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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 3, 20124 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2012, 2:39 PM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 51 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: Jun 3, 2012, 2:39 PM CDT (19:39 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2012, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Fayette County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Marion County, AL, Walker County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 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
Jun 3, 2:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Wnw Eldridge, AL	TREE DOWN ALONG HWY 13 IN ELDRIDGE.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 129 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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

998 
WUUS54 KBMX 031939
SVRBMX
ALC057-075-093-127-032030-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0152.120603T1939Z-120603T2030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  CENTRAL LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...
  NORTHWESTERN WALKER COUNTY IN ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 238 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 BRILLIANT TO BEAVERTON TO BEDFORD...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WINFIELD...VERNON...CARBON HILL...GLEN ALLEN...ELDRIDGE...BLUFF...
  BLOOMING GROVE AND NAUVOO.

THIS INCLUDES...
US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 26 THROUGH 46...

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 3389 8824 3393 8807 3399 8792 3411 8777
      3412 8764 3401 8764 3400 8762 3399 8736
      3382 8752 3370 8785 3361 8827
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 290DEG 32KT 3399 8769 3389 8794
          3383 8819

$$

77/GLEASON

2 follow-up statements

811 
WWUS54 KBMX 031955
SVSBMX

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

ALC057-075-093-127-032030-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0152.000000T0000Z-120603T2030Z/
FAYETTE AL-LAMAR AL-MARION AL-WALKER AL-
255 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
WALKER...SOUTHEASTERN MARION...CENTRAL LAMAR AND NORTHERN FAYETTE
COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

AT 254 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 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 ELDRIDGE TO BLUFF TO VERNON...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CARBON HILL...NAUVOO...KANSAS...HUBBERTVILLE...CODY...FOWLERS
  CROSSROADS...MOUNT VERNON AND BEVILL STATE COLLEGE FAYETTE.

THIS INCLUDES...
US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 30 THROUGH 46...

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 3389 8823 3389 8809 3396 8789 3412 8764
      3400 8764 3399 8736 3382 8752 3370 8785
      3361 8827
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 290DEG 32KT 3394 8755 3384 8780
          3378 8805

$$

77/GLEASON

561 
WWUS54 KBMX 032009
SVSBMX

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

ALC093-032019-
/O.CAN.KBMX.SV.W.0152.000000T0000Z-120603T2030Z/
MARION AL-
309 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF 
MARION COUNTY.

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

LAT...LON 3382 8752 3370 8785 3361 8827 3389 8823
      3389 8808 3390 8787 3391 8764 3400 8753
      3399 8736
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 290DEG 32KT 3390 8741 3378 8765
          3377 8814

$$

ALC057-075-127-032030-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0152.000000T0000Z-120603T2030Z/
FAYETTE AL-LAMAR AL-WALKER AL-
309 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
WALKER...CENTRAL LAMAR AND NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM
CDT...

AT 309 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 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 CARBON HILL TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF
GLEN ALLEN TO BEDFORD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  VERNON...STAR...HIGHTOGY...MOUNT VERNON...BEVILL STATE COLLEGE
  FAYETTE AND CODY.

THIS INCLUDES...
US 78 EXIT NUMBER 46...

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 3382 8752 3370 8785 3361 8827 3389 8823
      3389 8808 3390 8787 3391 8764 3400 8753
      3399 8736
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 290DEG 32KT 3390 8741 3378 8765
          3377 8814

$$

77/GLEASON

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, 2:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Winston	43 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.