Alert archive / Alabama / Freeze Warnings in 2013
Freeze Warning 1, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this freeze warning at Mar 20, 2013, 3:42 AM CDT for 25 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Mar 21, 2013, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 20, 2013, 3:42 AM CDT (08:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 21, 2013, 3:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2013, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
All 25 counties
Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lee County, AL, Marion County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:45 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 36 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2964 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Mar 20, 12:18 AM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 20, 12:18 AM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 19, 7:39 PM CDT, 8 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 739 PM CDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ALZ011>015-017>050-210100- 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- 739 PM CDT TUE MAR 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES MAY DROP BELOW 25 PERCENT ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA FOR SEVERAL HOURS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN HIGH FIRE DANGER. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY FALL BELOW THE FREEZING MARK OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM FAYETTE...TO BIRMINGHAM...TO ROANOKE. SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL NEED TO BE PROTECTED DUE TO THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 19, 11:19 PM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1119 PM CDT TUE MAR 19 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0348 PM HAIL 2 SE CLANTON 32.82N 86.61W
03/18/2013 M2.50 INCH CHILTON AL EMERGENCY MNGR
HAIL OBSERVED BETWEEN 2.25 AND 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER
NEAR THE WALMART IN CLANTON.
&&
GRANTHAMLocal storm report, Mar 19, 11:26 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1126 PM CDT TUE MAR 19 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0721 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 ESE LOUISVILLE 31.75N 85.44W
03/18/2013 BARBOUR AL EMERGENCY MNGR
SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF METAL ROOF REMOVED FROM A
RESIDENCE ALONG CR 20. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
&&
TGOGGINSLocal storm report, Mar 19, 11:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1155 PM CDT TUE MAR 19 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0351 PM HAIL 5 SE CLANTON 32.80N 86.57W
03/18/2013 E3.00 INCH CHILTON AL EMERGENCY MNGR
AT LEAST 3 INCH HAIL REPORTED AT THE STATE EOC.
&&
TGOGGINSLocal storm report, Mar 20, 12:23 AM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1223 AM CDT WED MAR 20 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0122 PM HAIL SHOTTSVILLE 34.26N 88.13W
03/18/2013 M0.50 INCH MARION AL EMERGENCY MNGR
ON COUNTY HWY 154 IN TOWN.
0125 PM HAIL SHOTTSVILLE 34.26N 88.13W
03/18/2013 M1.00 INCH MARION AL EMERGENCY MNGR
AT THE INTERSECTION OF CR 20 AND 25.
0131 PM HAIL HACKLEBURG 34.27N 87.83W
03/18/2013 M0.50 INCH MARION AL EMERGENCY MNGR
INTERSECTION OF KENNEDY ROAD AND CR 118
0133 PM HAIL HACKLEBURG 34.27N 87.83W
03/18/2013 M0.75 INCH MARION AL TRAINED SPOTTER
0138 PM HAIL HACKLEBURG 34.27N 87.83W
03/18/2013 M1.75 INCH MARION AL TRAINED SPOTTER
0155 PM HAIL BEXAR 34.19N 88.15W
03/18/2013 M1.75 INCH MARION AL TRAINED SPOTTER
0202 PM TSTM WND DMG SULLIGENT 33.89N 88.13W
03/18/2013 LAMAR AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWER LINE DOWN
0204 PM TSTM WND DMG HAMILTON 34.14N 87.98W
03/18/2013 MARION AL EMERGENCY MNGR
*** 1 INJ *** ESTIMATED WINDS OF 50-60 MPH. NUMEROUS
POWERLINES AND TREES DOWN IN TOWN. SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGED.
TWO DESTROYED. ONE TREE LANDED ON A CAR AND TRAPPED AN
INDIVIDUAL...WHO WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL. EXTENT
OF INJURY UNKNOWN.
