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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 290, NWS Birmingham, AL

September 3, 2012Greene County, Sumter County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2012, 10:52 PM CDT for Greene County, Sumter County, Alabama. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Sep 3, 2012, 10:52 PM CDT (03:52 UTC)
Expired: Sep 3, 2012, 11:45 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Greene County, AL, Sumter County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:55 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 3, 3:46 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 127 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: 1069 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 747 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 238 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 3.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

720 
WUUS54 KBMX 040352
SVRBMX
ALC063-119-040445-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0290.120904T0352Z-120904T0445Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1052 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  NORTHERN SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1050 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
  PANOLA TO NEW WEST GREENE TO MANTUA...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EUTAW...LIVINGSTON...PANOLA...NEW WEST GREENE...UNION...WEST
  GREENE...GAINESVILLE AND ALLISON.

THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 17 THROUGH 40...

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 3298 8835 3299 8834 3299 8818 3303 8814
      3305 8812 3304 8808 3305 8808 3304 8805
      3306 8803 3308 8797 3311 8794 3312 8791
      3268 8787 3256 8813 3264 8839
TIME...MOT...LOC 0353Z 356DEG 20KT 3298 8832 3293 8816
          3300 8800

$$

GRANTHAM

2 follow-up statements

476 
WWUS54 KBMX 040412
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1112 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012

ALC063-119-040445-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0290.000000T0000Z-120904T0445Z/
GREENE AL-SUMTER AL-
1112 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
SUMTER AND SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...

AT 1110 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 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 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PANOLA TO GAINESVILLE TO 6 MILES EAST OF
WEST GREENE...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EUTAW...LIVINGSTON...GAINESVILLE...ALLISON...BOLIGEE...EPES...
  EMELLE...THORNHILL...BLUFFPORT AND TISHABEE.

THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 17 THROUGH 40...

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 3298 8835 3299 8834 3293 8811 3293 8790
      3268 8787 3256 8813 3264 8839
TIME...MOT...LOC 0412Z 356DEG 20KT 3287 8831 3282 8815
          3289 8799

$$

GRANTHAM

906 
WWUS54 KBMX 040423
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1123 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012

ALC063-119-040445-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0290.000000T0000Z-120904T0445Z/
GREENE AL-SUMTER AL-
1123 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
SUMTER AND SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...

AT 1122 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 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 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PANOLA TO GAINESVILLE TO ALLISON...MOVING
SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LIVINGSTON...EPES...THORNHILL...TISHABEE...EMELLE...BLUFFPORT...THE
  UNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMA...BOYD...FIVE POINTS INTERSECTION AND
  SUMTERVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 17 THROUGH 40...

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 3298 8835 3299 8834 3292 8810 3286 8790
      3268 8787 3256 8813 3264 8839
TIME...MOT...LOC 0423Z 356DEG 20KT 3286 8831 3273 8812
          3275 8798

$$

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 Sep 3, 9:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 9:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
945 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012

.UPDATE...EVENING UPDATE.

&&

.DISCUSSION...

THE STRONGEST CONVECTION OVER WEST ALABAMA CONTINUES TO SHIFT SLOWLY
SOUTHWEST WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL CELLS FORM UPSTREAM (NORTH) AND
MOVE SOUTH. A WARM AND MOIST SOUTHWEST LOW LEVEL FLOW OVER
MISSISSIPPI IS FEEDING ENERGY INTO CONVECTIVE LINE OVER WEST
ALABAMA. WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES NEAR 2 INCHES...RAINFALL
RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR HAS PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING OVER
PORTIONS OF WEST ALABAMA. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND TRACK SOUTHWARD ACROSS AREA FOR THE NEXT
FEW HOURS...BUT THE RAIN HAS MOSTLY ENDED FOR AREAS NORTH OF
I-20...AND EXPECT THIS TREND OF DECREASING RAIN FROM NORTH TO
SOUTH TO CONTINUE.

58/ROSE

&&

.AVIATION...
00Z TAF DISCUSSION.

NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT COMBINED WITH A VERY MOIST AIR MASS IS
PRODUCING VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR NMRS SHWRS/TSTMS ACROSS
CENTRAL ALABAMA. CONVECTION WILL AFFECT MOST OF THE TAF SITES THRU
03Z...WITH CONVECTION DIMINISHING AFTER 03Z.  ANY OF THE SHWRS OR
TSTMS WILL PRODUCE VSBYS BLOW 1 MILE..ALTHOUGH CIGS WILL MOSTLY
REMAIN MVFR.

