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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 27, 2009Dallas County, Perry County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 27, 2009, 7:12 PM CST for Dallas County, Perry County, Alabama. It was in force for 48 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, 7:12 PM CST (01:12 UTC)
Expired: Feb 27, 2009, 8:00 PM CST
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Dallas County, AL, Perry County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 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, 7:45 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	1 W Orrville, AL	TREES DOWN NR MARTIC STATION ON SR22

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 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 113 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: 30 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 539 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 61 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 280112
TORBMX
ALC047-105-280200-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0048.090228T0112Z-090228T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN PERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 800 PM CST

* AT 708 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ORRVILLE...OR 16
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF UNIONTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DALLAS LAKE AND 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BELKNAP
  BY 725 PM CST...

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

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.

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

LAT...LON 3220 8733 3220 8736 3227 8746 3242 8737
      3242 8736 3237 8726 3220 8693 3218 8691
      3205 8691 3205 8717
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 309DEG 52KT 3225 8727

$$

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 280121
SVSBMX

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

ALC105-280131-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-090228T0200Z/
PERRY AL-
721 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN PERRY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3220 8733 3220 8736 3226 8737 3232 8733
      3233 8729 3233 8726 3220 8693 3218 8691
      3205 8691 3205 8717
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 307DEG 28KT 3222 8722

$$

ALC047-280200-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-090228T0200Z/
DALLAS AL-
721 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
DALLAS COUNTY...

AT 716 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FIVE POINTS...OR ABOUT 18
MILES NORTH OF CAMDEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES NORTHEAST OF TILDEN...7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BELKNAP AND 7
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF DALLAS LAKE BY 740 PM CST...
  CARLOWVILLE BY 750 PM CST...
  MINTER BY 755 PM CST...

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

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 3220 8733 3220 8736 3226 8737 3232 8733
      3233 8729 3233 8726 3220 8693 3218 8691
      3205 8691 3205 8717
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 307DEG 28KT 3222 8722

$$

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 280131
SVSBMX

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

ALC047-280200-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-090228T0200Z/
DALLAS AL-
731 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
DALLAS COUNTY...

AT 729 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF WHITES BLUFF...OR
ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF CAMDEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES NORTHEAST OF TILDEN...7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BELKNAP AND 7
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF DALLAS LAKE BY 740 PM CST...
  CARLOWVILLE BY 745 PM CST...
  MINTER BY 750 PM CST...

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

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 3219 8730 3222 8730 3224 8728 3227 8725
      3228 8721 3230 8717 3220 8693 3218 8691
      3205 8691 3205 8717
TIME...MOT...LOC 0131Z 307DEG 28KT 3217 8715

$$

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 280142
SVSBMX

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

ALC047-280200-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-090228T0200Z/
DALLAS AL-
742 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL DALLAS COUNTY...

AT 738 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DALLAS LAKE...OR ABOUT 16
MILES SOUTH OF SELMA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CARLOWVILLE BY 750 PM CST...
  MINTER BY 755 PM CST...

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

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 3205 8708 3218 8720 3227 8709 3220 8693
      3218 8691 3205 8691
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 320DEG 29KT 3217 8705

$$

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 280149
SVSBMX

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

ALC047-280200-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-090228T0200Z/
DALLAS AL-
749 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL DALLAS COUNTY...

AT 746 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CARLOWVILLE...OR ABOUT 19
MILES SOUTH OF SELMA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MINTER BY 755 PM CST...

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

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 300 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3218 8691 3207 8691 3208 8703 3219 8715
      3223 8708 3224 8703 3221 8696
TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 320DEG 29KT 3213 8701

$$

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, 5:51 PM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 27, 5:51 PM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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

.UPDATE...AVIATION DISCUSSION.

&&

.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. I'M 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...00Z TAF DISCUSSION.

EXPECT FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT ALL TAF SITES TONIGHT
AT SOME POINT OR ANOTHER. HANDLED THE TIMING WITH A TEMPO GROUP AS
THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT 4
TO 5 HOURS. COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE A LITTLE AFTER 06Z AND
THUS CHANGED THE FORECAST FROM PREVAILING TO VICINITY. IN
ALL...EXPECT VERY POOR CONDITIONS TONIGHT DUE TO MOSTLY LOW
CEILINGS. VISIBILITIES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO DROP AS LOW TO THE
SUSTAINED WINDS OVERNIGHT.

