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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 230, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 5, 2012Calhoun County, Cherokee County, Etowah County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2012, 8:54 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Cherokee County, Etowah County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 min. 2 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 5, 2012, 8:54 PM CDT (01:54 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2012, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Calhoun County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Etowah County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 5, 9:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 N Hokes Bluff, AL	TREES DOWN ALONG COATS BEND RD.
Jul 5, 9:23 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 S Southside, AL	TREES DOWN IN THE BIG OAK COMMUNITY.

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 6 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 126 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: 1415 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2090 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.2

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The text

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

759 
WUUS54 KBMX 060154
SVRBMX
ALC015-019-055-060245-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0230.120706T0154Z-120706T0245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
854 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  SOUTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...
  EASTERN ETOWAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 854 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 WEST OF TABOR ROAD TO BALL
  FLAT...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PIEDMONT...HOKES BLUFF...GADSDEN...JACKSONVILLE...ANDERSON...REECE
  CITY...NOCCALULA FALLS AND GLENCOE.

THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 59 EXIT NUMBER 188...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE ACROSS NORTH 
ALABAMA. 
&&

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

LAT...LON 3399 8556 3389 8557 3387 8564 3385 8564
      3384 8559 3381 8559 3377 8562 3377 8564
      3373 8564 3385 8603 3421 8606 3421 8601
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 010DEG 10KT 3416 8594 3399 8578

$$

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1 follow-up statement

345 
WWUS54 KBMX 060227
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
927 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012

ALC019-060237-
/O.CAN.KBMX.SV.W.0230.000000T0000Z-120706T0245Z/
CHEROKEE AL-
927 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY
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 3399 8574 3397 8574 3397 8568 3391 8557
      3389 8557 3387 8564 3385 8564 3384 8559
      3381 8559 3377 8564 3373 8564 3385 8603
      3414 8605
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 010DEG 10KT 3409 8606 3383 8563

$$

ALC015-055-060245-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0230.000000T0000Z-120706T0245Z/
CALHOUN AL-ETOWAH AL-
927 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN ETOWAH
AND NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM CDT...

AT 923 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 REECE CITY TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF
PIEDMONT...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GADSDEN...JACKSONVILLE...NOCCALULA FALLS...GLENCOE...GADSDEN
  MALL...GADSDEN WATER WORKS...GADSDEN STEAM PLANT...BIG WILLS
  CREEK...COBB CITY AND WHITE PLAINS.

THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 59 EXIT NUMBER 188...

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

LAT...LON 3399 8574 3397 8574 3397 8568 3391 8557
      3389 8557 3387 8564 3385 8564 3384 8559
      3381 8559 3377 8564 3373 8564 3385 8603
      3414 8605
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 010DEG 10KT 3409 8606 3383 8563

$$

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 5, 7:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 7:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
745 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012

.UPDATE...
AVIATION.

&&

.DISCUSSION...

FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS WATCHING THE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS
HEADING SOUTHWARD OUT OF EASTERN KY. THERE ARE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCHES OUT NOT TOO FAR FROM THE CWA BORDER...AND A ROUGH AND
DIRTY TIMING PUTS THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS CLUSTER INTO OUR
NORTHEAST COUNTIES BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM. I'VE HEDGED THE POPS HIGHER
IN THE NORTHEAST DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS
GETTING INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA. ELSEWHERE AND OTHERWISE...STORMS
WILL BE MORE ISOLATED.

THE CENTER OF THE BIG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE THAT BROUGHT THE HEAT
WAVE TO OUR AREA OVER THE WEEKEND AND EARLY THIS WEEK HAS SHIFTED
BACK NORTHWESTWARD. THIS RIDGE IS FORECAST TO STAY TO OUR NORTH
THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK...KEEPING US ON THE TROPICAL
EASTERLIES SIDE OF THINGS. THIS GENERALLY ALLOWS FOR AT LEAST
CLIMATOLOGICAL POPS...WITH TEMPS LOWER THAN THEY HAVE BEEN BUT
STILL AROUND/SOMEWHAT ABOVE NORMAL.

BY LATE IN THE WEEKEND INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK...THE
MODELS ARE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT OF A BROAD TROUGH DEVELOPING EAST
OF THE MS RIVER. THIS WOULD MODERATE TEMPS EVEN MORE...AND KEEP AT
LEAST A CHANCE OF POPS EACH AFTERNOON/EVENING.

/61/

&&

.AVIATION...
00Z TAF DISCUSSION.

