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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 2, 2012Jefferson County, St. Clair County, Shelby County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 2012, 10:52 PM CST for Jefferson County, St. Clair County, Shelby County, Alabama. It was in force for 23 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: Mar 2, 2012, 10:52 PM CST (04:52 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 2012, 11:15 PM CST
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Jefferson County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:54 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
Mar 2, 4:37 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 68 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: 754 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1391 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 231 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 315 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 7.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

300 
WUUS54 KBMX 030452
SVRBMX
ALC073-115-117-030515-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0060.120303T0452Z-120303T0515Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1052 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN ALABAMA...
  SOUTHERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN ALABAMA...
  NORTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 1115 PM CST

* AT 1050 PM CST...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
  ARGO TO U.A.B. CAMPUS...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MOUNTAIN BROOK...MOODY...LEEDS...ODENVILLE...PELL CITY...
  MARGARET...BARBER MOTORSPORTS PARK AND BRANCHVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 258 THROUGH 260...
INTERSTATE 459 EXIT NUMBERS 23 THROUGH 33...
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 126 THROUGH 158...
INTERSTATE 59 EXIT NUMBERS 130 THROUGH 148...

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 MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR ALABAMA.

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

LAT...LON 3371 8615 3370 8615 3367 8616 3370 8618
      3369 8621 3366 8618 3343 8636 3348 8685
      3371 8664
TIME...MOT...LOC 0452Z 274DEG 39KT 3366 8652 3349 8675

$$
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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 Mar 2, 10:30 PM CST, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 10:30 PM CST, 22 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1030 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

.UPDATE...
FOR OVERNIGHT WEATHER.

&&

.DISCUSSION...

COLD FRONT HAS JUST PASSED THRU HALEYVILLE AND WILL CONTINUE TO
SLIDE SOUTHEASTWARD THRU THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. THE SVR THREAT WILL
CONTINUE WITH THE LINE OF STORMS RIGHT ALONG THE FRONT...BUT THE
GREATEST THREAT APPEARS TO BE WITH THE STORMS WELL OUT AHEAD OF
THE FRONT...FROM COOSA COUNTY NE TO CLEBURNE COUNTY. TOR WATCH
CONTINUES FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE 4
NW COUNTIES...UNTIL MIDNIGHT. WILL LOOK AT REMOVING A FEW MORE
COUNTIES AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR.

FRESHENED UP WX AND POP GRIDS BASED ON LATEST FRONTAL PASSAGE
TIMING. THE FRONT LOOKS TO EXIT THE SE SOMETIME SATURDAY
MORNING...MOST LIKELY BY 15Z OR SO. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE
RATHER GUSTY...BOTH AHEAD OF THE FRONT (SOUTHERLY) AND BEHIND THE
FRONT (NORTHERLY). TEMPS AND DEW POINTS WILL BEGIN TO DROP OFF AS
THE FRONT PASSES THRU...WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS RANGING FROM THE LOW
40S NW TO LOW 60S SE. UPDATES ARE OUT.

&&

.AVIATION...
00Z TAF DISCUSSION.

GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA IN
ADVANCE OF COLD FRONT MOVING FROM WESTERN MISSISSIPPI EAST INTO THE
AREA TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE GUSTY GRADIENT WINDS SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS TSRA WILL PRECEDE THE FRONT WITH SOME OF THEM LOCALLY
SEVERE.  TSRA WILL LIKELY COME THROUGH JUST IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT
IN THE FORM OF A SQUALL LINE.  SEVERE THREAT SHOULD END AS THE FRONT
PASSES BUT LINGERING RAIN WILL CONTINUE BEHIND THE FRONT UNTIL AFTER
12Z.  EXPECT FRONT TO REACH VCNTY OF TCL BY AROUND 03Z AND CONTINUE
EAST TO VCNTY OF TOI BY 08Z.  GENERAL MVFR OR BETTER CONDITIONS
EXPECTED ALONG AND IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT...OUTSIDE OF TSRA AREAS
...WITH LINGERING MVFR TO VFR CIGS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT THROUGH
THE REMAINDER OF THE FCST PERIOD.

