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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 6, 2009Calhoun County, Clay County, Cleburne County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 6, 2009, 5:27 PM CST for Calhoun County, Clay County, Cleburne County, Alabama. It was in force for 33 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: Jan 6, 2009, 5:27 PM CST (23:27 UTC)
Expired: Jan 6, 2009, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Calhoun County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 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
Jan 6, 2:03 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 107 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: 40 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 473 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 295 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 391 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 062327
TORBMX
ALC015-027-029-070000-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0006.090106T2327Z-090107T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
527 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  CLEBURNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HEFLIN...

* UNTIL 600 PM CST

* AT 527 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MOUNT CHEAHA...OR
  6 MILES SOUTH OF OXFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HEFLIN BY 535 PM CST...
  EDWARDSVILLE AND ABERNATHY BY 540 PM CST...
  MUSCADINE AND FRUITHURST BY 545 PM CST...
  7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARS HILLS BY 550 PM CST...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 191 THROUGH 210.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

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 700 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN ALABAMA.

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

LAT...LON 3387 8537 3364 8532 3345 8579 3352 8583
      3354 8579 3357 8579
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 237DEG 61KT 3356 8570

$$

10/ARM

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 062337
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
537 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2009

ALC015-027-062347-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090107T0000Z/
CLAY AL-CALHOUN AL-
537 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN AND EXTREME
NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3356 8562 3362 8567 3387 8537 3364 8532
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 237DEG 45KT 3363 8558

$$

ALC029-070000-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090107T0000Z/
CLEBURNE AL-
537 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR CLEBURNE
COUNTY...

AT 537 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HEFLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  EDWARDSVILLE AND ABERNATHY BY 545 PM CST...
  MUSCADINE...FRUITHURST AND I 20 WELCOME CENTER BY 550 PM CST...
  7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARS HILLS BY 555 PM CST...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 199 THROUGH 210.

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 700 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3356 8562 3362 8567 3387 8537 3364 8532
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 237DEG 45KT 3363 8558

$$

10/ARM

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 062347
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
547 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2009

ALC029-070000-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090107T0000Z/
CLEBURNE AL-
547 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR EASTERN
CLEBURNE COUNTY...

AT 547 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO INDICATE A 
TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EDWARDSVILLE...OR NEAR 
HEFLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MUSCADINE...FRUITHURST AND I 20 WELCOME CENTER BY 555 PM CST...
  8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARS HILLS BY 600 PM CST...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 199 THROUGH 210.

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 700 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3357 8560 3365 8561 3387 8537 3364 8532
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 237DEG 45KT 3366 8549

$$

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 Jan 6, 3:28 PM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 6, 3:28 PM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
328 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2009

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL ALABAMA
THIS AFTERNOON. CURRENTLY...A WARM FRONT IS DRAPED ACROSS NORTHEAST
CENTRAL ALABAMA...NORTH OF A LINE FROM GADSDEN TO BIRMINGHAM...TO A
SURFACE LOW AND COLD FRONT ACROSS WESTERN ALABAMA. AT THIS
TIME...COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED EAST OF A LINE FROM TUSCALOOSA TO
MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY
SHIFT EASTWARD TONIGHT...SPREADING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
EASTWARD AS WELL. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN A MOIST AND UNSTABLE
ENVIRONMENT. LOCATIONS ACROSS THE SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON WARMED INTO
THE MID 70S...AND SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE
SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA.

THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE
FRONT. IF ANY STORMS CAN GET GOING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST...A FEW OF
THOSE COULD ALSO BE STRONG TO SEVERE. SEE BHMHWOBMX FOR FURTHER
DETAILS ON THE SEVERE THREAT.

