Severe Thunderstorm Warning 407, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Sep 5, 2011, 2:27 PM CDT (19:27 UTC)

Expired

Sep 5, 2011, 3:15 PM CDT

In force

48 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Jefferson County, AL

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 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.

246 
WUUS54 KBMX 051927
SVRBMX
ALC073-052015-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0407.110905T1927Z-110905T2015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
227 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 226 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
  VILLAGE CREEK AVENUE W TO HOMEWOOD TO REGIONS PARK OR HOOVER MET...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HOMEWOOD...HOOVER...BIRMINGHAM...VESTAVIA HILLS...MOUNTAIN BROOK...
  IRONDALE...B.J.C.C. AND U.A.B. CAMPUS.

THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 250 THROUGH 266...
INTERSTATE 459 EXIT NUMBERS 10 THROUGH 27...
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 120 THROUGH 136...
INTERSTATE 59 EXIT NUMBERS 130 THROUGH 134...

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.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3367 8669 3353 8663 3347 8664 3347 8667
      3343 8670 3343 8672 3342 8672 3342 8675
      3338 8678 3334 8689 3355 8690
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 249DEG 13KT 3355 8685 3346 8682
          3336 8686

$$

14

384 
WWUS54 KBMX 051956
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
256 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2011

ALC073-052015-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0407.000000T0000Z-110905T2015Z/
JEFFERSON AL-
256 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
JEFFERSON COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM CDT...

AT 253 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 KETONA LAKES TO MOUNTAIN BROOK TO INDIAN SPRINGS VILLAGE...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  IRONDALE...CENTER POINT AND CLOVERDALE.

THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 459 EXIT NUMBERS 23 THROUGH 27...
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 128 THROUGH 136...
INTERSTATE 59 EXIT NUMBERS 130 THROUGH 134...

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

LAT...LON 3346 8671 3344 8679 3358 8680 3367 8669
      3353 8663 3347 8664 3347 8667
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 249DEG 13KT 3359 8673 3350 8670
          3340 8674

$$

14

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.