0209 PM TSTM WND DMG VERNON 33.76N 88.11W
03/18/2013 LAMAR AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
0213 PM TSTM WND GST SULLIGENT 33.89N 88.13W
03/18/2013 E70.00 MPH LAMAR AL EMERGENCY MNGR
AT THE EOC
0215 PM TSTM WND DMG BEAR CREEK 34.26N 87.72W
03/18/2013 MARION AL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TREES BLOWN DOWN AND MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO SEVERAL SMALL
BUILDINGS IN THE BEAR CREEK AREA.
0218 PM TSTM WND DMG HALEYVILLE 34.24N 87.62W
03/18/2013 WINSTON AL TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN THROUGHOUT TOWN. SOME BUILDING
DAMAGE BUT UNKNOWN QUANTITY AT THIS TIME.
0220 PM TSTM WND DMG BEAR CREEK 34.26N 87.72W
03/18/2013 MARION AL BROADCAST MEDIA
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
0224 PM TSTM WND DMG MILLPORT 33.56N 88.08W
03/18/2013 LAMAR AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
0225 PM TSTM WND DMG FAYETTE 33.69N 87.83W
03/18/2013 FAYETTE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN IN TOWN
0226 PM TSTM WND DMG FAYETTE 33.69N 87.83W
03/18/2013 FAYETTE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN ACROSS HWY 171 NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HWY
159 ON THE SOUTH END OF TOWN.
0227 PM TSTM WND DMG LYNN 34.04N 87.55W
03/18/2013 WINSTON AL BROADCAST MEDIA
TREES DOWN AND TRANSFORMERS BLOWN IN TOWN.
0246 PM TSTM WND DMG JASPER 33.85N 87.27W
03/18/2013 WALKER AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN WITH ROADS BLOCKED IN NUMEROUS LOCATIONS. 2
MANUFACTURED HOMES OVERTURNED IN DOGWOOD ACRES.
0246 PM TSTM WND DMG CURRY 33.96N 87.21W
03/18/2013 WALKER AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
0300 PM HAIL 2 N TUSCALOOSA 33.24N 87.57W
03/18/2013 M0.50 INCH TUSCALOOSA AL TRAINED SPOTTER
0306 PM TSTM WND DMG 8 W HAYDEN 33.92N 86.89W
03/18/2013 CULLMAN AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN ON MT. VIEW ROAD.
0310 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 S ARKADELPHIA 33.80N 86.92W
03/18/2013 JEFFERSON AL PUBLIC
DOZEN LARGE PINE TREES DOWN POINTING IN A UNIFORM
DIRECTION.
0312 PM TSTM WND DMG WARRIOR 33.81N 86.81W
03/18/2013 JEFFERSON AL TRAINED SPOTTER
DOZEN PINE TREES DOWN IN TOWN.
0316 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 NE HAYDEN 33.97N 86.69W
03/18/2013 BLOUNT AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN ON HWY 160 NEAR CR 13
0317 PM HAIL HAYDEN 33.92N 86.75W
03/18/2013 E0.88 INCH BLOUNT AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
IN HAYDEN
0317 PM TSTM WND DMG N FULTONDALE 33.62N 86.80W
03/18/2013 JEFFERSON AL AMATEUR RADIO
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN NEAR STOUTS ROAD AND ELKWOOD RD.
0318 PM HAIL COKER 33.25N 87.69W
03/18/2013 M0.25 INCH TUSCALOOSA AL AMATEUR RADIO
0318 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 W BLOUNTSVILLE 34.10N 86.66W
03/18/2013 CULLMAN AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN ON CR 47 NEAR THE CULLMAN COUNTY LINE.
0320 PM TSTM WND GST ROCK CREEK 33.48N 87.08W
03/18/2013 E60.00 MPH JEFFERSON AL AMATEUR RADIO
TAYLORS FERRY AND WARRIOR RIVER RD AT UNION HILL CHURCH
0320 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 N TRUSSVILLE 33.71N 86.61W
03/18/2013 JEFFERSON AL PUBLIC
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
0322 PM HAIL 3 NW BIRMINGHAM 33.56N 86.84W
03/18/2013 E0.88 INCH JEFFERSON AL PUBLIC
IN THE AREA OF MCDONALD CHAPEL.