14

.LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER SHORT WAVE WILL PASS THROUGH ON WEDNESDAY...THE
FINAL KICK TO CLEAR US OUT. A FEW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE
DAY. WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT IS A TEMPERATURE
FORECAST AND USED A BLEND OF GUIDANCE...THICKNESS AND GENEROUS
TWEAKING TO GET AVERAGE TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT OFF THE EAST COAST FRIDAY NIGHT WITH
MODEST RETURN FLOW AHEAD OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT WHICH IS SCHEDULED
TO ARRIVE ON SATURDAY. A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE
FROM LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. THE AIRMASS
BEHIND THIS FRONT SHOULD BE COOL ENOUGH TO KEEP US AT OR SLIGHTLY
BELOW CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGE THROUGH MONDAY.

SOME UNCERTAINTIES WITH PRECIPITATION CHANCES AT THE END OF THE
PERIOD. THE GFS CONTINUES ADVERTISING A LOW COMING OUT OF THE
WESTERN GULF BRINGING US ANOTHER GOOD ROUND OF RAIN...OR SOMETHING
WINTRY...ON TUESDAY...WHILE THE ECMWF KEEPS US DRY. ENSEMBLES TEND
TO FAVOR THE ECMWF HERE.

88

&&

.AVIATION...18Z TAF DISCUSSION.

A WARM FRONT EXTENDS JUST NORTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR. NORTH OF THE
FRONT...SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF
AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO
INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVER WEST ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON...AND SPREAD
EASTWARD BY EARLY EVENING. AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...GUSTY SOUTHERLY
WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. ALONG THE FRONT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE.
CURRENT THINKING ON FRONTAL TIMING WILL BE 00Z AT TCL...01Z AT BHM
AND EET...03Z AT ANB...AND 06Z AT MGM AND TOI.  WITH ANY
THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVIER RAIN SHOWERS...LOWERED CEILINGS AND
DECREASED VISIBILITIES...WITH LIKELY IFR CONDITIONS...WILL BE
POSSIBLE. BRIEF PERIODS OF LIFR CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. BEHIND
THE FRONT...EXPECT LIGHT RAIN TO CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS...WITH
INCREASING CEILINGS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

OVERALL CONFIDENCE IN TIMING OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS FAIRLY
LOW...AND UPDATES WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS.

14

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GADSDEN     47  51  33  52  32 / 100  50  10  10   0
ANNISTON    49  54  35  54  33 / 100  50  10  10   0
BIRMINGHAM  47  52  38  55  36 / 100  40  10  10   0
TUSCALOOSA  47  54  37  58  35 / 100  30   0   0   0
CALERA      48  53  37  57  36 / 100  40   0   0   0
AUBURN      53  56  38  57  37 / 100  50   0   0   0
MONTGOMERY  54  57  36  61  37 / 100  40   0   0   0
TROY        55  59  39  63  34 /  90  30   0   0   0

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 PM TODAY NORTH OF LINE FROM
ALICEVILLE...TO BIRMINGHAM...TO CENTRE.
LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9PM TONIGHT SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
LIVINGSTON...TO CLANTON...TO LAFAYETTE.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 6, 2:22 PM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
222 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2009

ALZ011>015-017>050-071230-
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-
222 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2009

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR AND ALONG
THE INTERSTATE 59 CORRIDOR THROUGH 8 PM. FOR AREAS FURTHER SOUTH...
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SELMA TO HEFLIN...THESE HAZARDS ARE POSSIBLE
GENERALLY FROM 6 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING REMAINS POSSIBLE
NEAR AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 59 CORRIDOR. SEVERAL OF INCHES OF
RAIN HAS ALREADY OCCURRED IN THE PAST 24 HOURS...AND FLASH
FLOODING IS LIKELY AS AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20.
MAXIMUM WINDS GUSTS WILL APPROACH THE 30 TO 35 MPH RANGE...
ESPECIALLY ON OPEN WATERWAYS. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE EARLY THIS
EVENING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS IF TRAVELING IN AN EAST TO WEST
DIRECTION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHERN
ALABAMA WILL PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING...MAINLY ALONG THE TOMBIGBEE
AND BLACK WARRIOR RIVER BASINS THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL
BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

75/LINHARES

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 6, 4:37 PM CST, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
437 PM CST TUE JAN 06 2009

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

0356 PM     TSTM WND DMG     W BRIERFIELD IRONWORKS  33.04N 86.91W
01/06/2009                   BIBB               AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ON DEER CREEK ROAD AND BULLDOG BEND ROAD.

