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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 3, 2012Winston County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2012, 2:17 PM CDT for Winston County, Alabama. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 2012, 2:17 PM CDT (19:17 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2012, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Winston County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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.

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 3, 1:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 117 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: 1403 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 186 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 287 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.

771 
WUUS54 KBMX 031917
SVRBMX
ALC133-032000-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0151.120603T1917Z-120603T2000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
217 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WINSTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 216 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 LYNN...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ASHBANK...POPLAR SPRINGS...MCDOWELL CAMP GROUNDS...WINSTON FREE
  STATE BARN...DOUBLE SPRINGS...HOUSTON RECREATIONAL AREA...CORINTH
  REC AREA AND FALLS CITY.

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 3405 8722 3400 8738 3400 8763 3412 8764
      3420 8748 3424 8734
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 242DEG 26KT 3407 8756

$$

2 follow-up statements

009 
WWUS54 KBMX 031931
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
231 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012

ALC133-032000-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-120603T2000Z/
WINSTON AL-
231 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WINSTON COUNTY
UNTIL 300 PM CDT...

AT 229 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 
LYNN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. A SECOND STORM HAS STRENGTHENED 
IN THE SOUTHWESTERN MOST PORTION OF THE WARNING AND WILL IMPACT THE 
SOUTHERN SIDE OF LYNN AS WELL.  

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LYNN...POPLAR SPRINGS...MCDOWELL CAMP GROUNDS...WINSTON FREE STATE 
  BARN...DOUBLE SPRINGS...HOUSTON RECREATIONAL AREA...CORINTH REC    
  AREA...WEISS...CLEAR CREEK...BLACK POND AND CURTIS CROSSROADS.

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 3405 8722 3400 8738 3400 8763 3412 8764
      3420 8748 3424 8734
TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 241DEG 16KT 3408 8752

$$

981 
WWUS54 KBMX 031949
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
249 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012

ALC133-032000-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-120603T2000Z/
WINSTON AL-
249 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
WINSTON COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM CDT...

AT 249 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
POPLAR SPRINGS...OR 8 MILES EAST OF LYNN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 
MPH. A SECOND STORM IS GETTING READY TO MOVE INTO THE AREA IN THE 
SOUTHWEST.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MCDOWELL CAMP GROUNDS...CORINTH REC AREA...HOUSTON RECREATIONAL
  AREA...DOUBLE SPRINGS...CLEAR CREEK...BLACK POND...CURTIS
  CROSSROADS AND WINSTON COUNTY AIRPORT.

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 3405 8722 3400 8738 3400 8763 3402 8764
      3410 8764 3412 8763 3417 8733
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 241DEG 16KT 3403 8740

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 1:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	10 min
Jun 3, 1:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	37 min
Jun 3, 2:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Marion	38 min
Jun 3, 2:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker	51 min
Jun 3, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Winston	15 min
Jun 3, 3:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Lamar	119 min
Jun 3, 3:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Walker	42 min
Jun 3, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker	35 min
Jun 3, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson	41 min
Jun 3, 3:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	34 min
Jun 3, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Shelby	38 min
Jun 3, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Shelby, Talladega	42 min
Jun 3, 4:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	DeKalb	48 min
Jun 3, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Coosa, Shelby, Talladega	37 min
Jun 3, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Coosa, Tallapoosa	35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.