0322 PM TSTM WND DMG KIMBERLY 33.77N 86.80W
03/18/2013 JEFFERSON AL PUBLIC
TREES DOWN AROUND BILL JONES ROAD. TIN ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF
A VACANT MANUFACTURED HOME JUST OFF OLD SARDIS ROAD.
0322 PM TSTM WND DMG REMLAP 33.84N 86.61W
03/18/2013 BLOUNT AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN IN TOWN
0323 PM TSTM WND DMG UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA Q 33.21N 87.55W
03/18/2013 TUSCALOOSA AL NEWSPAPER
A TREE WAS UPROOTED IN FRONT OF MOORE HALL NEAR THE QUAD.
0324 PM TSTM WND DMG NNW PINSON 33.70N 86.69W
03/18/2013 JEFFERSON AL PUBLIC
ON HWY 79 AT MILE MARKER 118...TREES BLOCKING ALL LANES
OF HIGHWAY.
0327 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 E CENTER POINT 33.64N 86.65W
03/18/2013 JEFFERSON AL TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE TREE DOWN WITH ROOF DAMAGE ON SEVERAL HOMES. POWER
LINES DOWN AS WELL.
0328 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NW HUEYTOWN 33.47N 87.03W
03/18/2013 JEFFERSON AL PUBLIC
TREES DOWN AND SHINGLES OFF ROOF
0328 PM HAIL ONEONTA 33.95N 86.47W
03/18/2013 E0.50 INCH BLOUNT AL EMERGENCY MNGR
0328 PM TSTM WND DMG ONEONTA 33.95N 86.47W
03/18/2013 BLOUNT AL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A BUSINESS IN TOWN
0328 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NW HUEYTOWN 33.47N 87.03W
03/18/2013 JEFFERSON AL PUBLIC
SHINGLES OFF OF ROOF AND TREES DOWN ON WARRIOR RIVER
ROAD.
0328 PM HAIL ABERNANT 33.29N 87.20W
03/18/2013 E1.00 INCH TUSCALOOSA AL PUBLIC
REPORTED NEAR ABERNANT. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
0329 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 W TRUSSVILLE 33.62N 86.67W
03/18/2013 JEFFERSON AL EMERGENCY MNGR
ROOF DAMAGE TO HOME
0330 PM TSTM WND DMG ARGO 33.69N 86.51W
03/18/2013 ST. CLAIR AL NEWSPAPER
SOME TREES FELL IN ARGO ACROSS US 11.
0330 PM TSTM WND GST 5 E HAYDEN 33.92N 86.66W
03/18/2013 M55.00 MPH BLOUNT AL AMATEUR RADIO
I-65 EXIT 284
0330 PM TSTM WND DMG CLAY 33.70N 86.60W
03/18/2013 JEFFERSON AL AMATEUR RADIO
TREES ON HOUR 2184 SELF CREEK RD CENTER POINT. ADDITIONAL
TREES CLAYTON RD AND OLD SPRINGVILLE RD IN CLAY.
0332 PM TSTM WND DMG SPRINGVILLE 33.77N 86.48W
03/18/2013 ST. CLAIR AL NEWSPAPER
SEVERAL TREES WERE DOWN ACROSS THE AREA.
0333 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 NE LEEDS 33.59N 86.52W
03/18/2013 ST. CLAIR AL PUBLIC
COUPLE PINE TREES SNAPPED AND POWERLINES DOWN ALONG
RIDGEWOOD DRIVE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
0334 PM TSTM WND DMG MOODY 33.60N 86.49W
03/18/2013 ST. CLAIR AL NEWSPAPER
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE 1600 BLOCK OF PARK AVENUE AND
ACTON ROAD.
0335 PM TSTM WND DMG ODENVILLE 33.69N 86.40W
03/18/2013 ST. CLAIR AL NEWSPAPER
DOWNED TREES ACROSS THE COUNTY. ALABAMA HWY 171 WAS
BLOCKED FOR 30 MINUTES DUE TO TREES DOWN.
