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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 346, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 28, 2011Pickens County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2011, 12:22 PM CDT for Pickens County, Alabama. It was in force for 53 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: Jun 28, 2011, 12:22 PM CDT (17:22 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2011, 1:15 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Pickens County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:22 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
Jun 28, 12:46 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Carrollton, AL	TREE DOWN BLOCKING CR 12
Jun 28, 12:55 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Gordo, AL	MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON CR 57

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 24 minutes after it went out.

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
Jun 28, 10:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 127 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2747 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 769 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

084 
WUUS54 KBMX 281722
SVRBMX
ALC107-281815-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0346.110628T1722Z-110628T1815Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1222 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 115 PM CDT

* AT 1218 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A LINE OF
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8
  MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW HOPE TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMING GROVE...
  AND MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  REFORM...PICKENSVILLE...CARROLLTON...GORDO...ETHELSVILLE...
  GARDEN...MCMULLEN AND MEMPHIS.

WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL BREAK LARGE TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE SOME
DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO SMALLER STRUCTURES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...
IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3353 8828 3352 8784 3333 8784 3313 8819
      3312 8833
TIME...MOT...LOC 1722Z 346DEG 23KT 3352 8825 3370 8796

$$

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1 follow-up statement

788 
WWUS54 KBMX 281748
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1248 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

ALC107-281815-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0346.000000T0000Z-110628T1815Z/
PICKENS AL-
1248 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PICKENS COUNTY
UNTIL 115 PM CDT...

AT 1246 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM MEMPHIS TO REFORM...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CARROLLTON...GORDO...MEMPHIS...GARDEN...MCMULLEN AND DILLBURG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IF YOU ARE IN
THE PATH OF THIS STORM. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3327 8831 3352 8796 3352 8784 3333 8784
      3313 8819 3312 8833
TIME...MOT...LOC 1748Z 346DEG 23KT 3314 8832 3332 8803

$$

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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 28, 11:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 11:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1100 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

.UPDATE...MORNING WEATHER.

&&

.DISCUSSION...

OUTFLOW FROM FIRST MCS IS CURRENTLY PUSHING SSW ACROSS THE AREA
AND HAS JUST PASSED THRU BHM. THIS SYSTEM HAS WEAKENED SIGNIFICANTLY
BUT ADDITIONAL TSTM DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY ALONG THE OUTLFOW BOUNDARY. THE
STRONGER SYSTEM WILL PUSH SE INTO THE NW COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT
HALF HOUR. THIS MCS IS MARKED BY AN ARC-SHAPED LINE OF STRONG TO
SEVERE TSTMS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. HAVE INCREASED POPS TO DEF
IN THE NW AND KEPT CHNC IN THE SE. IF THIS SYSTEM HOLDS TOGETHER
THEN MAY HAVE TO INCREASE POPS IN THE SE AS WELL.

SPC HAS THE ENTIRE CWA IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR THE THREAT OF
DAMAGING WINDS AND MARGINAL SVR HAIL. A SVR TSTM WATCH HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR GENERALLY THE SWRN HALF OF THE CWA THRU 6 PM. CAPES ARE
UPWARDS OF 4000 J/KG ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE AREA...JUST
AHEAD OF THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM THE FIRST MCS. LIFTED INDICES
ARE ALSO AT OR NEAR -8 IN THIS SAME CORRIDOR...WHICH STRETCHES
FROM PICKENS CO SEWD TOWARD MGM. THIS IS THE FAVORED TRACK OF THE
MCS IN NORTHERN MS...SO EXPECT SVR THREAT TO CONTINUE THRU THE
AFTN HRS. PW VALUES ARE BETWEEN 1.75 AND 2 INCHES...SO HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT WITH TSTMS TODAY. WILL HAVE
TO CLOSELY MONITOR SPEED OF INDIVIDUAL TSTMS AND THE OVERALL
SYSTEM FOR POTENTIAL LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS. THE NW
COUNTIES WILL BE AN AREA TO WATCH AS BOTH OUTFLOWS HAVE MERGED IN
THE VICINITY AND THE AREA WILL LIKELY SEE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF
RAINFALL.

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&&

.AVIATION...12Z TAF DISCUSSION.

