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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 236, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 5, 2012Marion County, Winston County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2012, 10:44 PM CDT for Marion County, Winston County, Alabama. It was in force for 61 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: Jul 5, 2012, 10:44 PM CDT (03:44 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2012, 11:45 PM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Marion County, AL, Winston County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:46 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
Jul 5, 10:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 W Winston Free State, AL	AWNING TORN OFF AND STUCCO PULLED LOOSE AT MOUNT CARMEL CHURCH ON HIGHWAY 278.
Jul 5, 10:55 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Sse Haleyville, AL	HOUSE DAMAGED FROM TREE FALLING ON IT IN DELMAR AREA ALONG COUNTY ROAD 28.
Jul 5, 10:55 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	3 Sse Haleyville, AL	ESTIMATED WIND GUST OF 60 MPH WAS OBSERVED BY A TRAINED SPOTTER IN THE BURGER KING PARKING LOT JUST SSE OF THE DOWNTOWN HALEYVILLE AREA.
Jul 5, 11:17 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Nne Brilliant, AL	SEVERAL SMALL TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 129 BETWEEN HWY 278 AND DOWNTOWN BRILLIANT. ROADWAY WAS COVERED IN TREE DEBRIS...INCLUDING NUMEROUS SMALL TREE LIMBS. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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 4 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 1 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

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 215 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: 1343 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2258 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 94 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.

129 
WUUS54 KBMX 060344
SVRBMX
ALC093-133-060445-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0236.120706T0344Z-120706T0445Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1044 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1044 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A LINE OF
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8
  MILES WEST OF RUSSELLVILLE TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF HALEYVILLE TO 6
  MILES WEST OF WINSTON FREE STATE BARN...AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 25
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LYNN...HAMILTON...WINFIELD...MCDOWELL CAMP GROUNDS...POPLAR
  SPRINGS...ASHBANK...HACKLEBURG AND LAKE BUTTAHATCHEE.

THIS INCLUDES...
US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 3 THROUGH 34...

WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL BREAK LARGE TREE LIMBS...KNOCK TREES DOWN 
AND CAUSE SOME DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO SMALLER STRUCTURES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN BIRMINGHAM.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3430 8727 3402 8734 3399 8747 3400 8764
      3391 8765 3392 8795 3402 8795 3402 8799
      3405 8799 3406 8821 3431 8818 3433 8817
TIME...MOT...LOC 0344Z 037DEG 20KT 3449 8788 3433 8771
          3414 8753

$$

75

3 follow-up statements

097 
WWUS54 KBMX 060408
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1108 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012

ALC093-133-060445-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0236.000000T0000Z-120706T0445Z/
MARION AL-WINSTON AL-
1108 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
WINSTON AND MARION COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...

AT 1105 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES EAST OF RED BAY TO HACKLEBURG TO LYNN...
MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HAMILTON...WINFIELD...BRINN...BRILLIANT...GLEN ALLEN...WESTON...
  GU-WIN...GUIN...PIGEYE AND PINEY GROVE.

THIS INCLUDES...
US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 3 THROUGH 34...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN BIRMINGHAM.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3431 8753 3402 8734 3399 8746 3400 8764
      3391 8765 3392 8795 3402 8795 3402 8799
      3405 8799 3406 8821 3433 8817
TIME...MOT...LOC 0408Z 037DEG 20KT 3438 8798 3422 8781
          3403 8763

$$

GRANTHAM

077 
WWUS54 KBMX 060423
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1123 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012

ALC133-060433-
/O.CAN.KBMX.SV.W.0236.000000T0000Z-120706T0445Z/
WINSTON AL-
1123 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN WINSTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN BIRMINGHAM.

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

LAT...LON 3433 8802 3432 8802 3431 8766 3431 8764
      3413 8763 3391 8765 3392 8795 3402 8795
      3402 8799 3405 8799 3406 8821 3433 8817
TIME...MOT...LOC 0423Z 056DEG 35KT 3426 8815 3409 8802
          3390 8784

$$

ALC093-060445-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0236.000000T0000Z-120706T0445Z/
MARION AL-
1123 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MARION COUNTY
UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...

AT 1118 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF WESTON TO HAMILTON TO WINFIELD...
MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BEXAR AND BYRD.