0335 PM HAIL LAKE VIEW 33.28N 87.14W
03/18/2013 M1.00 INCH TUSCALOOSA AL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
VIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
0335 PM HAIL LAKE VIEW 33.28N 87.14W
03/18/2013 E0.50 INCH TUSCALOOSA AL PUBLIC
0337 PM HAIL 5 S ANNISTON 33.59N 85.83W
03/18/2013 E0.88 INCH CALHOUN AL TRAINED SPOTTER
UP TO NICKEL HAIL. WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
0339 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 N ALTOONA 34.05N 86.32W
03/18/2013 ETOWAH AL NWS STORM SURVEY
A WIND DAMAGE SWATH 600 YDS LONG AND 150 YDS WIDE DOWNED
APPROX 4 DOZEN TREES ALONG THE NORTHWEST SHORE OF DOCTOR
JENKINS LAKE. WINDS EST AT 85 MPH.
0340 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 WSW WALNUT GROVE 34.06N 86.31W
03/18/2013 ETOWAH AL NWS STORM SURVEY
SEVERAL PINE TREES WERE SNAPPED AND A MOBILE HOME
OVERTURNED. WINDS EST AT 70 MPH.
0341 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SSE WALNUT GROVE 34.03N 86.28W
03/18/2013 ETOWAH AL NWS STORM SURVEY
METAL ROOFING WAS REMOVED FROM A CHICKEN HOUSE ALONG
HIGHWAY 132. WINDS EST AT 80 MPH.
0341 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 S WALNUT GROVE 34.03N 86.29W
03/18/2013 ETOWAH AL NWS STORM SURVEY
A DOZEN TREES WERE UPROOTED AND METAL ROOFING WAS REMOVED
FROM A PORTION OF A HOME ALONG HIGHWAY 132. WINDS EST AT
80 MPH.
0343 PM TORNADO 3 E BOAZ 34.20N 86.11W
03/18/2013 F1 MARSHALL AL NWS STORM SURVEY
*** 3 INJ *** AN EF1 TORNADO WITH WINDS OF 95-105 MPH
TOUCHED DOWN IN MARSHALL COUNTY AND MOVED EASTWARD INTO
NORTH ETOWAH COUNTY. THE TORNADO DOWNED HUNDREDS OF
TREES...DAMAGED SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS...DESTROYED 5 MOBILE
HOMES AND CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ONE BRICK HOME.
PATH LENGTH 7.9 MILES. MAX PATH WIDTH 300 YDS.
0345 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 NNW PELL CITY 33.58N 86.29W
03/18/2013 ST. CLAIR AL NEWSPAPER
ACCORDING TO PELL CITY SCHOOLS...DURAN JR HIGH SCHOOL
SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE. THE ROOF OF THE PRESS BOX AT THE
FOOTBALL FIELD WAS ALSO DAMAGED.
0346 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 E PELL CITY 33.56N 86.25W
03/18/2013 ST. CLAIR AL NEWSPAPER
AN AIRPORT HANGER DOOR WAS BLOWN IN AND DAMAGED AN
AIRPLANE AT THE ST CLAIR COUNTY AIRPORT
0346 PM TSTM WND DMG WALNUT GROVE 34.06N 86.29W
03/18/2013 ETOWAH AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN CR41 AND WALNUT GROVE RD. TRAILER BLOWN OVER
ON WALNUT GROVE RD. CORRECTION. WELL HOUSE BLOWN ONTO
TRAILER
0346 PM HAIL PELL CITY 33.56N 86.27W
03/18/2013 E1.75 INCH ST. CLAIR AL NEWSPAPER
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED ON DEPOT STREET...AS
WELL AS TREES DOWN. SOME WERE SNAPPED OTHERS
UPROOTED...BUT ALL WERE FACING THE SAME DIRECTION.
0348 PM HAIL 2 SE CLANTON 32.82N 86.61W
03/18/2013 M2.50 INCH CHILTON AL EMERGENCY MNGR
HAIL OBSERVED BETWEEN 2.25 AND 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER
NEAR THE WALMART IN CLANTON.
