CALERA              33.06N 86.75W
02/27/2009                   CHILTON            AL   PUBLIC

            WATER OVER INTERSTATE 65 NEAR MILE MARKER 228.

&&

MBAER

Local storm report, Feb 27, 5:25 PM CST, 4 minutes before

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

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

0521 PM     HAIL             3 S PLECHER             32.66N 86.79W
02/27/2009  E0.50 INCH       AUTAUGA            AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ON HIGHWAY 82 AT THE CHILTON AND AUTAUGA COUNTY LINES.

&&

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, 3:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Hale, Perry	63 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, 5:38 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.