MAINLY DIURNALLY DRIVEN THUNDERSTORMS...COMBINED WITH COLD POOL
INTERACTIONS...HAVE PRODUCED SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ACROSS THE
AREA. THESE STORMS ARE SLOWLY PROPAGATING SOUTH SOUTHWEST. EXPECT
MUCH OF THIS ACTIVITY TO LOSE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BETWEEN 10 AND
MIDNIGHT. AN MCS ACROSS TENNESSEE HAS BEEN SLOWLY LOSING INTENSITY
THE PAST HOUR OR SO BUT STILL REMAINS FAIRLY STRONG. WILL WATCH FOR
THIS ACTIVITY TO MOVE INTO PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA IN THE
NEXT FEW HOURS. ONCE AGAIN...EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO SLOWLY LOSE
INTENSITY. MENTION TEMPO/VCTS FOR MOST LOCATIONS THROUGH 04Z.
EXPECTED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN TOMORROW BIB DID NOT MENTION
ANYTHING JUST YET. HAVE KEPT PATCHY MVFR VIS FOR THE NORMAL PROBLEM
TAF SITES FOR NOW...SINCE VISIBILITIES WILL GREATLY DEPEND ON WHERE
THE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP AND MOVE. RAIN AREAS WILL MOST LIKELY HAVE
A BETTER CHANCE OF RESTRICTIONS.

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&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GADSDEN     73  96  74  94  74 /  50  30  20  20  20
ANNISTON    74  94  73  92  73 /  50  30  20  20  20
BIRMINGHAM  76  96  75  94  75 /  50  30  20  20  20
TUSCALOOSA  76  97  75  95  74 /  40  30  20  20  20
CALERA      75  95  75  94  74 /  40  30  20  20  20
AUBURN      75  93  74  94  74 /  40  30  20  20  20
MONTGOMERY  75  93  74  93  74 /  40  30  20  20  20
TROY        73  91  72  92  72 /  40  20  20  20  20

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 7:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
742 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012

ALZ011>015-017>050-070045-
MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-
CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-
CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-
CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-
BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR-
742 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED TO ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR
ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STORMS WILL LOSE SOME INTENSITY
BETWEEN 10 AND MIDNIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL
BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE
NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 5, 8:21 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
821 PM CDT THU JUL 05 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0610 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NW ODENVILLE          33.72N 86.44W
07/05/2012                   ST. CLAIR          AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN NEAR LOW GAP CHURCH

&&

ANDERSON

Local storm report, Jul 5, 8:22 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
822 PM CDT THU JUL 05 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0444 PM     HAIL             2 SSW PHENIX CITY       32.44N 85.02W
07/05/2012  E1.00 INCH       RUSSELL            AL   PUBLIC

            PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

0518 PM     HAIL             CLEVELAND               33.99N 86.57W
07/05/2012  E0.75 INCH       BLOUNT             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

0530 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ROSA                    34.01N 86.51W
07/05/2012                   BLOUNT             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES BLOWN DOWN IN ROSA BLOCKING ROADWAY.

0530 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BLOUNTSVILLE            34.10N 86.58W
07/05/2012                   BLOUNT             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES BLOWN DOWN IN BLOUNTSVILLE BLOCKING THE ROADWAY.

0530 PM     HAIL             6 ESE OPELIKA           32.62N 85.28W
07/05/2012  E0.25 INCH       LEE                AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            PEA SIZE HAIL IN SALEM.

0547 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 SSE LEEDS             33.48N 86.52W
07/05/2012                   SHELBY             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 25 AT PITTMAN ROAD. WINDS ESTIMATED
            AT 40 TO 50 MPH.

0547 PM     TSTM WND GST     AUBURN                  32.59N 85.48W
07/05/2012  M59.00 MPH       LEE                AL   AWOS

0552 PM     TSTM WND DMG     AUBURN                  32.59N 85.48W
07/05/2012                   LEE                AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN NEAR EXIT 57 ON
            INTERSTATE 85.

0600 PM     HAIL             VINCENT                 33.39N 86.41W
07/05/2012  E0.25 INCH       SHELBY             AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

0600 PM     HAIL             ONEONTA                 33.95N 86.47W
07/05/2012  E1.75 INCH       BLOUNT             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS JUST UNDER GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
            ALONG HIGHWAY 75.

0603 PM     TSTM WND DMG     AUBURN                  32.59N 85.48W
07/05/2012                   LEE                AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN ACROSS THE CITY OF
            AUBURN.