0350 PM TSTM WND DMG RAINBOW CITY 33.95N 86.04W
03/18/2013 ETOWAH AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE ON HOUSE ON RAINBOW DRIVE WITH ENTRAPMENT
0350 PM HAIL 2 E CLANTON 32.84N 86.60W
03/18/2013 E1.75 INCH CHILTON AL PUBLIC
JUST SOUTH OF EXIT 212 ON I65. CORRECTED FOR LOCATION AND
TIME.
0351 PM HAIL 5 SE CLANTON 32.80N 86.57W
03/18/2013 E3.00 INCH CHILTON AL EMERGENCY MNGR
AT LEAST 3 INCH HAIL REPORTED AT THE STATE EOC.
0351 PM TSTM WND DMG LINCOLN 33.60N 86.14W
03/18/2013 TALLADEGA AL NEWSPAPER
NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWN AND DAMAGE TO ONE RESIDENCE.
0352 PM TSTM WND DMG RAINBOW CITY 33.95N 86.04W
03/18/2013 ETOWAH AL EMERGENCY MNGR
APPROXIMATELY 20 TREES DOWN ON AL HWY 77
0353 PM HAIL ODENVILLE 33.69N 86.40W
03/18/2013 M1.00 INCH ST. CLAIR AL PUBLIC
0355 PM HAIL LINCOLN 33.60N 86.14W
03/18/2013 M2.00 INCH TALLADEGA AL PUBLIC
0356 PM TSTM WND DMG TALLADEGA 33.43N 86.10W
03/18/2013 TALLADEGA AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE ON HOUSE ON SILVERWOOD DRIVE WITH ENTRAPMENT
0356 PM HAIL TALLADEGA 33.43N 86.10W
03/18/2013 M0.25 INCH TALLADEGA AL EMERGENCY MNGR
0356 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 S OHATCHEE 33.75N 86.02W
03/18/2013 CALHOUN AL PUBLIC
LARGE TREE UPROOTED.
0356 PM HAIL 1 NE CENTREVILLE 32.98N 87.12W
03/18/2013 E1.00 INCH BIBB AL PUBLIC
AT LEAST QUARTER SIZE HAIL NEAR CENTREVILLE. TIME
ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
0357 PM TSTM WND DMG SARDIS CITY 34.17N 86.12W
03/18/2013 ETOWAH AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES ON HOUSE. RESIDENTS TRAPPED.
0400 PM TSTM WND GST 2 SSE GADSDEN 33.98N 86.01W
03/18/2013 M88.00 MPH ETOWAH AL BROADCAST MEDIA
ANEMOMETER REGISTERED 88 MPH PRIOR TO LOSING A CUP.
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN.
0403 PM TSTM WND DMG JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIV 33.82N 85.77W
03/18/2013 CALHOUN AL PUBLIC
THE ROOF OF THE LIBRARY AT JACKSONVILLE STATE WAS
PARTIALLY REMOVED. THE TRANSMITTER FOR THE RADIO STATION
ON THE ROOF WAS DESTROYED.
0403 PM TSTM WND DMG TALLADEGA 33.43N 86.10W
03/18/2013 TALLADEGA AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
THREE OF FOUR TREES WERE DOWN ON HOUSES AND SEVERAL ROADS
BLOCKED. CHERRY STREET...TAYLORS MILL ROAD... MOUNTAIN
VIEW ROAD...AND EAST STREET SOUTH WERE ARE BLOCKED OR
PARTIALLY BLOCK DUE TO DOWNED TREES. TIME CHANGED BASED
ON LEADING EDGE OF VELOCITY ON RADAR. DAMAGE LIKELY
OCCURRED BETWEEN 4 AND 410 PM
0405 PM TSTM WND DMG HOKES BLUFF 34.00N 85.86W
03/18/2013 ETOWAH AL EMERGENCY MNGR
ROOF OFF BARN ON YANCY DRIVE
0405 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 WNW BRIERFIELD IRONWO 33.06N 86.95W
03/18/2013 BIBB AL PUBLIC
A FEW TREES REPORTED DOWN ALONG CR 10...ONE BLOCKING A
PORTION OF THE ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
0405 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 W GRANT TOWN 33.54N 85.97W
03/18/2013 TALLADEGA AL NEWSPAPER
A ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF A RESIDENCE ON MCELDERRY ROAD AND A
TREE FELL ON A HOUSE FACING MITCHELL STREET ADJACENT TO
MUNFORD TOWN HALL.