EXPECT A WIND SHIFT TO OCCUR DURING THE DAY TOMORROW AS A SURFACE
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BEGINS TO APPROACH THE AREA. WINDS WILL ALSO
BEGIN TO PICK UP AND BECOME GUSTY.

NO SNOW YET IN THE FORECAST. IT IS STILL MORE THAN 24 HOURS AWAY.
WILL PROBABLY BEGIN TO INCLUDE EITHER IN THE 06Z OR 12Z FORECAST.

10/ARM

&&

.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.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 27, 5:15 PM CST, 1 hour 57 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, 5:44 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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

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

0543 PM     HAIL             4 N LIVINGSTON          32.66N 88.19W
02/27/2009  E1.00 INCH       SUMTER             AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            EXIT 20 ON INTERSTATE 20

&&

MBAER

Local storm report, Feb 27, 5:53 PM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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

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

0550 PM     FLOOD            SAGINAW                 33.22N 86.79W
02/27/2009                   SHELBY             AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER OVER THE ROAD AT 665 HWY 31.

&&

SUNGER

Local storm report, Feb 27, 6:02 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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

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

0550 PM     HAIL             6 E NEW PROSPECT        32.67N 86.44W
02/27/2009  E1.00 INCH       AUTAUGA            AL   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

SUNGER

Local storm report, Feb 27, 6:16 PM CST, 56 minutes before

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

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

0605 PM     HAIL             BELMONT                 32.56N 87.94W
02/27/2009  E0.25 INCH       SUMTER             AL   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

&&

KSUMRALL

Local storm report, Feb 27, 6:26 PM CST, 46 minutes before

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

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

0621 PM     HAIL             DEMOPOLIS               32.52N 87.84W
02/27/2009  E0.75 INCH       MARENGO            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

KSUMRALL

Local storm report, Feb 27, 6:41 PM CST, 31 minutes before

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

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

0638 PM     HAIL             4 S GALLION             32.44N 87.72W
02/27/2009  E2.75 INCH       MARENGO            AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            BASBEBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 69 SOUTH OF
            HIGHWAY 80 BY DEPUTY.

&&

KSUMRALL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 27, 6:02 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry	43 min
Feb 27, 6:14 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marengo	31 min
Feb 27, 6:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Bullock, Elmore, Macon, Montgomery, Tallapoosa	41 min
Feb 27, 6:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Dallas, Hale, Marengo, Perry	35 min
Feb 27, 6:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes, Perry	32 min
Feb 27, 7:14 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes, Montgomery	46 min
Feb 27, 8:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Walker	45 min
Feb 28, 12:17 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter	5 days
Feb 28, 1:18 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Winston	3 hr
Feb 28, 1:23 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion	3 hr
Feb 28, 1:44 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Lamar	3 hr
Feb 28, 2:12 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Fayette	4 hr
Feb 28, 3:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Pickens, Tuscaloosa	45 min
Feb 28, 4:06 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Lamar	3 hr
Feb 28, 4:10 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter and 1 more	50 min
Feb 28, 4:46 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby	47 hr
Feb 28, 4:46 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Bibb, Dallas, Perry	50 hr
Feb 28, 4:55 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Perry and 2 more	50 min
Feb 28, 5:34 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Dallas, Hale, Perry	41 min
Feb 28, 6:11 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Dallas, Perry	49 min
Feb 28, 6:15 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter	5 days
Feb 28, 6:15 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter	7 days
Feb 28, 6:24 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker	52 hr
Feb 28, 6:24 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter, Tuscaloosa	52 hr
Feb 28, 6:24 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo	6 days
Feb 28, 6:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton, Coosa	49 min
Feb 28, 6:42 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery	48 min
Feb 28, 7:25 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Elmore, Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa	50 min
Feb 28, 7:53 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lee, Macon, Russell	52 min
Feb 28, 7:59 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chambers, Lee	46 min
Feb 28, 8:03 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Tuscaloosa	40 hr
Feb 28, 8:48 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Lee	3 hr
Feb 28, 8:49 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Russell	26 min
Feb 28, 9:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bullock, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery	40 min
Feb 28, 9:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Russell	29 min
Feb 28, 9:57 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Barbour, Bullock, Macon, Pike, Russell	3 hr
Feb 28, 10:01 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bullock, Macon, Montgomery	15 min
Feb 28, 3:16 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	13 hr
Feb 28, 3:16 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Chilton and 22 more	26 hr

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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.