SOME LOCALIZED PATCHY FOG ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...BUT IT
SHOULD MIX OUT QUICKLY BY 14Z. OTHERWISE...CONVECTIVE COMPLEX IN
TENNESSEE IS APPROACHING NORTHERN BORDER OF ALABAMA...BUT SHOULD
LOSE SOME OF ITS PUNCH AS IT ENCOUNTERS SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR MASS.
SYNOPTIC LIFTING ASSOCIATED WITH FRONT TO OUR NORTH AND WEST WILL
COMBINE WITH MOIST UNSTABLE AIR MASS TO PRODUCE MORE SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. WILL CARRY PREVAILING SHRA WITH VCTS AFTER 15Z. TIMING OF
TSRA AT THIS POINT STILL UNCERTAIN SO AM NOT INCLUDING TEMPO GROUPS
AT THIS TIME BUT IFR OR MVFR LIKELY TO OCCUR AT SOME TAF SITES IN
STRONGER STORMS. SOME OF THE STORMS TODAY COULD BE LOCALLY STRONG TO
SEVERE...WITH STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...HAIL AND LOCALIZED HEAVY
RAINFALL. STORMS SHOULD BE DIMINISHING BY 02Z NORTHERN SITES AND BY
04Z MGM AND TOI. SOUTHWEST WINDS TODAY WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST BY
EARLY TONIGHT AS BOUNDARY PUSHES SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA.

FINALLY HAVE ALSO INCLUDED BR IN TAFS AFTER 09Z SINCE MOST PLACES
WILL LIKELY SEE SOME RAIN TODAY...AND WITH MOIST GROUND SURFACE FOG
DEVELOPMENT WILL LIKELY OCCUR.

NOTICE...KEET TAF WILL HAVE (AMD LTD TO VIS WIND AND WX) AMENDED TO
THE END OF THE FORECAST UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THE CEILOMETER DATA
WILL BE GOING THROUGH NUMEROUS TESTS AND MONITORED FOR ACCURACY.

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&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 615 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011/

THE PATTERN OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA WILL BE IN TRANSITION THROUGHOUT
THE DAY TODAY AS THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE RETREATS WESTWARD.
THIS WILL ALLOW A COLD FRONT...CURRENTLY DRAPED FROM MICHIGAN
SOUTH TO WESTERN KENTUCKY AND WESTWARD TOWARD THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE...TO SLIDE TOWARD CENTRAL ALABAMA BY THE AFTERNOON. THIS
FRONT EVENTUALLY CLEARS BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND THE RIDGE
BUILDS BACK IN AND WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION BY THE END
OF THE WEEK...ALONG WITH A RETURN TO THE HOT CONDITIONS FOR THE
FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND.

DISCUSSION...

AS FOR TODAY...CURRENTLY WATCHING YET ANOTHER MCS MOVING EAST
SOUTHEAST ACROSS TENNESSEE RIGHT NOW. IF FACT THE WESTERN TWO
THIRDS OF TENNESSEE AND EXTREME NORTHERN ALABAMA COUNTIES ARE
ALREADY IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THIS MORNING. CURRENT
VECTORS ARE TAKING THIS MCS ACROSS NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA THIS
MORNING AND MAY IMPACT AREAS EAST OF I-65 AND NORTH OF I-20
THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL
BE WIND AND HAIL AS WELL AS HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS ACTIVITY IS
DEVELOPING ALONG A PRE-FRONTAL WEAKNESS. ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED CLOSER TO THE FRONT IN MISSOURI
AND WILL FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE FIRST MCS...JUST A TOUCH
FURTHER SOUTH. THIS WILL LIKELY BE THE MAIN WAVE EXPECTED TO MOVE
THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. WILL CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND EVEN LARGE HAIL AS THE MAIN
THREATS FOR TODAY. HOWEVER...STILL EXPECTING A FAIRLY SLOW MOVING
FRONT...SO LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ALSO NEED TO BE MONITORED
DURING THE DAY.

LOOKING FOR THE MAIN SEVERE ACTIVITY TO BEGIN TO DWINDLE DOWN
AFTER 9 PM TONIGHT WITH THE LOSS OF THE ADDITIONAL HEATING OF THE
DAY...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED STRONG STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE
ALONG THE FRONT UNTIL IT CLEARS ON WEDNESDAY. AT THIS TIME IT DOES
APPEAR THE FRONT WILL CLEAR THE AREA. THE EURO WHICH WAS THE
STANDOUT YESTERDAY AND KEPT THE FRONT IN THROUGH THURSDAY NOW
AGREES WITH THE CLEARING BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THE RIDGE BUILDING
IN THURSDAY AND LASTING THROUGH THE FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND.
SPEAKING OF THE FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND...HOT CONDITIONS WILL BE
BACK IN PLAY AND HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO 105 DEGREES
WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100 DEGREES...SO PLAN
ON DRINKING PLENTY OF FLUIDS IF YOU HAVE OUTDOOR PLANS OVER THE
WEEKEND.

BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...THE BERMUDA HIGH TRIES TO BUILD IN FROM THE
SOUTH AND THE MAIN RIDGE RETREATS BACK TO THE WEST. THIS WILL PUT
CENTRAL ALABAMA IN A WEAKNESS AREA BETWEEN THE 2 RIDGES...ALONG
FOR A RETURN OF THE SOUTHERLY FLOW AND INCREASED RAIN CHANCES BY
SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE FOURTH OF JULY ITSELF. AT THIS TIME IT
APPEARS AS THIS MAY JUST BE DIURNALLY DRIVEN STORMS WITH CLEARING
BY THE EVENING HOURS...BUT ALOT OF TIME FOR THIS TO BE LOOKED AT.