0405 PM TSTM WND DMG IRONATON 33.43N 85.97W
03/18/2013 TALLADEGA AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN HERE AND IN MUNFORD ON PRIEBES
ROAD AND GRANT TOWN ROAD.
0407 PM HAIL LINEVILLE 33.31N 85.75W
03/18/2013 M0.75 INCH CLAY AL EMERGENCY MNGR
0408 PM TSTM WND DMG BLANCHE 34.36N 85.61W
03/18/2013 CHEROKEE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN ON HWY 35 NEAR DEKALB COUNTY LINE
0409 PM TSTM WND DMG JACKSONVILLE 33.81N 85.76W
03/18/2013 CALHOUN AL EMERGENCY MNGR
ROOF DAMAGE TO CAMPUS INN
0409 PM HAIL 3 NNE JACKSONVILLE 33.85N 85.75W
03/18/2013 E0.88 INCH CALHOUN AL TRAINED SPOTTER
0411 PM TSTM WND DMG SAKS 33.71N 85.85W
03/18/2013 CALHOUN AL BROADCAST MEDIA
ROOF OF ACKER ELECTRIC CO BUILDING PARTIALLY REMOVED.
WINDS ESTIMATED AT 70-80 MPH BY TRAINED NWS SPOTTER.
0413 PM HAIL CAMP HILL 32.80N 85.65W
03/18/2013 E1.25 INCH TALLAPOOSA AL EMERGENCY MNGR
0414 PM HAIL 1 W WEST CHAMBERS 32.84N 85.51W
03/18/2013 M1.00 INCH CHAMBERS AL TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL LASTED FOR TEN MINUTES WITH UP TO QUARTERS OBSERVED.
0416 PM HAIL ROCKFORD 32.89N 86.22W
03/18/2013 M1.00 INCH COOSA AL PUBLIC
QUARTER SIZE HAIL FELL FOR 5 MINUTES DURING THE STORM.
0421 PM HAIL STURKIE 32.80N 85.47W
03/18/2013 E1.75 INCH CHAMBERS AL PUBLIC
0422 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 ESE MOUNT CHEAHA 33.48N 85.77W
03/18/2013 CLAY AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NEARY HWY 49 AND ABEL RD.
0422 PM HAIL PIEDMONT 33.93N 85.62W
03/18/2013 M1.00 INCH CALHOUN AL PUBLIC
HAIL UP TO QUARTERS FELL AS WELL AS SEVERAL TREES BLOWN
DOWN...BLOCKING MAIN STREET AND HWY 9.
0434 PM HAIL 2 N SPROTT 32.71N 87.22W
03/18/2013 E2.00 INCH PERRY AL PUBLIC
REPORTED NEAR SPROTT. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
0434 PM HAIL 2 WNW MAPLESVILLE 32.80N 86.91W
03/18/2013 E1.00 INCH CHILTON AL PUBLIC
ONE INCH HAIL COVERING THE GROUND AT THE REST AREA ALONG
HIGHWAY 82.
0434 PM TSTM WND DMG WEDOWEE 33.31N 85.49W
03/18/2013 RANDOLPH AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES ON HOMES, CHURCH ROOF PARTIALLY REMOVED, AND LARGE
PINES UPROOTED. WIDESPREAD DAMAGE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY
WITH TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN AND CHICKEN HOUSES
DAMAGED.