&&

KSUMRALL

Local storm report, Jan 6, 4:41 PM CST, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
441 PM CST TUE JAN 06 2009

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

0403 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SE LYNN                 34.04N 87.55W
01/06/2009                   WINSTON            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            BRIDGE WASHED OUT AT COUNTY ROAD 347 SE OF LYNN.

&&

KSUMRALL

Local storm report, Jan 6, 4:48 PM CST, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
448 PM CST TUE JAN 06 2009

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

0330 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PELHAM                  33.30N 86.79W
01/06/2009                   SHELBY             AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 11 AND COUNTY ROAD 334.

&&

KSUMRALL

Special weather statement, Jan 6, 4:54 PM CST, 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
454 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2009

ALZ025-035-036-041-043-062345-
AUTAUGA-CHILTON-COOSA-ELMORE-SHELBY-
454 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR AUTAUGA...CHILTON...COOSA...ELMORE
AND SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CST...

AT 451 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR CLANTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  LOMAX.
  GAP OF THE MOUNTAIN.
  LAY LAKE DAM.
  DOLLAR.
  MARBLE VALLEY.
  MORIAH.

THE GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES...TREE
LIMBS...AND POWERLINES. SEEK SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR ALABAMA.

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

17/KLAWS

Special weather statement, Jan 6, 5:04 PM CST, 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
504 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2009

ALZ019-021-027>029-062345-
CALHOUN-CLAY-CLEBURNE-RANDOLPH-TALLADEGA-
504 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR CALHOUN...CLAY...CLEBURNE...RANDOLPH
AND TALLADEGA COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CST...

AT 504 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PIEDMONT TO WALDO...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PIEDMONT TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF TALLADEGA...
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  ANNISTON METRO AIRPORT.
  OAK HILL.
  GUNTHERTOWN.
  BORDEN SPRINGS.
  MARS HILLS.
  CHALAFINNEE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR ALABAMA.

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

10/ARM

Local storm report, Jan 6, 5:11 PM CST, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
511 PM CST TUE JAN 06 2009

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

0507 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TALLADEGA               33.43N 86.10W
01/06/2009                   TALLADEGA          AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN BLOCKING THE ROAD AT TALLADEGA HIGH SCHOOL.

&&

KSUMRALL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 5, 8:50 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter	6 days
Jan 6, 7:22 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Blount	4 hr
Jan 6, 7:34 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker, Winston	4 hr
Jan 6, 7:43 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Cherokee, Etowah	3 hr
Jan 6, 9:36 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter	6 days
Jan 6, 9:36 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter	9 days
Jan 6, 9:51 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker	4 days
Jan 6, 9:56 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo	9 days
Jan 6, 11:04 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Blount, Cherokee, Etowah	4 hr
Jan 6, 11:12 AM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton and 15 more	10 hr
Jan 6, 11:58 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Tuscaloosa and 2 more	4 hr
Jan 6, 1:06 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Tuscaloosa and 2 more	4 hr
Jan 6, 1:37 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter, Tuscaloosa	4 days
Jan 6, 1:37 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker	23 min
Jan 6, 1:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Walker	31 min
Jan 6, 2:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Blount, Etowah	23 min
Jan 6, 3:09 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Blount, Etowah, St. Clair	4 hr
Jan 6, 3:14 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Cherokee, Etowah	31 min
Jan 6, 3:40 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Cherokee	4 hr
Jan 6, 3:45 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bibb, Shelby	3 hr
Jan 6, 3:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Cherokee	16 min
Jan 6, 5:09 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Tuscaloosa and 2 more	3 hr
Jan 6, 5:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Clay	26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.