Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 255, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2011, 3:58 PM CDT for Fayette County, Tuscaloosa County, Walker County, Alabama. It was in force for 13 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
- Jun 5, 2011, 3:58 PM CDT (20:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2011, 4:11 PM CDT
- In force
- 13 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fayette County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 2017 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1235 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
337 WUUS54 KBMX 052058 SVRBMX ALC057-125-127-052145- /O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0255.110605T2058Z-110605T2145Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 358 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA... NORTH CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA... WEST CENTRAL WALKER COUNTY IN ALABAMA... * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 358 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF BOLEY SPRINGS...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF CARBON HILL... AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BERRY...BOLEY SPRINGS...WEST CORONA...CORONA...WILEY AND WHITSON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. && TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3351 8737 3350 8763 3377 8762 3378 8745 TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 354DEG 13KT 3373 8752 $$ 27
1 follow-up statement
718 WWUS54 KBMX 052111 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 411 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2011 ALC057-125-127-052120- /O.CAN.KBMX.SV.W.0255.000000T0000Z-110605T2145Z/ FAYETTE AL-TUSCALOOSA AL-WALKER AL- 411 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL WALKER...NORTH CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA AND EAST CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3351 8737 3350 8763 3377 8762 3378 8745 TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 354DEG 13KT 3369 8751 $$ 27
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Winston | 24 min |
| Jun 5, 2:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marion | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 3:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Fayette | 23 min |
| Jun 5, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Walker | 36 min |
| Jun 5, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 33 min |
| Jun 5, 4:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pickens | 24 min |
| Jun 5, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pickens | 42 min |
| Jun 5, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tallapoosa | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 37 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.