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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2010, 2:34 PM CDT for Lamar County, Alabama. It was in force for 41 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
- Apr 24, 2010, 2:34 PM CDT (19:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2010, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lamar County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 2:58 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 7 Wsw Vernon, AL | A FEW FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE REPORTED ON THE MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA STATE LINE WEST OF VERNON. |
| Apr 24, 3:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nw Vernon, AL | TREE DOWN NEAR THE LEBANON CHURCH AT LEBANON RD AND ABERDEEN RD |
| Apr 24, 3:09 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Sulligent, AL | SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON HIGHWAY 278 BETWEEN SULLIGENT AND BEAVERTON. ALL 4 LANES OF THE HIGHWAY WERE BLOCKED. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 1:17 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 143 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 276 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -229 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 470 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 387 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 386 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
739 WFUS54 KBMX 241934 TORBMX ALC075-242015- /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0014.100424T1934Z-100424T2015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 234 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...VERNON...SULLIGENT... * UNTIL 315 PM CDT * AT 233 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEDFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE ACROSS THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI. TAKE COVER NOW! * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BEDFORD BY 255 PM CDT... VERNON BY 300 PM CDT... LAMAR COUNTY AIRPORT...7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CREWS AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SULLIGENT BY 305 PM CDT... BLOOMING GROVE AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BEAVERTON BY 310 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR ALABAMA. && TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3393 8823 3394 8795 3365 8795 3355 8828 TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 246DEG 45KT 3366 8849 $$ 61/56
1 follow-up statement
914 WWUS54 KBMX 241950 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 250 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010 ALC075-242015- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-100424T2015Z/ LAMAR AL- 250 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL LAMAR COUNTY... AT 246 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF BEDFORD...OR 12 MILES EAST OF ABERDEEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STAR... HIGHTOGY...VERNON...LAMAR COUNTY AIRPORT...SULLIGENT...CREWS... BLOOMING GROVE AND BEAVERTON TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3369 8795 3364 8826 3393 8823 3394 8795 TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 238DEG 44KT 3381 8831 $$ 61/56
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 Apr 24, 1:35 PM CDT, 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 1:35 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 135 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010 ..DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK EXPECTED TODAY... .UPDATE...MESOSCALE UPDATE. && .DISCUSSION... STRONG SHORT WAVE TROF WAS ROTATING AROUND THE BASE OF A LARGE UPPER LOW EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS UPPER FEATURE HAS ALLOWED A 993MB SURFACE LOW TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHERN MISSOURI. A DRY LINE EXTENDED SOUTHWARD FROM THIS LOW GENERALLY ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. AN EFFECTIVE WARM FRONT WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR HAMILTON TO NEAR MONTGOMERY. A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET HAS KICKED THE MOISTURE LEVELS AND SUBSEQUENT INSTABILITIES TO AT LEAST MODERATE LEVELS BETWEEN THESE SURFACE FEATURES. THEREFORE...THE GREATEST RISK OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXIST WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 THROUGH 3 PM...SLOWLY INCREASING EASTWARD THROUGH 8 PM. THERE REMAINS THE POTENTIAL OF STRONG TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 70 MPH OR GREATER FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. TORNADO DAMAGE HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OR WEATHER RADIO WHEN WARNINGS ARE ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. A FORECAST UPDATE HAS BEEN SENT MAINLY TO REFLECT CURRENT CONDITIONAL TRENDS. 