0603 PM     HAIL             CHILDERSBURG            33.28N 86.35W
07/05/2012  E0.25 INCH       TALLADEGA          AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

0604 PM     HAIL             AUBURN                  32.59N 85.48W
07/05/2012  E0.25 INCH       LEE                AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

0605 PM     HAIL             ODENVILLE               33.69N 86.40W
07/05/2012  E0.75 INCH       ST. CLAIR          AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

0606 PM     HAIL             AUBURN                  32.59N 85.48W
07/05/2012  E1.00 INCH       LEE                AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            BERRY ROAD ON SOUTHEAST SIDE OF TOWN.

0610 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NW ODENVILLE          33.72N 86.44W
07/05/2012                   ST. CLAIR          AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN NEAR LOW GAP CHURCH

0618 PM     HAIL             AUBURN                  32.59N 85.48W
07/05/2012  E0.88 INCH       LEE                AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL ON AUBURN UNIVERSITY CAMPUS WITH
            WINDS ESTIMATED FROM 40 TO 50 MPH.

0638 PM     HAIL             ASHVILLE                33.83N 86.26W
07/05/2012  E1.00 INCH       ST. CLAIR          AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

0649 PM     HAIL             5 NNE CALERA            33.16N 86.72W
07/05/2012  E1.00 INCH       SHELBY             AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            1 INCH HAIL ALONG VILLAGE DRIVE IN THE WATERFORD AREA.

0653 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WATTSVILLE              33.68N 86.28W
07/05/2012                   ST. CLAIR          AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN IN THE WATTSVILLE COMMUNITY.

0654 PM     HAIL             5 NNE CALERA            33.17N 86.72W
07/05/2012  E1.50 INCH       SHELBY             AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            1 1/2 INCH HAIL ALONG VILLAGE DRIVE IN THE WATERFORD AREA
            WITH WINDS 40 MPH GUSTING TO 50.

0658 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 S NOTASULGA           32.52N 85.68W
07/05/2012                   MACON              AL   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            POWERLINE DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF PISTOL RANGE RD AND
            HIGHWAY 81 SOUTH OF NOTASULGA.

0700 PM     HAIL             1 SSW VINCENT           33.37N 86.42W
07/05/2012  E1.00 INCH       SHELBY             AL   PUBLIC

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN VINCENT.

0709 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 W CALERA              33.10N 86.79W
07/05/2012                   SHELBY             AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN AT CONCORDE BAPTIST CHURCH 2 MILES
            WEST OF HIGHWAY 31 ON CR 22. ONE TREE IS DOWN ON ROOF OF
            PORTABLE BUILDING.

0725 PM     HAIL             2 SE CLANTON            32.82N 86.61W
07/05/2012  E1.75 INCH       CHILTON            AL   PUBLIC

            GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT THE WALMART IN CLANTON.

0735 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CHILDERSBURG            33.28N 86.35W
07/05/2012                   TALLADEGA          AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS TREE BLOCKING ROADWAY ON CHEAHA
            TRAIL.

0735 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CHILDERSBURG            33.28N 86.35W
07/05/2012                   TALLADEGA          AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PUBLIC REPORTS TREE DOWN AND BLOCKING FAIRMONT ROAD IN
            CHILDERSBURG.

0814 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PELHAM                  33.30N 86.79W
07/05/2012                   SHELBY             AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            POWER LINES DOWN ON KELLY DRIVE IN PELHAM.

0815 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GAYLESVILLE             34.27N 85.56W
07/05/2012                   CHEROKEE           AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ACROSS COUNTY ROAD 114 IN GAYLESVILLE. TREE RAN
            OVER BY FIREMAN JUST AFTER IT FELL.

0815 PM     HAIL             3 SW BILLINGSLEY        32.63N 86.74W
07/05/2012  E0.25 INCH       AUTAUGA            AL   PUBLIC

            PEA SIZE HAIL 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BILLINGSLEY ALONG
            HIGHWAY 82 AT BEAR DR.

&&

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 8:35 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
835 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012

ALZ035-036-060215-
CHILTON AL-COOSA AL-
835 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN COOSA AND EASTERN
CHILTON COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CDT...

AT 831 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DOLLAR TO CLANTON...AND
MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  CLANTON...
  WELONA...
  VERBENA...
  POOLES CROSSROADS...
  PLECHER...