0453 PM HAIL LANETT 32.87N 85.21W
03/18/2013 E1.25 INCH CHAMBERS AL TRAINED SPOTTER
0453 PM HAIL VALLEY 32.82N 85.18W
03/18/2013 E1.00 INCH CHAMBERS AL PUBLIC
0454 PM HAIL 6 SW DADEVILLE 32.77N 85.84W
03/18/2013 E1.75 INCH TALLAPOOSA AL EMERGENCY MNGR
0455 PM HAIL 5 SSE YORK 32.43N 88.26W
03/18/2013 E1.00 INCH SUMTER AL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
0458 PM HAIL 3 ESE NOTASULGA 32.55N 85.63W
03/18/2013 E1.00 INCH MACON AL AMATEUR RADIO
0459 PM HAIL SSE MARTIN LAKE AT KOWA 32.74N 85.97W
03/18/2013 E1.00 INCH ELMORE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT CHILDRENS HARBOR
0500 PM HAIL 3 ENE MARTIN LAKE AT KO 32.75N 85.93W
03/18/2013 E1.75 INCH ELMORE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS FELL FOR 15 MINUTES
0502 PM HAIL 3 SW MARBURY 32.67N 86.51W
03/18/2013 E1.75 INCH AUTAUGA AL PUBLIC
ONE INCH TO ONE AND THREE QUARTERS INCH HAIL REPORTED
ALONG INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 193 AND 197.
0510 PM TSTM WND DMG NEW SITE 33.04N 85.78W
03/18/2013 TALLAPOOSA AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN IN NEW SITE. WINDS MEASURED 49 MPH IN ALEX
CITY.
0511 PM TSTM WND GST 4 NE PIN HOOK 32.40N 87.83W
03/18/2013 E50.00 MPH MARENGO AL TRAINED SPOTTER
PEA SIZE HAIL AT LOCATION AS WELL.
0513 PM HAIL 6 SSW DADEVILLE 32.76N 85.81W
03/18/2013 E1.00 INCH TALLAPOOSA AL PUBLIC
REPORTED NEAR STILL WATERS RESORT. TIME ESTIMATED FROM
RADAR.
0525 PM HAIL 4 S BEAUREGARD 32.49N 85.37W
03/18/2013 E1.00 INCH LEE AL TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL UP TO QUARTERS OBSERVED. A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS ALSO SEE
AT STATE ROUTE 51. WINDS WERE 55 TO 60 MPH...WITH NO
DAMAGE FROM THE WINDS.
0530 PM TSTM WND DMG MILLBROOK 32.48N 86.37W
03/18/2013 ELMORE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOOR IN MILLBROOK.
0540 PM HAIL 10 SE OPELIKA 32.55N 85.26W
03/18/2013 E3.00 INCH LEE AL PUBLIC
HAIL MEASURED AND PICTURED OF 2.5 TO 3 INCHES JUST SOUTH
OF SALEM IN SOUTHERN LEE COUNTY.
0545 PM HAIL 4 NNE MONTGOMERY 32.41N 86.25W
03/18/2013 E1.00 INCH MONTGOMERY AL COCORAHS
HAIL RANGED FROM 0.25 TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER.
0608 PM HAIL 5 WNW PHENIX CITY 32.48N 85.10W
03/18/2013 E1.75 INCH LEE AL TRAINED SPOTTER
0612 PM HAIL 2 NNW PHENIX CITY 32.49N 85.03W
03/18/2013 E2.00 INCH RUSSELL AL COCORAHS
AVERAGE SIZE OF THE HAIL WAS 1.25 INCHES...WITH THE
LARGEST HAIL SIZE BEING 2 INCHES. THE HAIL COMPLETELY
COVERED THE GROUND.
0617 PM HAIL PHENIX CITY 32.47N 85.01W
03/18/2013 E1.25 INCH RUSSELL AL PUBLIC
0617 PM HAIL 3 NW PHENIX CITY 32.49N 85.06W
03/18/2013 E1.50 INCH LEE AL PUBLIC
0721 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 ESE LOUISVILLE 31.75N 85.44W
03/18/2013 BARBOUR AL EMERGENCY MNGR
SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF METAL ROOF REMOVED FROM A
RESIDENCE ALONG CR 20. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
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HAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 4:46 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 20, 4:46 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BMX | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 21 more | 14 hr |
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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.