75 PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONGOING THIS MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA...WITH ADDITIONAL REDEVELOPMENT EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING AND LASTING THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT. ALMOST ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA IS IN A MODERATE RISK TODAY...WITH A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN LOCATIONS IN A HIGH RISK. A SURFACE LOW WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN TO OUR WEST TODAY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST OUT OF TEXAS TOWARD THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. THIS WILL PUT CENTRAL ALABAMA IN A PRIME LOCATION FOR LONG LIVED SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY BY MIDDAY AS THE AIRMASS ACROSS THE AREA BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE. IN ADDITION...AS THE LOW STRENGTHENS...WINDS WILL BE RATHER GUSTY FROM THE SOUTH TODAY AND A WIND ADVISORY WILL BE NECESSARY FOR ALL COUNTIES BEGINNING AT 9 AM. A MESOSCALE DISCUSSION WITH DETAILS ON TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL BE OUT SOON. CONTINUE TO CHECK OUR HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND SHORT TERM PRODUCTS /GRAPHICASTS/ FOR UPDATES THROUGH THE DAY. LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. CLOSED LOW WILL ROTATE ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY MONDAY AS IT SLOWLY WEAKENS. WEAK ENERGY ROTATING AROUND THE BASE OF THE LOW WILL INCREASE CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE NORTH MONDAY. COULD BRING SOME LIGHT RAIN AS WELL...BUT FOR NOW WILL NOT MENTION ANY WX. CLOSED LOW WILL MOVE OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST AND BE ABSORBED BY LONGWAVE TROUGH. A SHORT WAVE WILL WORK ITS WAY SOUTHEASTWARD ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE TROUGH TUESDAY. WILL CARRY AN INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER...BUT FEATURE SHOULD NOT HAVE ENOUGH MOISTURE WITH IT TO WARRANT POPS. RIDGING BUILDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN CONUS FOR THE REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK. RIGHT NOW...THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA NEXT WEEKEND. SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS EXPECTED FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK...WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S. NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS RETURN FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. 14 && .AVIATION...18Z TAF DISCUSSION. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AT ALL TAF SITES. ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE. HAVE INCLUDED TEMPO GROUPS TO SHOW EXPECTED BEST TIMES FOR SEVERE THREAT BUT WILL NOT SHOW THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS SINCE TIMING OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND ASSOCIATED THREATS WILL DEPEND ON EVOLUTION OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO FORECAST AT THIS TIME. WILL AMEND TAFS AS NECESSARY FOR SPECIFIC SEVERE THREATS AT LOCAL TAF SITE AS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OCCURS. AFTER 02Z LOOK FOR MUCH OF SEVERE WEATHER TO BE PUSHING INTO WESTERN GEORGIA WITH THREATS DIMINISHING FROM THE WEST AS COLD FRONT MOVES EAST OUT OF MISSISSIPPI AND SWINGS ACROSS OUR FORECAST AREA. HOWEVER MVFR CIGS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH 12Z BEHIND THE FRONT WITH CONDS IMPROVING TO VFR AFTER 14Z. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 10 TO 15 KNOTS AND GUSTS REACHING UPWARDS OF 25 KNOTS. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE AND BECOME SOUTHWESTERLY ONCE THE COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH TONIGHT. NOTICE...KEET TAF WILL HAVE (AMD LTD TO VIS WIND AND WX) AMENDED TO THE END OF THE FORECAST UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE WHILE CEILOMETER DATA IS BEING MONITORED FOR ACCURACY. 41 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: 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. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 1:35 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 135 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010 ALZ011>015-017>050-251800- 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- 135 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010 ...HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...INCLUDING TORNADOES...DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. ALTHOUGH ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...THE GREATEST SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE IN THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AND SHOULD BE NEAR THE INTERSTATE 65 CORRIDOR BY 2PM...AND FAR EASTERN LOCATIONS BY 4 PM. THIS THREAT WILL END AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE AREA...ENDING THE STORM THREAT AROUND 2AM IN THE WEST AND 6AM IN THE EAST. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A MAJOR TORNADO OUTBREAK WITH LONG-TRACK TORNADOES ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. ALL INTERESTS ACROSS THE AREA SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SYSTEM. BREEZY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 17 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA BEGINNING AT 9AM THIS MORNING THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. .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 WILL BE NECESSARY TODAY.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 24, 12:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1209 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0308 AM HAIL ODENVILLE 33.69N 86.40W
04/24/2010 M0.88 INCH ST. CLAIR AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
0444 AM HAIL BARTLETTS FERRY DAM 32.66N 85.09W
04/24/2010 E0.88 INCH LEE AL AMATEUR RADIO
0554 AM HAIL 4 NNE ROANOKE 33.20N 85.35W
04/24/2010 E0.75 INCH RANDOLPH AL CO-OP OBSERVER
PEA TO PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR ROANOKE.
0725 AM HAIL 1 SW BEDFORD 33.79N 88.22W
04/24/2010 E1.00 INCH LAMAR AL EMERGENCY MNGR
0730 AM HAIL 3 SE SNEAD 34.09N 86.36W
04/24/2010 E0.75 INCH BLOUNT AL PUBLIC
BETWEEN SNEAD AND ALTOONA
0745 AM HAIL 2 N AURORA 34.15N 86.19W
04/24/2010 E1.00 INCH ETOWAH AL PUBLIC
NICKLE TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN THE NEW UNION
AREA.
0805 AM HAIL 3 WSW HUEYTOWN 33.42N 87.05W
04/24/2010 E0.75 INCH JEFFERSON AL AMATEUR RADIO
DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL IN THE ROCK CREEK AREA OF
CONCORD.
