Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2011, 12:12 PM CDT for Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report 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
- Mar 27, 2011, 12:12 PM CDT (17:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Russell County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 12:43 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 10 Se Seale, AL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 8:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 1069 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 471 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
601
WUUS54 KBMX 271712
SVRBMX
ALC113-271800-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0086.110327T1712Z-110327T1800Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1212 PM CDT SUN MAR 27 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 100 PM CDT
* AT 1208 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
HURTSBORO...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SEALE...RUTHERFORD AND HATCHECHUBBE.
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 3221 8493 3221 8495 3218 8497 3217 8501
3213 8505 3211 8503 3208 8504 3213 8523
3215 8526 3215 8533 3217 8543 3219 8543
3232 8534 3227 8489
TIME...MOT...LOC 1712Z 279DEG 27KT 3222 8533
$$
14The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cleburne | 37 min |
| Mar 26, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Walker | 41 min |
| Mar 26, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker, Winston | 28 min |
| Mar 26, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 36 min |
| Mar 26, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Walker | 55 min |
| Mar 26, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 24 min |
| Mar 26, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion, Winston | 62 min |
| Mar 26, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee, Etowah | 60 min |
| Mar 26, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Calhoun, Jefferson, St. Clair, Talladega | 25 min |
| Mar 26, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah | 47 min |
| Mar 26, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion, Winston | 59 min |
| Mar 26, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Marion, Walker, Winston | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Talladega | 48 min |
| Mar 26, 10:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Calhoun, Cleburne, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega | 3 hr |
| Mar 26, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson, Walker | 63 min |
| Mar 26, 10:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay, St. Clair, Talladega | 15 min |
| Mar 26, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Tuscaloosa | 56 min |
| Mar 26, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, St. Clair, Talladega | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Talladega | 36 min |
| Mar 26, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Randolph | 41 min |
| Mar 26, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 16 min |
| Mar 27, 12:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Randolph | 15 min |
| Mar 27, 12:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Clay | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 12:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Chambers, Randolph | 67 min |
| Mar 27, 1:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers | 17 min |
| Mar 27, 1:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers, Clay, Randolph, Tallapoosa | 52 min |
| Mar 27, 1:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers, Tallapoosa | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 1:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers | 22 min |
| Mar 27, 1:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers, Tallapoosa | 13 min |
| Mar 27, 2:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Winston | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 4:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Cherokee | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 4:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Cherokee, Etowah | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 6:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Greene | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 6:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Tuscaloosa | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 7:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Hale, Tuscaloosa | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 7:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Sumter | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 7:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Coosa | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 7:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Greene, Hale | 50 min |
| Mar 27, 7:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Shelby | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 8:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Coosa | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 9:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Chilton | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 10:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore | 28 min |
| Mar 27, 10:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Coosa | 33 min |
| Mar 27, 10:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Chilton | 50 min |
| Mar 27, 11:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tallapoosa | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 11:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Chambers | 23 min |
| Mar 27, 11:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Elmore | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 12:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Russell | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 31 min |
| Mar 27, 6:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour | 47 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.