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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 1, 2012Calhoun County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2012, 4:41 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 min. 5 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
Jul 1, 2012, 4:41 PM CDT (21:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2012, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Calhoun County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 1, 4:45 PM CDTHAIL 0.88Oxford, ALREPORTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF QUINTARD AVE AND HWY 202. SEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS ALSO REPORTED DOWN IN THE SAME AREA.
Jul 1, 4:50 PM CDTHAIL 13 Se Anniston, ALREPORTED IN THE GOLDEN SPRINGS COMMUNITY.
Jul 1, 5:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGAnniston, ALTREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ALONG LEIGHTON AVE IN DOWNTOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 1, 5:08 PM CDTHAIL 0.88Anniston, ALNICKEL SIZE HAIL STILL FALLING IN ANNISTON.
Jul 1, 5:08 PM CDTHAIL 14 Sse Anniston, ALREPORTED NEAR THE OXFORD EXCHANGE.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 109 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2012-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3051 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2012-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -51 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
3051 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-170 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1312 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 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.

184 
WUUS54 KBMX 012141
SVRBMX
ALC015-012230-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0191.120701T2141Z-120701T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
441 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 442 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 OXFORD
  LAKE...OR NEAR OXFORD...AND MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WEST END-COBB TOWN...COBB TOWN...ANNISTON...FORT MCCLELLAN...
  SAKS...BLUE MOUNTAIN...WEAVER AND DEARMANVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 185 THROUGH 191...

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 3363 8567 3363 8569 3361 8570 3361 8572
      3360 8573 3360 8574 3356 8574 3356 8579
      3359 8580 3359 8594 3381 8586 3376 8564
      3368 8564
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 199DEG 4KT 3363 8581

$$

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2 follow-up statements
866 
WWUS54 KBMX 012154
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
454 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012

ALC015-012230-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0191.000000T0000Z-120701T2230Z/
CALHOUN AL-
454 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
CALHOUN COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CDT...

AT 454 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS IN OXFORD. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ANNISTON...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ANNISTON...FORT MCCLELLAN...SAKS...BLUE MOUNTAIN...WEAVER...
  CHOCCOLOCCO AND WHITE PLAINS.

THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 185 THROUGH 191...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3363 8567 3363 8569 3361 8570 3361 8572
      3360 8573 3360 8574 3356 8574 3356 8579
      3359 8580 3359 8594 3381 8586 3376 8564
      3368 8564
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 199DEG 4KT 3364 8580

$$

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584 
WWUS54 KBMX 012210
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
510 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012

ALC015-012230-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0191.000000T0000Z-120701T2230Z/
CALHOUN AL-
510 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
CALHOUN COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CDT...

AT 506 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS IN OXFORD REPORTED A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM CONTINUING TO PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR ANNISTON...WHERE NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AS WELL. 
THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ANNISTON...FORT MCCLELLAN...SAKS...BLUE MOUNTAIN...WEAVER...
  CHOCCOLOCCO AND WHITE PLAINS.

THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 185 THROUGH 191...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3363 8567 3363 8569 3361 8570 3361 8572
      3360 8573 3360 8574 3356 8574 3356 8579
      3359 8580 3359 8594 3381 8586 3376 8564
      3368 8564
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 199DEG 4KT 3366 8579

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSumter41 min
Jul 1, 2:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXRandolph35 min
Jul 1, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens43 min
Jul 1, 3:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXShelby52 min
Jul 1, 3:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXGreene48 min
Jul 1, 3:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXRandolph48 min
Jul 1, 3:42 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryBMXAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more23 hr
Jul 1, 3:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXFayette48 min
Jul 1, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers46 min
Jul 1, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay, Cleburne, Randolph37 min
Jul 1, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene, Hale28 min
Jul 1, 4:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMarengo28 min
Jul 1, 4:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTuscaloosa40 min
Jul 1, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker51 min
Jul 1, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Chilton34 min
Jul 1, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson35 min
Jul 1, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers, Clay, Randolph, Tallapoosa41 min
Jul 1, 4:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXClay38 min
Jul 1, 4:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXDallas52 min
Jul 1, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Chilton27 min
Jul 1, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers45 min
Jul 1, 4:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXWalker49 min
Jul 1, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Cherokee, Etowah48 min
Jul 1, 5:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBlount39 min
Jul 1, 5:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXClay48 min
Jul 1, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston44 min
Jul 1, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount, Jefferson43 min
Jul 1, 5:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCalhoun45 min
Jul 1, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair34 min
Jul 1, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson20 min
Jul 1, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Cherokee30 min
Jul 1, 5:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChilton44 min
Jul 1, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee39 min
Jul 1, 6:03 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXCalhoun, Cherokee117 min
Jul 1, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun24 min
Jul 1, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee, Etowah44 min
Jul 1, 6:26 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXCalhoun2 hr
Jul 1, 6:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXCalhoun, Cherokee3 hr
Jul 1, 6:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCalhoun41 min
Jul 1, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Cherokee, Etowah44 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.