0805 AM TSTM WND DMG ALICEVILLE 33.13N 88.16W
04/24/2010 PICKENS AL EMERGENCY MNGR
A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN NEAR ALICEVILLE. NUMEROUS
POWER OUTAGES ALSO REPORTED IN PICKENS COUNTY.
0805 AM HAIL 8 N REFORM 33.50N 88.02W
04/24/2010 E1.00 INCH PICKENS AL PUBLIC
QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN PALMETTA.
0820 AM HAIL BANKSTON 33.67N 87.67W
04/24/2010 E0.75 INCH FAYETTE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
PENNY SIZE HAIL IN BANKSTON.
0820 AM TSTM WND DMG BANKSTON 33.67N 87.67W
04/24/2010 FAYETTE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 18E IN BANKSTON. CAR AND
BUSINESS DAMAGED.
0855 AM HAIL GARDENDALE 33.67N 86.80W
04/24/2010 E0.25 INCH JEFFERSON AL AMATEUR RADIO
PEA SIZE HAIL NEAR INTERSECTION OF HWY 31 AND FIELDSTOWN
ROAD.
0905 AM HAIL CORDOVA 33.76N 87.19W
04/24/2010 E0.88 INCH WALKER AL TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN CORDOVA.
1044 AM TORNADO WARD 32.36N 88.28W
04/24/2010 SUMTER AL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
FIRE OFFICIALS HAVE CONFIRMED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR
WARD. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN FROM NEAR THE
KINTERBISH WILDLIFE AREA EASTWARD TO AT LEAST STATE
HIGHWAY 17 AND COUNTY ROAD 42. ONE WOMAN WAS TRAPPED IN
HER VEHICLE DUE TO FALLEN TREES.
1125 AM TSTM WND DMG 9 ENE DEMOPOLIS 32.57N 87.70W
04/24/2010 HALE AL STORM CHASER
TWO POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED OFF APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES
NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 80 AND HIGHWAY 69 IN
SOUTHERN HALE COUNTY.
&&
GOLDENLocal storm report, Apr 24, 12:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1217 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1111 AM TSTM WND DMG DEMOPOLIS 32.52N 87.84W
04/24/2010 MARENGO AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN AND AROUND
DEMOPOLIS. SOME MINOR DAMAGE WAS REPORTED AT THE CITY
LANDING. WIND GUST AT DEMOPOLIS WAS MEASURED AT 71 MPH.
POSSIBLE TORNADO AND STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
&&
LINHARESLocal storm report, Apr 24, 1:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
121 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0119 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG TARRANT 33.59N 86.77W
04/24/2010 JEFFERSON AL PUBLIC
HIGH WINDS BLEW SEVERAL AWNINGS DOWN. WINDS ESTIMATED
AROUND 40 MPH.
&&
LINHARESLocal storm report, Apr 24, 1:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
123 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1207 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG TALLADEGA 33.43N 86.10W
04/24/2010 TALLADEGA AL PUBLIC
A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AROUND THE COUNTY DUE TO
GRADIENT WINDS.
&&
LINHARESLocal storm report, Apr 24, 1:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
126 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0308 AM HAIL ODENVILLE 33.69N 86.40W
04/24/2010 M0.88 INCH ST. CLAIR AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
0444 AM HAIL BARTLETTS FERRY DAM 32.66N 85.09W
04/24/2010 E0.88 INCH LEE AL AMATEUR RADIO
0554 AM HAIL 4 NNE ROANOKE 33.20N 85.35W
04/24/2010 E0.75 INCH RANDOLPH AL CO-OP OBSERVER
PEA TO PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR ROANOKE.
0725 AM HAIL 1 SW BEDFORD 33.79N 88.22W
04/24/2010 E1.00 INCH LAMAR AL EMERGENCY MNGR
0730 AM HAIL 3 SE SNEAD 34.09N 86.36W
04/24/2010 E0.75 INCH BLOUNT AL PUBLIC
BETWEEN SNEAD AND ALTOONA
0745 AM HAIL 2 N AURORA 34.15N 86.19W
04/24/2010 E1.00 INCH ETOWAH AL PUBLIC
NICKLE TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN THE NEW UNION
AREA.
0805 AM HAIL 8 N REFORM 33.50N 88.02W
04/24/2010 E1.00 INCH PICKENS AL PUBLIC
QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN PALMETTA.
