Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 355, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2011, 8:38 PM CDT for Lamar County, Pickens County, Alabama. It was in force for 52 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
- Jul 3, 2011, 8:38 PM CDT (01:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2011, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lamar County, AL, Pickens County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 8:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 N Ethelsville, AL | SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON BAINS ROAD. |
| Jul 3, 9:27 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 Sw Millport, AL | DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED JUST NORTH OF THE LAMAR...PICKENS COUNTY LINE ON CR 75. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 3800 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1287 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
353
WUUS54 KBMX 040138
SVRBMX
ALC075-107-040230-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0355.110704T0138Z-110704T0230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
838 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTHWESTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* AT 836 PM CDT...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
ETHELSVILLE...OR 10 MILES EAST OF COLUMBUS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 10 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MILLPORT...KENNEDY...MELBORNE AND SHAW.
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 3364 8827 3369 8825 3357 8795 3326 8818
3329 8831
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 225DEG 8KT 3346 8823
$$3 follow-up statements
950
WWUS54 KBMX 040153
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
853 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011
ALC075-107-040230-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0355.000000T0000Z-110704T0230Z/
LAMAR AL-PICKENS AL-
853 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
PICKENS AND SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT...
AT 854 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
ETHELSVILLE...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MILLPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 10 MPH. A SECOND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
PINEGROVE...OR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ETHELSVILLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MILLPORT...KENNEDY...ETHELSVILLE...PINE GROVE...MELBORNE AND SHAW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3364 8827 3369 8825 3357 8795 3326 8818
3329 8831
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 225DEG 8KT 3348 8820
$$910
WWUS54 KBMX 040204
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
904 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011
ALC075-107-040230-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0355.000000T0000Z-110704T0230Z/
LAMAR AL-PICKENS AL-
904 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
PICKENS AND SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT...
AT 900 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
NORTH OF ETHELSVILLE...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MILLPORT...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MILLPORT...KENNEDY...MELBORNE AND SHAW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3338 8820 3339 8830 3364 8827 3369 8825
3357 8795
TIME...MOT...LOC 0204Z 225DEG 8KT 3350 8818
$$967
WWUS54 KBMX 040216
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
916 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011
ALC075-107-040230-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0355.000000T0000Z-110704T0230Z/
LAMAR AL-PICKENS AL-
916 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
PICKENS AND SOUTHWESTERN LAMAR COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT...
AT 918 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MILLPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MILLPORT AND SHAW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3343 8819 3347 8829 3359 8827 3368 8822
3358 8799
TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 226DEG 15KT 3355 8816
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 7:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Fayette | 52 min |
| Jul 3, 7:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Winston | 46 min |
| Jul 3, 8:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pickens | 38 min |
| Jul 3, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 44 min |
| Jul 3, 8:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Walker | 45 min |
| Jul 3, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Walker | 47 min |
| Jul 3, 9:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pickens | 43 min |
| Jul 3, 9:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Walker | 29 min |
| Jul 3, 10:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Blount | 39 min |
| Jul 4, 12:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marengo | 40 min |
| Jul 4, 1:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Walker | 45 min |
| Jul 4, 1:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Greene | 39 min |
| Jul 4, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, St. Clair | 35 min |
| Jul 4, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 50 min |
| Jul 4, 1:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Jefferson | 46 min |
| Jul 4, 1:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale | 46 min |
| Jul 4, 2:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 2:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Randolph | 46 min |
| Jul 4, 2:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Greene | 42 min |
| Jul 4, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens, Sumter | 45 min |
| Jul 4, 2:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Jefferson | 45 min |
| Jul 4, 2:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bibb | 43 min |
| Jul 4, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Hale, Perry, Tuscaloosa | 41 min |
| Jul 4, 2:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marengo | 51 min |
| Jul 4, 2:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Jefferson | 38 min |
| Jul 4, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby, Tuscaloosa | 49 min |
| Jul 4, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 47 min |
| Jul 4, 3:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Greene | 41 min |
| Jul 4, 3:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Sumter | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 3:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 45 min |
| Jul 4, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby, Tuscaloosa | 46 min |
| Jul 4, 3:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 39 min |
| Jul 4, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Winston | 52 min |
| Jul 4, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Blount | 47 min |
| Jul 4, 4:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Shelby | 48 min |
| Jul 4, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Clay | 50 min |
| Jul 4, 4:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Sumter | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Fayette | 43 min |
| Jul 4, 5:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marion | 38 min |
| Jul 4, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa | 31 min |
| Jul 4, 5:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Clay | 53 min |
| Jul 4, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 51 min |
| Jul 4, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Coosa | 38 min |
| Jul 4, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion, Walker, Winston | 39 min |
| Jul 4, 6:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Fayette | 25 min |
| Jul 4, 6:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Fayette, Walker | 50 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.