WIDESPREAD MVFR CIGS/FOG IS EXPECTED TO FORM ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA
BY 10 UTC.  THERE MAY BE OTHER IMPULSES THAT PRODUCE ADDITIONAL
CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY BETWEEN 09 UTC AND 15 UTC...BUT CONFIDENCE IS
TOO LOW FOR INCLUSION IN TAFS.

58/ROSE

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 645 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012/

THIS EVENINGS FORECAST REALLY IS BASED ON THE BASIS OF
REDEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTH AND WEST ACROSS MISSISSIPPI AND
TENNESSEE. LOOK FOR THE NUMEROUS SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO POSSIBLY DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN LATE AND THEN SLIDE
THROUGH AS ANOTHER MCS AS WE WILL ONCE AGAIN BE IN NORTHWEST FLOW.
ALTHOUGH WITH THE WARM AIR ADVECTION THE ADDED LIFT WILL HELP TO
CONTINUE THE DEVELOPMENT EVEN BEHIND THE MCS...MUCH LIKE THIS
PREVIOUS MORNING.

AS WE CONTINUE THROUGH MIDWEEK...WE SEE THAT A PIECE OF ENERGY
ASSOCIATED WITH ISAAC DOES TRY TO MAKE ITS WAY HOME AND BACK INTO
THE GULF OF MEXICO. IN FACT WOULD NOT SURPRISED IF WE WERE TO SEE A
SURFACE LOW DEVELOP LATER ON AS THE UPPER LOW MAKES IT TOWARD
FLORIDA. ONCE IT GETS BACK INTO THE GULF WE SHOULD BE CLEAR OF ANY
IMPACTS.

ATTENTION THEN FOCUSES ON A STRONG COLD FRONT FOR THIS TIME OF THE
YEAR. BUT SINCE WE HAVE GENERALLY BEEN A MONTH AHEAD IN REGARDS TO
THE SEASONS...THIS FRONT IS DEFINITELY NOT OUT OF THE REALM OF
POSSIBILITIES. LOOK FOR THE BEST CHANCES OF RAIN TO BE FRIDAY
NIGHT/SATURDAY AS THE FRONT MAKES IT WAY INTO THE AREA. WILL NEED TO
CONTINUE TO EVALUATE FOR ANY SEVERE POTENTIAL WITH THE FRONT...BUT
WANTED TO GET PAST THIS EVENT THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DIGGING TO DEEP
AS CONFIDENCE IS LOW AT THIS TIME.

16

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GADSDEN     70  86  71  89  72 /  60  60  30  40  20
ANNISTON    71  85  72  89  74 /  70  70  30  50  20
BIRMINGHAM  72  86  73  90  75 /  70  60  30  40  20
TUSCALOOSA  72  90  74  94  74 /  80  50  30  30  20
CALERA      72  86  73  90  74 /  70  60  30  40  20
AUBURN      71  85  71  87  71 /  70  60  40  50  20
MONTGOMERY  72  89  74  92  74 /  70  70  50  50  20
TROY        71  85  72  88  72 /  80  60  50  50  20

&&

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

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 3, 7:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
700 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012

ALZ011>015-017>050-041800-
AUTAUGA-BARBOUR-BIBB-BLOUNT-BULLOCK-CALHOUN-CHAMBERS-CHEROKEE-
CHILTON-CLAY-CLEBURNE-COOSA-DALLAS-ELMORE-ETOWAH-FAYETTE-GREENE-HALE-
JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY-
PICKENS-PIKE-RANDOLPH-RUSSELL-SHELBY-ST CLAIR-SUMTER-TALLADEGA-
TALLAPOOSA-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON-
700 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES...
ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 11 PM CDT. THE AREA WITH GREATEST RISK OF
SEVERE STORMS...INCLUDING AN ENHANCED TORNADO RISK...IS ROUGHLY
ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM DOUBLE SPRINGS...TO  BIRMINGHAM...TO
ALEXANDER CITY...TO TROY.

IN ADDITION TO THE THREATS ALREADY MENTIONED...THE THREAT OF FLASH
FLOODING IS INCREASING AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE
OVER THE SAME AREAS.  THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT IS MAINLY FOR AREAS
ALONG AND WEST OF I-65.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WILL BE
NECESSARY THIS EVENING.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 3, 8:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
836 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012

ALZ022-040230-
PICKENS AL-
836 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN PICKENS COUNTY UNTIL 930
PM CDT...

AT 831 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ASHCRAFT CORNER TO
BENEVOLA...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  GORDO...
  BENEVOLA...
  PIONEER...
  KIRK...
  LUBBUB...

