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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Birmingham, AL

October 26, 2010Fayette County, Lamar County, Walker County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 26, 2010, 2:39 PM CDT for Fayette County, Lamar County, Walker County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 min. 2 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
Oct 26, 2010, 2:39 PM CDT (19:39 UTC)
Expired
Oct 26, 2010, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Fayette County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Walker County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 26, 3:20 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Ne Carbon Hill, ALTREES DOWN ON SLICK LIZZARD ROAD.
Oct 26, 3:25 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGNauvoo, ALTREES DOWN SLICK LIZARD ROD

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

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 26, 9:27 AM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2010-10-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 695 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2010-10-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 271 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
695 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
625 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
271 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
330 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
6.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

713 
WUUS54 KBMX 261939
SVRBMX
ALC057-075-127-262030-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0310.101026T1939Z-101026T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
239 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  EAST CENTRAL LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  WESTERN WALKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 234 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
  MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BELK...OR 7 MILES WEST OF
  FAYETTE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FAYETTE...CARBON HILL...BLUFF...BANKSTON...GLEN ALLEN...ELDRIDGE...
  KANSAS AND OAKMAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA.

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

LAT...LON 3392 8771 3391 8764 3396 8764 3401 8752
      3400 8748 3369 8736 3364 8794 3378 8801
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 244DEG 38KT 3372 8790

$$

GOGGINS
1 follow-up statement
237 
WWUS54 KBMX 262009
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
309 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010

ALC075-262019-
/O.CAN.KBMX.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-101026T2030Z/
LAMAR AL-
309 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LAMAR COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

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

LAT...LON 3400 8752 3400 8748 3382 8741 3382 8763
      3387 8766 3390 8766 3391 8764 3396 8764
      3401 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 244DEG 38KT 3388 8755

$$

ALC057-127-262030-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-101026T2030Z/
FAYETTE AL-WALKER AL-
309 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
WALKER AND NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

AT 307 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED...PRODUCING 
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
KANSAS...OR NEAR CARBON HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CARBON HILL...NAUVOO...CEDRUM AREA AND TOWNLEY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3400 8752 3400 8748 3382 8741 3382 8763
      3387 8766 3390 8766 3391 8764 3396 8764
      3401 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 244DEG 38KT 3388 8755

$$

GOGGINS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 25, 8:01 PM CDTWind AdvisoryBMXAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more22 hr
Oct 26, 12:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion, Winston25 min
Oct 26, 12:30 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMarion15 min
Oct 26, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion23 min
Oct 26, 2:28 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXWalker, Winston32 min
Oct 26, 2:46 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXFayette, Walker29 min
Oct 26, 2:48 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCalhoun, Etowah, St. Clair42 min
Oct 26, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby49 min
Oct 26, 3:14 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXWalker, Winston38 min
Oct 26, 3:19 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCalhoun, Cherokee, Etowah, St. Clair41 min
Oct 26, 3:22 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBlount38 min
Oct 26, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens, Tuscaloosa51 min
Oct 26, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa26 min
Oct 26, 4:08 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXClay, Cleburne, Talladega52 min
Oct 26, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay, Cleburne, Randolph, Talladega40 min
Oct 26, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBlount30 min
Oct 26, 5:20 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXWinston11 min
Oct 26, 5:37 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBlount20 min
Oct 26, 5:54 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXWalker, Winston13 min
Oct 26, 6:01 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXPickens, Tuscaloosa44 min
Oct 26, 6:36 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa39 min
Oct 26, 6:49 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBlount, Jefferson41 min
Oct 26, 6:50 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXFayette, Walker26 min
Oct 26, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount, Etowah50 min
Oct 26, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCherokee17 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.