0805 AM HAIL 3 WSW HUEYTOWN 33.42N 87.05W
04/24/2010 E0.75 INCH JEFFERSON AL AMATEUR RADIO
DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL IN THE ROCK CREEK AREA OF
CONCORD.
0805 AM TSTM WND DMG ALICEVILLE 33.13N 88.16W
04/24/2010 PICKENS AL EMERGENCY MNGR
A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN NEAR ALICEVILLE. NUMEROUS
POWER OUTAGES ALSO REPORTED IN PICKENS COUNTY.
0820 AM TSTM WND DMG BANKSTON 33.67N 87.67W
04/24/2010 FAYETTE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 18E IN BANKSTON. CAR AND
BUSINESS DAMAGED.
0820 AM HAIL BANKSTON 33.67N 87.67W
04/24/2010 E0.75 INCH FAYETTE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
PENNY SIZE HAIL IN BANKSTON.
0855 AM HAIL GARDENDALE 33.67N 86.80W
04/24/2010 E0.25 INCH JEFFERSON AL AMATEUR RADIO
PEA SIZE HAIL NEAR INTERSECTION OF HWY 31 AND FIELDSTOWN
ROAD.
0905 AM HAIL CORDOVA 33.76N 87.19W
04/24/2010 E0.88 INCH WALKER AL TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN CORDOVA.
1044 AM TORNADO WARD 32.36N 88.28W
04/24/2010 SUMTER AL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
FIRE OFFICIALS HAVE CONFIRMED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR
WARD. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN FROM NEAR THE
KINTERBISH WILDLIFE AREA EASTWARD TO AT LEAST STATE
HIGHWAY 17 AND COUNTY ROAD 42. ONE WOMAN WAS TRAPPED IN
HER VEHICLE DUE TO FALLEN TREES.
1111 AM TSTM WND DMG DEMOPOLIS 32.52N 87.84W
04/24/2010 MARENGO AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN AND AROUND
DEMOPOLIS. SOME MINOR DAMAGE WAS REPORTED AT THE CITY
LANDING. WIND GUST AT DEMOPOLIS WAS MEASURED AT 71 MPH.
POSSIBLE TORNADO AND STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
1125 AM TSTM WND DMG 9 ENE DEMOPOLIS 32.57N 87.70W
04/24/2010 HALE AL STORM CHASER
TWO POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED OFF APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES
NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 80 AND HIGHWAY 69 IN
SOUTHERN HALE COUNTY.
1207 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG TALLADEGA 33.43N 86.10W
04/24/2010 TALLADEGA AL PUBLIC
A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AROUND THE COUNTY DUE TO
GRADIENT WINDS.
0119 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG TARRANT 33.59N 86.77W
04/24/2010 JEFFERSON AL PUBLIC
HIGH WINDS BLEW SEVERAL AWNINGS DOWN. WINDS ESTIMATED
AROUND 40 MPH.
&&
LINHARESLocal storm report, Apr 24, 1:54 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
154 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0308 AM HAIL ODENVILLE 33.69N 86.40W
04/24/2010 M0.88 INCH ST. CLAIR AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
0444 AM HAIL BARTLETTS FERRY DAM 32.66N 85.09W
04/24/2010 E0.88 INCH LEE AL AMATEUR RADIO
0554 AM HAIL 4 NNE ROANOKE 33.20N 85.35W
04/24/2010 E0.75 INCH RANDOLPH AL CO-OP OBSERVER
PEA TO PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR ROANOKE.
0725 AM HAIL 1 SW BEDFORD 33.79N 88.22W
04/24/2010 E1.00 INCH LAMAR AL EMERGENCY MNGR
0730 AM HAIL 3 SE SNEAD 34.09N 86.36W
04/24/2010 E0.75 INCH BLOUNT AL PUBLIC
BETWEEN SNEAD AND ALTOONA
0745 AM HAIL 2 N AURORA 34.15N 86.19W
04/24/2010 E1.00 INCH ETOWAH AL PUBLIC
NICKLE TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN THE NEW UNION
AREA.
0805 AM TSTM WND DMG ALICEVILLE 33.13N 88.16W
04/24/2010 PICKENS AL EMERGENCY MNGR
A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN NEAR ALICEVILLE. NUMEROUS
POWER OUTAGES ALSO REPORTED IN PICKENS COUNTY.
0805 AM HAIL 8 N REFORM 33.50N 88.02W
04/24/2010 E1.00 INCH PICKENS AL PUBLIC
QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN PALMETTA.
