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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 27, 2011Lee County, Russell County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2011, 11:16 PM CDT for Lee County, Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 29 min. 4 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: Mar 27, 2011, 11:16 PM CDT (04:16 UTC)
Expired: Mar 27, 2011, 11:45 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lee County, AL, Russell County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 27, 11:22 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	1 E Parkmanville, AL
Mar 27, 11:33 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	Fort Mitchell, AL
Mar 27, 11:37 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	2 Nnw Fort Mitchell, AL	DIME TO PENNY HAIL NEAR MOUNT OLIVE DRIVE AND HIGHWAY 165.
Mar 27, 11:37 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	Phenix City, AL	HAIL ONE AND ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...MAYBE LARGER NEAR HIGHWAY 165 IN PHENIX CITY.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 120 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 643 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 20 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.

360 
WUUS54 KBMX 280416
SVRBMX
ALC081-113-280500-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0090.110328T0416Z-110328T0500Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1116 PM CDT SUN MAR 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  NORTHERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1116 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A LINE OF
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SMITHS STATION TO
  5 MILES WEST OF RUSSELL COUNTY SPORTS COMPLEX...AND MOVING EAST AT
  50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SMITHS...PHENIX CITY...SMITHS STATION...SEALE...LADONIA...RUSSELL
  COUNTY SPORTS COMPLEX...BIBB CITY AND PARKMANVILLE.

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 3222 8491 3222 8539 3259 8522 3257 8503
      3253 8499 3245 8498 3243 8496 3238 8496
      3234 8500 3232 8493 3227 8489
TIME...MOT...LOC 0416Z 277DEG 46KT 3249 8514 3234 8521

$$

75

1 follow-up statement

642 
WWUS54 KBMX 280445
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1145 PM CDT SUN MAR 27 2011

ALC081-113-280455-
/O.CAN.KBMX.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-110328T0500Z/
RUSSELL AL-LEE AL-
1145 PM CDT SUN MAR 27 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LEE AND NORTHERN
RUSSELL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA.

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

LAT...LON 3222 8491 3222 8539 3259 8522 3257 8503
      3253 8499 3245 8498 3243 8496 3238 8496
      3234 8500 3232 8493 3227 8489
TIME...MOT...LOC 0445Z 277DEG 46KT 3244 8470 3229 8478

$$

75

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 27, 7:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	42 min
Mar 27, 8:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Montgomery	43 min
Mar 27, 8:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette, Lamar	39 min
Mar 27, 9:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga	40 min
Mar 27, 9:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker, Winston	41 min
Mar 27, 9:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa	47 min
Mar 27, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Elmore, Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa	30 min
Mar 27, 10:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	45 min
Mar 27, 10:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers, Tallapoosa	44 min
Mar 27, 10:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lee, Macon, Russell	39 min
Mar 27, 11:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Russell	47 min
Mar 27, 11:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Randolph	47 min
Mar 27, 11:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount	45 min
Mar 27, 11:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Etowah	47 min
Mar 28, 12:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion	42 min
Mar 28, 12:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	44 min
Mar 28, 12:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion, Winston	40 min
Mar 28, 12:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby, Tuscaloosa	48 min
Mar 28, 1:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Shelby, Tuscaloosa	47 min
Mar 28, 1:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion, Winston	43 min
Mar 28, 1:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cleburne	47 min
Mar 28, 1:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Shelby	28 min
Mar 28, 1:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount, Etowah	44 min
Mar 28, 1:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega	40 min
Mar 28, 2:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	50 min
Mar 28, 2:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cleburne	31 min
Mar 28, 2:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cleburne	14 min
Mar 28, 2:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Clay	43 min
Mar 28, 3:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson, St. Clair	44 min
Mar 28, 3:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marshall	39 min
Mar 28, 3:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Etowah	51 min
Mar 28, 3:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cleburne	20 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.