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&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GADSDEN     46  53  33  58  38 / 100  20  10  10  10
ANNISTON    51  54  34  58  41 / 100  30  10  10  10
BIRMINGHAM  49  54  35  58  43 / 100  20  10  10  10
TUSCALOOSA  50  55  35  61  42 /  90  20  10  10  10
CALERA      50  54  35  59  43 / 100  30  10  10  10
AUBURN      54  60  36  59  41 / 100  60  30  10  10
MONTGOMERY  58  61  37  62  42 / 100  60  20  10  10
TROY        61  62  36  61  41 /  80  80  30  10  10

&&

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

&&

19/41

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 2, 6:24 AM CST, 16 hours 28 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
624 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

ALZ011>015-017>050-031230-
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-
624 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHWEST
CENTRAL ALABAMA AHEAD OF AND ALONG A STRONG COLD FRONT...AND
CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. ALL
SEVERE WEATHER MODES WILL BE POSSIBLE...INCLUDING DAMAGING STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS...TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND FLASH FLOODING. THE
HIGHEST THREAT AREA FOR TORNADOES WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 20. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL END EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AS
THE FRONT EXITS TO THE SOUTHEAST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR...AHEAD OF AND ALONG A
STRONG COLD FRONT EXITING SOUTHEAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. ALL SEVERE
WEATHER MODES WILL BE POSSIBLE...INCLUDING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS...LARGE HAIL...ISOLATED TORNADOES...AND FLASH FLOODING.

A DRY AIRMASS WILL SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA NEXT WEEK RESULTING
IN LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND POSSIBLE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WILL LIKELY BE
NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 2, 9:09 PM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
909 PM CST FRI MAR 02 2012

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

0905 PM     HAIL             SHOTSVILLE              34.26N 88.13W
03/02/2012  E0.50 INCH       MARION             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SR19 FIRESTATION

&&

MBAER

Local storm report, Mar 2, 9:47 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
947 PM CST FRI MAR 02 2012

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

0946 PM     HEAVY RAIN       BLOUNTSVILLE            34.10N 86.58W
03/02/2012  E0.00 INCH       BLOUNT             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FLOODING ON WATER STREET.

&&

MBAER

Local storm report, Mar 2, 9:53 PM CST, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
953 PM CST FRI MAR 02 2012

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

0431 PM     HAIL             JASPER                  33.85N 87.27W
03/02/2012  E1.00 INCH       WALKER             AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            1302 8TH AVE.

0431 PM     TSTM WND DMG     JASPER                  33.85N 87.27W
03/02/2012                   WALKER             AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            SR 269 AND 24TH ST - TREES DOWN

0437 PM     HAIL             SIPSEY                  33.82N 87.09W
03/02/2012  E1.00 INCH       WALKER             AL   AMATEUR RADIO

0445 PM     HAIL             3 SW ARKADELPHIA        33.83N 86.96W
03/02/2012  E1.75 INCH       WALKER             AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            REPORTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF WALKER...BLOUNT...AND
            JEFFERSON COUNTIES.

0450 PM     HAIL             DORA                    33.73N 87.08W
03/02/2012  E1.00 INCH       WALKER             AL   PUBLIC

0458 PM     HAIL             4 SW BLOUNT SPRINGS     33.89N 86.83W
03/02/2012  E1.00 INCH       BLOUNT             AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            REPORTED ON BRYANT MOUNTAIN.

0504 PM     HAIL             5 WNW GARDENDALE        33.68N 86.88W
03/02/2012  E0.75 INCH       JEFFERSON          AL   PUBLIC

            REPORTED IN THE MOUNT OLIVE AREA.

0528 PM     HAIL             PALMERDALE              33.74N 86.65W
03/02/2012  E0.50 INCH       JEFFERSON          AL   AMATEUR RADIO

0539 PM     HAIL             SPRINGVILLE             33.77N 86.48W
03/02/2012  E1.00 INCH       ST. CLAIR          AL   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            FIRE DEPT REPORTING QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN SPRINGVILLE.

0606 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BEECHWOOD               32.13N 86.66W
03/02/2012                   LOWNDES            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE ALONG STATE ROAD 21 NEAR THE
            BEECHWOOD COMMUNITY. POSSIBLE TORNADO.

0615 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DETROIT                 34.03N 88.17W
03/02/2012                   LAMAR              AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. PEOPLE TRAPPED IN STORM
            SHELTER.

0623 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SSW HAMILTON          34.10N 88.00W
03/02/2012                   MARION             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ON A RESIDENCE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CR 35
            AND GEORGIA CIRCLE.

0625 PM     HAIL             8 W JACKSONVILLE        33.82N 85.89W
03/02/2012  E1.00 INCH       CALHOUN            AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            REPORTED IN WELLINGTON.