0805 AM HAIL 3 WSW HUEYTOWN 33.42N 87.05W
04/24/2010 E0.75 INCH JEFFERSON AL AMATEUR RADIO
DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL IN THE ROCK CREEK AREA OF
CONCORD.
0820 AM TSTM WND DMG BANKSTON 33.67N 87.67W
04/24/2010 FAYETTE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 18E IN BANKSTON. CAR AND
BUSINESS DAMAGED.
0820 AM HAIL BANKSTON 33.67N 87.67W
04/24/2010 E0.75 INCH FAYETTE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
PENNY SIZE HAIL IN BANKSTON.
0855 AM HAIL GARDENDALE 33.67N 86.80W
04/24/2010 E0.25 INCH JEFFERSON AL AMATEUR RADIO
PEA SIZE HAIL NEAR INTERSECTION OF HWY 31 AND FIELDSTOWN
ROAD.
0905 AM HAIL CORDOVA 33.76N 87.19W
04/24/2010 E0.88 INCH WALKER AL TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN CORDOVA.
1044 AM TORNADO WARD 32.36N 88.28W
04/24/2010 SUMTER AL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
FIRE OFFICIALS HAVE CONFIRMED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR
WARD. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN FROM NEAR THE
KINTERBISH WILDLIFE AREA EASTWARD TO AT LEAST STATE
HIGHWAY 17 AND COUNTY ROAD 42. ONE WOMAN WAS TRAPPED IN
HER VEHICLE DUE TO FALLEN TREES.
1111 AM TSTM WND DMG DEMOPOLIS 32.52N 87.84W
04/24/2010 MARENGO AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN AND AROUND
DEMOPOLIS. SOME MINOR DAMAGE WAS REPORTED AT THE CITY
LANDING. WIND GUST AT DEMOPOLIS WAS MEASURED AT 71 MPH.
POSSIBLE TORNADO AND STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
1125 AM TSTM WND DMG 9 ENE DEMOPOLIS 32.57N 87.70W
04/24/2010 HALE AL STORM CHASER
TWO POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED OFF APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES
NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 80 AND HIGHWAY 69 IN
SOUTHERN HALE COUNTY.
1207 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG TALLADEGA 33.43N 86.10W
04/24/2010 TALLADEGA AL PUBLIC
A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AROUND THE COUNTY DUE TO
GRADIENT WINDS.
0119 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG TARRANT 33.59N 86.77W
04/24/2010 JEFFERSON AL PUBLIC
HIGH WINDS BLEW SEVERAL AWNINGS DOWN. WINDS ESTIMATED
AROUND 40 MPH.
0151 PM HAIL VANCE 33.17N 87.23W
04/24/2010 M0.88 INCH TUSCALOOSA AL EMERGENCY MNGR
NICKEL HAIL REPORTED AT MERCEDES PLANT
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16The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour, Pike | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 1:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes, Montgomery | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 3:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Pickens | 16 min |
| Apr 24, 4:15 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 20 hr |
| Apr 24, 4:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee | 14 min |
| Apr 24, 7:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Etowah | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 7:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Winston | 49 min |
| Apr 24, 7:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Greene, Hale, Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa | 63 min |
| Apr 24, 8:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Marion, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Winston | 59 min |
| Apr 24, 8:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 8:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion, Winston | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 8:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 14 min |
| Apr 24, 8:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson | 38 min |
| Apr 24, 8:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale, Marengo, Perry, Sumter | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 8:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter | 35 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair | 19 min |
| Apr 24, 9:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Sumter | 65 min |
| Apr 24, 10:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo, Sumter | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 10:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo, Sumter | 67 min |
| Apr 24, 10:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Dallas, Perry | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 11:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 11:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Greene, Hale, Perry | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 11:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Greene, Hale, Perry | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 11:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 49 min |
| Apr 24, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 19 min |
| Apr 24, 12:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Sumter | 41 min |
| Apr 24, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Dallas, Lowndes | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 1:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Hale, Tuscaloosa | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 1:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Hale, Tuscaloosa | 2 hr |
| Apr 24, 2:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Jefferson, Talladega | 116 min |
| Apr 24, 2:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion | 20 min |
| Apr 24, 3:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion, Winston | 38 min |
| Apr 24, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 4:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Winston | 2 hr |
| Apr 24, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 15 min |
| Apr 24, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Pickens | 67 min |
| Apr 24, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Marion, Walker, Winston | 57 min |
| Apr 24, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Tuscaloosa | 54 min |
| Apr 24, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 6:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lamar | 2 hr |
| Apr 24, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker, Winston | 17 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.