&&

LAT...LON 3295 8670 3296 8620 3275 8629 3275 8631
      3277 8633 3275 8634 3275 8641 3271 8641
      3271 8671 3266 8672 3266 8682
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 020DEG 15KT 3281 8638 3285 8663

GRANTHAM

Local storm report, Jul 5, 8:37 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
837 PM CDT THU JUL 05 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0530 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S BLOUNTSVILLE        34.07N 86.58W
07/05/2012                   BLOUNT             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES BLOWN DOWN IN BLOUNTSVILLE BLOCKING THE ROADWAY.

&&

LINHARES

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 8:40 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
840 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012

ALZ033-040-041-060230-
AUTAUGA AL-DALLAS AL-PERRY AL-
840 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN AUTAUGA...SOUTHERN
PERRY AND DALLAS COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT...

AT 836 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF PAUL M
GRIST STATE PARK TO GARDNER ISLAND...AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  SELMA...
  SELMONT-WEST SELMONT...
  TYLER...
  MEMORIAL STADIUM...
  POTTER STATION...

&&

LAT...LON 3226 8745 3227 8748 3231 8748 3231 8753
      3239 8753 3268 8719 3256 8657 3239 8675
      3239 8678 3236 8678 3233 8682 3234 8683
      3232 8685 3231 8684 3205 8711
TIME...MOT...LOC 0140Z 045DEG 22KT 3256 8717 3238 8687

GRANTHAM

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 8:47 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
847 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012

ALZ018>021-060215-
CALHOUN AL-CHEROKEE AL-CLEBURNE AL-ETOWAH AL-
847 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN ETOWAH...CLEBURNE...
SOUTHERN CHEROKEE AND CALHOUN COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CDT...

AT 846 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
OUTFLOW AHEAD OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BOAZ TO
GLENCOE TO FORT MCCLELLAN TO ABERNATHY...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE STORMS. THE STORMS
THEMSELVES MAY INTENSIFY.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  GADSDEN...
  SAKS...
  ANNISTON...
  RAINBOW CITY...
  WEST END-COBB TOWN...

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3408 8585 3395 8556 3397 8540 3357 8532
      3354 8574 3356 8580 3359 8580 3359 8586
      3363 8597 3382 8606 3385 8605 3386 8608
      3403 8616 3419 8615 3421 8610 3421 8597
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 002DEG 19KT 3422 8610 3391 8596
          3370 8577 3362 8546

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 7:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	46 min
Jul 5, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Bibb, Chilton	45 min
Jul 5, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Shelby, Talladega	22 min
Jul 5, 7:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee	42 min
Jul 5, 7:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	39 min
Jul 5, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Shelby	29 min
Jul 5, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton	41 min
Jul 5, 8:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee, Cleburne	34 min
Jul 5, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee	23 min
Jul 5, 8:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chilton, Coosa	40 min
Jul 5, 8:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga, Dallas	50 min
Jul 5, 8:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Calhoun, Cleburne, Etowah	28 min
Jul 5, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Etowah, St. Clair	38 min
Jul 5, 9:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, St. Clair	28 min
Jul 5, 9:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas, Marengo	40 min
Jul 5, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Montgomery	39 min
Jul 5, 9:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	St. Clair, Talladega	38 min
Jul 5, 9:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	47 min
Jul 5, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, St. Clair	29 min
Jul 5, 10:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion, Winston	39 min
Jul 5, 10:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	50 min
Jul 5, 10:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Montgomery	43 min
Jul 5, 10:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	52 min
Jul 5, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion, Winston	61 min
Jul 5, 11:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	34 min
Jul 5, 11:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar	60 min
Jul 5, 11:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Russell	43 min
Jul 6, 12:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Pickens	46 min
Jul 6, 12:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour, Russell	43 min
Jul 6, 12:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour	45 min
Jul 6, 1:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour, Russell	44 min
Jul 6, 1:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	46 min
Jul 6, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion	28 min
Jul 6, 3:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	46 min
Jul 6, 3:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb	40 min
Jul 6, 3:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion	38 min
Jul 6, 3:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene	43 min
Jul 6, 3:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	52 min
Jul 6, 3:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	47 min
Jul 6, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar	43 min
Jul 6, 4:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	38 min
Jul 6, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	48 min
Jul 6, 4:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene	43 min
Jul 6, 4:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	42 min
Jul 6, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	45 min
Jul 6, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	47 min
Jul 6, 5:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene, Hale	52 min
Jul 6, 6:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	48 min
Jul 6, 6:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	51 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.