0627 PM     HAIL             BLOUNTSVILLE            34.10N 86.58W
03/02/2012  E1.00 INCH       BLOUNT             AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0630 PM     HAIL             JACKSONVILLE            33.81N 85.76W
03/02/2012  E1.00 INCH       CALHOUN            AL   PUBLIC

0639 PM     HAIL             SUSAN MOORE             34.09N 86.44W
03/02/2012  E1.25 INCH       BLOUNT             AL   AMATEUR RADIO

0644 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     NE ONEONTA              33.95N 86.47W
03/02/2012                   BLOUNT             AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TOWARDS SNEAD

0648 PM     HAIL             TANNEHILL IRONWORKS STA 33.25N 87.07W
03/02/2012  E1.75 INCH       TUSCALOOSA         AL   PUBLIC

0650 PM     HAIL             2 SE DOUBLE SPRINGS     34.13N 87.38W
03/02/2012  E1.00 INCH       WINSTON            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

0652 PM     HAIL             CUBA                    32.44N 88.37W
03/02/2012  E0.88 INCH       SUMTER             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

0652 PM     HAIL             MCCALLA                 33.35N 87.01W
03/02/2012  E1.00 INCH       JEFFERSON          AL   PUBLIC

0655 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SW MARS HILLS         33.81N 85.43W
03/02/2012                   CLEBURNE           AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POSSIBLE TORNADO - PINEY WOOD AND CR 14 VCNTY

0655 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CUBA                    32.44N 88.37W
03/02/2012                   SUMTER             AL   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TIN ROOF BLOWN OFF OF SHED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CR 10
            AND HWY 11. METAL AWNING BLOWN OFF OF MOBILE HOME NEAR
            THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 11 AND SHEEPSKIN RD.

0655 PM     HAIL             DOUBLE SPRINGS          34.15N 87.40W
03/02/2012  E1.00 INCH       WINSTON            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            CORRECTION

0703 PM     HAIL             BLUFF PARK              33.40N 86.86W
03/02/2012  E0.50 INCH       JEFFERSON          AL   911 CALL CENTER

0703 PM     HAIL             BESSEMER                33.38N 86.96W
03/02/2012  E1.75 INCH       JEFFERSON          AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            LACEYS CHAPEL

0705 PM     HAIL             VESTAVIA HILLS          33.43N 86.79W
03/02/2012  E0.88 INCH       JEFFERSON          AL   PUBLIC

0711 PM     HAIL             VESTAVIA HILLS          33.43N 86.79W
03/02/2012  E1.00 INCH       JEFFERSON          AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            BLUFF PARK

0714 PM     HAIL             HOOVER                  33.38N 86.82W
03/02/2012  E1.25 INCH       JEFFERSON          AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            ROSS BRIDGE RESORT

0715 PM     HAIL             REECE CITY              34.07N 86.03W
03/02/2012  E1.00 INCH       ETOWAH             AL   PUBLIC

0716 PM     HAIL             2 E IRONDALE            33.54N 86.67W
03/02/2012  E0.75 INCH       JEFFERSON          AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            REPORTED NEAR SHADES VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

0725 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HOOVER                  33.38N 86.82W
03/02/2012                   JEFFERSON          AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HOOVER APARTNEMTS UWA CAMPUS

0729 PM     HAIL             TRUSSVILLE              33.64N 86.59W
03/02/2012  E1.75 INCH       JEFFERSON          AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            CR10 FIREHOUSE 2

0733 PM     HAIL             MARGARET                33.69N 86.47W
03/02/2012  E1.00 INCH       ST. CLAIR          AL   911 CALL CENTER

0733 PM     HAIL             MARGARET                33.69N 86.47W
03/02/2012  E1.00 INCH       ST. CLAIR          AL   AMATEUR RADIO

0733 PM     HAIL             ODENVILLE               33.69N 86.40W
03/02/2012  E1.00 INCH       ST. CLAIR          AL   AMATEUR RADIO

0733 PM     HAIL             LIVINGSTON              32.60N 88.19W
03/02/2012  E1.00 INCH       SUMTER             AL   AMATEUR RADIO

0735 PM     HAIL             3 WSW LAKE TUSCALOOSA B 33.37N 87.66W
03/02/2012  E1.75 INCH       TUSCALOOSA         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF RUE RD AND BONE CAMP
            RD.

0740 PM     HAIL             2 WSW LAKE TUSCALOOSA B 33.38N 87.63W
03/02/2012  E1.00 INCH       TUSCALOOSA         AL   911 CALL CENTER

            REPORTED NEAR THE NORTH WINDS SUBDIVISION ON OLD FAYETTE
            RD.

0743 PM     HAIL             CENTRE                  34.15N 85.67W
03/02/2012  E0.88 INCH       CHEROKEE           AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

0750 PM     HAIL             WINFIELD                33.93N 87.80W
03/02/2012  E1.00 INCH       MARION             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

0805 PM     TSTM WND DMG     KENNEDY                 33.58N 87.99W
03/02/2012                   LAMAR              AL   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TREES DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CR 2 AND HWY 96.

