Severe Thunderstorm Warning 282, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Sep 3, 2012, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)

Expired

Sep 3, 2012, 6:45 PM CDT

In force

51 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Perry County, AL

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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646 
WUUS54 KBMX 032254
SVRBMX
ALC105-032345-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0282.120903T2254Z-120903T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
554 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PERRY COUNTY IN ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 553 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
  MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF GREENSBORO...AND
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MARION...VAIDEN...FOLSOM...JUDSON COLLEGE...VAIDEN FIELD AIRPORT...
  HAMBURG AND RADFORD.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN ALABAMA.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758 OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG ALWX

LAT...LON 3266 8747 3280 8747 3280 8746 3257 8710
      3248 8735 3248 8742 3246 8742 3260 8753
      3265 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 317DEG 13KT 3269 8744

$$

GRANTHAM

642 
WWUS54 KBMX 032312
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
612 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012

ALC105-032345-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0282.000000T0000Z-120903T2345Z/
PERRY AL-
612 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PERRY COUNTY
UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 611 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARION...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MARION...VAIDEN...JUDSON COLLEGE...VAIDEN FIELD AIRPORT...HAMBURG
  AND RADFORD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3266 8747 3280 8747 3280 8746 3257 8710
      3248 8735 3248 8742 3246 8742 3260 8753
      3265 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 317DEG 13KT 3264 8739

$$

GRANTHAM

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

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.