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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 19, 2010Lee County, Russell County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2010, 4:02 PM CDT for Lee County, Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 16 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 2010, 4:02 PM CDT (21:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2010, 4:18 PM CDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Lee County, AL, Russell County, AL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 19, 12:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 126 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2010-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1143 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2010-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1143 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
998 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 19, 3:56 PM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 3:56 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 12:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1245 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 2010

ALZ011>015-017>050-201130-
MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-
CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-
TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-
COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-
MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR-
1245 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 2010

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 WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN THROUGH 9 PM GENERALLY
ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CENTRE TO ONEONTA...TO TUSCALOOSA.
SOME STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO 60 MPH
OR GREATER...AS WELL AS DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

JD/02

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 19, 3:32 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 19, 3:36 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 19, 3:44 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 19, 3:45 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 8:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXJefferson, Shelby118 min
Jun 18, 8:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXJefferson, Shelby98 min
Jun 18, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby41 min
Jun 18, 8:33 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXShelby117 min
Jun 19, 10:49 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXWinston116 min
Jun 19, 11:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount, Etowah, St. Clair49 min
Jun 19, 12:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker41 min
Jun 19, 12:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount, Jefferson23 min
Jun 19, 12:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker34 min
Jun 19, 12:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Cherokee, Etowah, St. Clair, Talladega45 min
Jun 19, 12:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson, St. Clair, Shelby36 min
Jun 19, 12:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa36 min
Jun 19, 1:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee36 min
Jun 19, 1:10 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXJefferson, Shelby2 hr
Jun 19, 1:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa34 min
Jun 19, 1:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Tuscaloosa40 min
Jun 19, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton, Coosa36 min
Jun 19, 2:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCleburne, Randolph29 min
Jun 19, 2:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Lamar34 min
Jun 19, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa18 min
Jun 19, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCoosa, Elmore30 min
Jun 19, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock, Montgomery28 min
Jun 19, 2:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXAutauga, Elmore, Montgomery2 hr
Jun 19, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore, Montgomery32 min
Jun 19, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock, Lowndes, Montgomery37 min
Jun 19, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee, Russell33 min
Jun 19, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock, Montgomery, Pike30 min
Jun 19, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour, Bullock, Pike48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.