0825 PM     HAIL             SUMITON                 33.75N 87.05W
03/02/2012  E1.75 INCH       WALKER             AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            MARKLAND AND EMPIRE RDS

0905 PM     HAIL             SHOTSVILLE              34.26N 88.13W
03/02/2012  E0.50 INCH       MARION             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SR19 FIRESTATION

0929 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PAUL M GRIST STATE PARK 32.60N 86.99W
03/02/2012                   DALLAS             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AT THE STATE PARK. POSSIBLE TORNADO.

0946 PM     HEAVY RAIN       BLOUNTSVILLE            34.10N 86.58W
03/02/2012  E0.00 INCH       BLOUNT             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FLOODING ON WATER STREET.

&&

TGOGGINS

Local storm report, Mar 2, 9:54 PM CST, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
954 PM CST FRI MAR 02 2012

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

0931 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PLANTERSVILLE           32.66N 86.92W
03/02/2012                   DALLAS             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON AL HWY 22 JUST SOUTH OF
            PLANTERSVILLE. POSSIBLE TORNADO.

&&

KLAWS

Local storm report, Mar 2, 10:33 PM CST, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1033 PM CST FRI MAR 02 2012

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

1003 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S VERBENA             32.73N 86.51W
03/02/2012                   CHILTON            AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            DAMAGE TO HOMES ALONG HWY 31 JUST SOUTH OF VERBENA.
            POSSIBLE TORNADO.

&&

TGOGGINS

Local storm report, Mar 2, 10:40 PM CST, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1040 PM CST FRI MAR 02 2012

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

0655 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CUBA                    32.44N 88.37W
03/02/2012                   SUMTER             AL   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TIN ROOF BLOWN OFF OF SHED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CR 10
            AND HWY 11. METAL AWNING BLOWN OFF OF MOBILE HOME NEAR
            THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 11 AND SHEEPSKIN RD. ROOF
            COMPLETELY REMOVED FROM WOODEN OUTBUILDING AND BLOWN INTO
            TREE 50 FT AWAY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 11 AND
            LAUDERDALE RD.

&&

TGOGGINS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 2, 6:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Winston	44 min
Mar 2, 6:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Coosa, Elmore	44 min
Mar 2, 6:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Walker	43 min
Mar 2, 6:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cleburne	49 min
Mar 2, 6:19 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cleburne	41 min
Mar 2, 6:22 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lowndes, Montgomery	15 min
Mar 2, 6:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Etowah	42 min
Mar 2, 6:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby, Tuscaloosa	46 min
Mar 2, 6:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Sumter	46 min
Mar 2, 6:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Winston	29 min
Mar 2, 7:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Pickens, Sumter	39 min
Mar 2, 7:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee, Etowah	49 min
Mar 2, 7:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, St. Clair	45 min
Mar 2, 7:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Pickens, Sumter	39 min
Mar 2, 7:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Pickens	39 min
Mar 2, 7:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker	41 min
Mar 2, 7:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion, Walker, Winston	39 min
Mar 2, 7:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Tuscaloosa, Walker	46 min
Mar 2, 8:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Walker	34 min
Mar 2, 8:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar	28 min
Mar 2, 8:38 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter	112 min
Mar 2, 8:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Dallas, Hale, Marengo, Perry	52 min
Mar 2, 8:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion	49 min
Mar 2, 9:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Dallas, Perry	47 min
Mar 2, 9:16 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Walker, Winston	119 min
Mar 2, 9:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton	29 min
Mar 2, 9:47 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Blount	3 hr
Mar 2, 10:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Talladega	45 min
Mar 2, 10:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Talladega	24 min
Mar 2, 10:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Coosa	31 min
Mar 2, 10:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson	38 min
Mar 2, 10:32 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Talladega	118 min
Mar 2, 10:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tallapoosa	41 min
Mar 2, 10:37 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Jefferson	3 hr
Mar 2, 10:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee, Etowah	45 min
Mar 2, 10:46 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Blount, Etowah, St. Clair	3 hr
Mar 2, 11:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chambers	45 min
Mar 2, 11:05 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Dallas, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter	3 hr
Mar 2, 11:15 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bibb, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega	3 hr
Mar 2, 11:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cleburne	15 min
Mar 3, 12:25 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Chilton, Clay, Coosa, Perry, Talladega, Tallapoosa	3 hr
Mar 3, 4:12 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Marengo and 2 more	3 hr
Mar 3, 4:27 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Clay, Coosa, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega, Tallapoosa	3 hr
Mar 3, 4:33 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Calhoun, Chambers, Cleburne, Randolph, St. Clair	3 hr
Mar 3, 5:15 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Russell	45 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.