THIS INCLUDES...
US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 3 THROUGH 34...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN BIRMINGHAM.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3433 8802 3432 8802 3431 8766 3431 8764
      3413 8763 3391 8765 3392 8795 3402 8795
      3402 8799 3405 8799 3406 8821 3433 8817
TIME...MOT...LOC 0423Z 056DEG 35KT 3426 8815 3409 8802
          3390 8784

$$

GRANTHAM

263 
WWUS54 KBMX 060433
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1133 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012

ALC093-060445-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0236.000000T0000Z-120706T0445Z/
MARION AL-
1133 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MARION COUNTY
UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...

AT 1132 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM TREMONT TO DETROIT TO BLUFF...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 40
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN MARION COUNTY.

THIS INCLUDES...
US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 3 THROUGH 34...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN BIRMINGHAM.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3432 8794 3400 8764 3392 8765 3392 8795
      3402 8795 3402 8799 3405 8799 3406 8821
      3433 8817
TIME...MOT...LOC 0433Z 056DEG 35KT 3420 8825 3404 8812
          3385 8794

$$

GRANTHAM

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, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 7:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 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.

75

&&

.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, 3 hours 2 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, 9:54 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

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

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

0930 PM     HAIL             SNEAD                   34.12N 86.40W
07/05/2012  E0.25 INCH       BLOUNT             AL   PUBLIC

&&

ANDERSON

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 9:58 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

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

ALZ014-015-060345-
WALKER AL-WINSTON AL-
958 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WINSTON AND NORTHEASTERN WALKER
COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 PM CDT...

AT 958 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES EAST OF
RUSSELLVILLE TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRUSHY LAKE TO INMANFIELD TO 6
MILES NORTHEAST OF SMITH DAM...AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  ARLEY...
  SUMITON...
  JASPER...
  DORA...
  ADDISON...

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 3430 8712 3426 8710 3399 8710 3397 8713
      3396 8710 3390 8708 3390 8701 3384 8696
      3380 8695 3378 8697 3377 8703 3370 8704
      3366 8707 3403 8745 3411 8759 3431 8762
TIME...MOT...LOC 0258Z 037DEG 16KT 3455 8752 3437 8736
          3429 8721 3401 8706

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Local storm report, Jul 5, 10:06 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1006 PM CDT THU JUL 05 2012

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

1000 PM     HAIL             3 W PELL CITY           33.56N 86.32W
07/05/2012  E0.75 INCH       ST. CLAIR          AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            REPORTED ALONG I-20 WEST OF PELL CITY

&&

ANDERSON

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 10:10 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1010 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012

ALZ023-060400-
TUSCALOOSA AL-
1010 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TUSCALOOSA COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM
CDT...

AT 1009 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF DEERLICK CREEK CAMPGROUNDS...OR 10
MILES NORTHEAST OF HOLT...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  HOLT...
  TUSCALOOSA...
  NORTHPORT...
  BROOKWOOD...
  DEERLICK CREEK CAMPGROUNDS...

&&

LAT...LON 3303 8745 3315 8770 3347 8743 3338 8724
TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 031DEG 14KT 3334 8739

GRANTHAM

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 10:17 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1017 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012

ALZ044-060400-
MONTGOMERY AL-
1017 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...

AT 1012 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR SELLERS...OR 11 MILES WEST OF MEADVILLE...MOVING
SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  STRATA...
  NAFTEL...

&&

LAT...LON 3197 8631 3205 8631 3205 8641 3224 8641
      3225 8643 3233 8641 3227 8619 3196 8622
      3196 8630
TIME...MOT...LOC 0317Z 010DEG 13KT 3205 8633

GRANTHAM

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 10:23 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1023 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012

ALZ032-033-039-060415-
HALE AL-MARENGO AL-PERRY AL-
1023 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN PERRY...EASTERN MARENGO
AND SOUTHERN HALE COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT...

AT 1021 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEWBERN TO 5 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF REHOBOTH...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...
  LINDEN...
  CONSUL...
  FAUNSDALE...
  DAYTON...
  THOMASTON...

&&

LAT...LON 3241 8789 3280 8732 3248 8734 3248 8742
      3231 8742 3231 8747 3226 8748 3225 8752
      3214 8752 3212 8762 3200 8763 3198 8767
      3198 8781
TIME...MOT...LOC 0323Z 047DEG 21KT 3258 8754 3214 8746

GRANTHAM

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, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Etowah	51 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, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.