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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 28, 2011Cherokee County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 28, 2011, 2:11 PM CST for Cherokee County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 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
Feb 28, 2011, 2:11 PM CST (20:11 UTC)
Expired
Feb 28, 2011, 2:45 PM CST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Cherokee County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 28, 12:29 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 2011-02-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-02-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 229 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1162 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
350 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

169 
WUUS54 KBMX 282011
SVRBMX
ALC019-282045-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0021.110228T2011Z-110228T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
211 PM CST MON FEB 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 245 PM CST

* AT 211 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FORT
  PAYNE...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GAYLESVILLE...CLOUDLAND...NEW MOON AND FULLERTON.

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 700 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR
ALABAMA.

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

LAT...LON 3435 8546 3425 8545 3428 8575 3429 8575
      3435 8568 3437 8567 3438 8562 3442 8561
      3443 8559 3450 8556 3452 8551
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 272DEG 50KT 3439 8566

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 1:53 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMarshall37 min
Feb 28, 2:19 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementBMXJefferson, Tuscaloosa41 min
Feb 28, 2:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee, Etowah24 min
Feb 28, 2:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson, Tuscaloosa43 min
Feb 28, 2:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee19 min
Feb 28, 2:58 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXBarbour, Bullock, Pike15 min
Feb 28, 2:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Shelby61 min
Feb 28, 3:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, St. Clair, Talladega51 min
Feb 28, 3:15 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCherokee15 min
Feb 28, 3:39 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXShelby, Talladega36 min
Feb 28, 3:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCleburne37 min
Feb 28, 4:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay, Coosa, Randolph, Talladega, Tallapoosa45 min
Feb 28, 4:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Chilton, Dallas44 min
Feb 28, 4:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Dallas, Perry38 min
Feb 28, 4:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay, Randolph17 min
Feb 28, 4:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Dallas, Lowndes43 min
Feb 28, 5:11 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChambers49 min
Feb 28, 5:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas, Lowndes, Montgomery45 min
Feb 28, 5:29 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXChambers23 min
Feb 28, 5:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock, Montgomery49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.