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&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GADSDEN     80  69  92  64  94 /  90  30  20  10  10
ANNISTON    83  70  92  65  95 /  60  40  20  10  10
BIRMINGHAM  87  73  93  67  96 /  90  40  20  10  10
TUSCALOOSA  93  72  95  68  98 /  90  40  30  10  10
CALERA      91  74  93  68  96 /  80  50  30  10  10
AUBURN      92  73  93  71  96 /  50  60  30  20  10
MONTGOMERY  95  74  95  71  98 /  60  50  50  20  10
TROY        94  73  95  71  97 /  50  40  50  20  20

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 5:45 AM CDT, 6 hours 37 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
545 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

ALZ011>015-017>050-291045-
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-
545 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE AREA WIDE TODAY INTO TONIGHT...
MAINLY FROM 10 AM UNTIL 9 PM...AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WORKS INTO THE
AREA. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THERE ARE SOME TIMING DIFFERENCES WITH THE CLEARING OF THE FRONT...
THAT MAY ALLOW STRONG STORMS TO BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE
NECESSARY FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 7:50 AM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
750 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

ALZ018-020-281330-
CHEROKEE AL-ETOWAH AL-
750 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ETOWAH AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES
UNTIL 830 AM CDT...

AT 748 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF
ALBERTVILLE TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF TABOR ROAD TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST
OF SAND ROCK...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS. A MEASURED WIND GUST OF 40 MPH WAS REPORTED AT FORT PAYNE
WITH THIS LINE.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  CEDAR BLUFF...
  CENTRE...
  GADSDEN...
  HOKES BLUFF...
  RAINBOW CITY...

&&

LAT...LON 3396 8540 3397 8574 3394 8574 3395 8588
      3391 8590 3392 8597 3387 8600 3390 8614
      3399 8619 3397 8625 3399 8628 3395 8634
      3411 8630 3416 8623 3421 8610 3421 8585
      3425 8584 3438 8563 3449 8558 3453 8551
TIME...MOT...LOC 1250Z 356DEG 21KT 3433 8622 3424 8597
          3430 8568

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 8:59 AM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
859 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

ALZ011-014-281500-
MARION AL-WINSTON AL-
859 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WINSTON AND NORTHERN MARION
COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT...

AT 849 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTH OF BELMONT
TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF INMANFIELD...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  ARLEY...
  HALEYVILLE...
  HAMILTON...
  BRUSHY LAKE...
  INMANFIELD...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3430 8712 3407 8710 3400 8712 3417 8820
      3431 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 1359Z 359DEG 18KT 3465 8813 3428 8713

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 11:54 AM CDT, 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1154 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

ALZ012-281800-
LAMAR AL-
1154 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAMAR COUNTY UNTIL 100 PM CDT...

AT 1148 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GUIN TO CALEDONIA...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  VERNON...
  BLOOMING GROVE...
  KENNEDY...
  STAR...
  HIGHTOGY...

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3398 8822 3401 8795 3383 8795 3372 8794
      3353 8794 3361 8826
TIME...MOT...LOC 1654Z 294DEG 23KT 3394 8791 3372 8830

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 12:22 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1222 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

ALZ036-043-281800-
COOSA AL-ELMORE AL-
1222 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN ELMORE AND
SOUTHWESTERN COOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM CDT...

AT 1218 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR HIGGINS FERRY PARK...OR 12 MILES WEST OF
ROCKFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  WELONA...
  TITUS...
  WEOKA MILLS...
  TEN CEDAR ESTATES...
  DEATSVILLE...

&&

LAT...LON 3249 8639 3256 8642 3275 8641 3275 8637
      3282 8646 3286 8645 3287 8648 3289 8649
      3290 8648 3295 8636 3260 8612
TIME...MOT...LOC 1722Z 335DEG 15KT 3282 8641

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 7:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee, Etowah	40 min
Jun 28, 8:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion, Winston	61 min
Jun 28, 11:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Marion	3 hr
Jun 28, 11:41 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Lamar, Marion	3 hr
Jun 28, 11:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	66 min
Jun 28, 12:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar	41 min
Jun 28, 12:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Lamar	2 hr
Jun 28, 12:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Elmore	38 min
Jun 28, 12:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	48 min
Jun 28, 12:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene, Sumter	52 min
Jun 28, 1:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Pickens, Tuscaloosa	19 min
Jun 28, 1:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb	40 min
Jun 28, 1:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Macon	42 min
Jun 28, 2:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bullock	43 min
Jun 28, 2:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	38 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.