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3353 8814 3353 8784 3315 8784 3311 8794
      3308 8797 3306 8811
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 350DEG 5KT 3349 8797 3316 8793

GRANTHAM

Local storm report, Sep 3, 9:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
923 PM CDT MON SEP 03 2012

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

0912 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NNE NORTH PICKENS AIR 33.45N 87.96W
09/03/2012                   PICKENS            AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN ALONG CR 3

&&

KLAWS

Special weather statement, Sep 3, 9:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
949 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012

ALZ031-040330-
GREENE AL-
949 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY UNTIL 1030
PM CDT...

AT 947 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF ALLISON...OR 6 MILES WEST OF EUTAW...
MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  EUTAW...
  ALLISON...
  BOLIGEE...
  THORNHILL...
  WALDEN QUARTERS...

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3292 8813 3296 8792 3277 8785 3276 8787
      3276 8784 3271 8783 3267 8780 3265 8804
      3269 8804 3270 8806 3277 8808 3280 8806
      3280 8809
TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 345DEG 12KT 3285 8799

GRANTHAM

Special weather statement, Sep 3, 9:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
951 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012

ALZ020-040330-
CHEROKEE AL-
951 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM
CDT...

AT 950 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR LEESBURG...OR 7 MILES WEST OF CENTRE...MOVING EAST
AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  CENTRE...
  CENTRE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...
  CEDAR BLUFF...
  FORNEY...
  LEESBURG...

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3417 8543 3413 8542 3394 8551 3396 8553
      3396 8557 3404 8577 3409 8580 3413 8579
      3411 8584 3420 8585 3427 8581 3426 8578
      3432 8571
TIME...MOT...LOC 0251Z 291DEG 13KT 3415 8579

GRANTHAM

Local storm report, Sep 3, 10:32 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1032 PM CDT MON SEP 03 2012

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

1015 PM     FLASH FLOOD      GORDO                   33.32N 87.90W
09/03/2012                   PICKENS            AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            7 TO 10 INCHES OF WATER COVERING HIGHWAY 82 NEAR GORDO.

&&

AG

Special weather statement, Sep 3, 10:40 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1040 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012

ALZ022-030-031-040445-
GREENE AL-PICKENS AL-SUMTER AL-
1040 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN SUMTER...SOUTHERN
PICKENS AND GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...

AT 1038 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
PICKENSVILLE TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF ALICEVILLE TO MANTUA...AND MOVING
SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  EUTAW...
  UNION...
  NEW WEST GREENE...
  WEST GREENE...
  PANOLA...

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3323 8831 3312 8818 3316 8784 3302 8784
      3302 8780 3290 8780 3286 8783 3279 8782
      3277 8787 3277 8783 3275 8781 3271 8783
      3265 8811 3279 8837
TIME...MOT...LOC 0341Z 352DEG 21KT 3314 8830 3303 8817
          3305 8797

GRANTHAM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 3, 7:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pike	59 min
Sep 3, 7:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Perry	39 min
Sep 3, 7:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Jefferson	115 min
Sep 3, 7:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	52 min
Sep 3, 7:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	51 min
Sep 3, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Pickens	52 min
Sep 3, 8:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Hale	44 min
Sep 3, 8:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	42 min
Sep 3, 8:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	36 min
Sep 3, 8:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene	66 min
Sep 3, 8:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Greene, Pickens	3 hr
Sep 3, 8:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	54 min
Sep 3, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Pickens	31 min
Sep 3, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene	42 min
Sep 3, 9:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Hale, Perry	3 hr
Sep 3, 9:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Pickens	3 hr
Sep 3, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Pickens	60 min
Sep 3, 9:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene	41 min
Sep 3, 9:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee	39 min
Sep 3, 9:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	3 hr
Sep 3, 10:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene	65 min
Sep 3, 10:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Sumter	11 min
Sep 3, 11:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Sumter	39 min
Sep 4, 4:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lowndes	24 min
Sep 4, 6:08 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Lowndes	3 hr
Sep 4, 6:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Dallas, Lowndes	6 hr
Sep 4, 6:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Bibb, Hale, Perry, Tuscaloosa	3 hr
Sep 4, 6:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Dallas, Perry	3 hr
Sep 4, 7:03 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Tuscaloosa	3 hr
Sep 4, 7:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes, Perry	3 hr
Sep 4, 9:02 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Dallas, Perry	3 hr
Sep 4, 9:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Hale, Perry	3 hr
Sep 4, 9:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	43 min
Sep 4, 10:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	BMX	Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes, Perry	3 hr
Sep 4, 11:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Dallas	3 hr
Sep 4, 12:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Dallas, Lowndes	3 hr
Sep 4, 3:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene	61 min
Sep 4, 3:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Greene, Hale	3 hr
Sep 4, 4:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Marengo	3 hr
Sep 4, 4:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	52 min
Sep 4, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.