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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 28, 2013Coosa County, Elmore County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2013, 12:38 PM CDT for Coosa County, Elmore County, Alabama. It was in force for 52 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: Jun 28, 2013, 12:38 PM CDT (17:38 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2013, 1:30 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Coosa County, AL, Elmore County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:40 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
Jun 28, 1:10 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 N Millbrook, AL	POWER LINE DOWN AT HWY 14 AND INGRAM RD
Jun 28, 1:10 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 S Wetumpka, AL	POWER LINES DOWN NEAR WETUMPKA AT BLUE RIDGE AND JASMINE HILL RD
Jun 28, 1:10 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Wetumpka, AL	POWER LINES DOWN ON COMPANY ST AND TREES DOWN ON TALLASSEE STREET IN WETUMPKA
Jun 28, 1:12 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Sse Martin Lake At Ko, AL	LARGE DOWNED TREE BLOCKING BLOUNT POINT RD NEAR LAKE MARTIN

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 32 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 28, 11:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 87 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: 4271 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 667 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -62 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.

533 
WUUS54 KBMX 281738
SVRBMX
ALC037-051-281830-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0101.130628T1738Z-130628T1830Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1238 PM CDT FRI JUN 28 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  COOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  ELMORE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 130 PM CDT

* AT 1235 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
  ROCKFORD TO VERBENA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ROCKFORD...KELLYTON...EQUALITY...MILLBROOK...WETUMPKA...
  TALLASSEE...BRADFORD AND CREWSVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 179 THROUGH 181...

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.

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND 
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! 
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN 
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3242 8612 3243 8618 3250 8626 3242 8641
      3275 8641 3275 8637 3282 8646 3287 8646
      3302 8624 3302 8601 3276 8601 3274 8588
      3270 8591 3250 8589 3248 8587 3245 8588
      3245 8599 3243 8600 3241 8605
TIME...MOT...LOC 1737Z 313DEG 31KT 3291 8620 3269 8654

$$

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1 follow-up statement

471 
WWUS54 KBMX 281810
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
110 PM CDT FRI JUN 28 2013

ALC037-051-281830-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-130628T1830Z/
COOSA AL-ELMORE AL-
110 PM CDT FRI JUN 28 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ELMORE AND
SOUTHEASTERN COOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM CDT...

AT 107 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 MARTIN LAKE AT KOWALIGA TO COOSADA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WETUMPKA...ECLECTIC...BLUE RIDGE...KENT...EMERALD MOUNTAIN...CLAUD
  AND WARE.

THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 179 THROUGH 181...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS CAPABLE OF 
DOWNING TREES AND POWER LINES. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY 
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND 
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! 
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN 
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3243 8618 3246 8619 3250 8625 3248 8630
      3249 8631 3248 8631 3242 8641 3257 8641
      3263 8631 3288 8601 3276 8601 3274 8588
      3270 8591 3245 8588 3245 8599 3241 8605
TIME...MOT...LOC 1810Z 313DEG 31KT 3271 8595 3249 8630

$$

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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 Jun 28, 12:34 PM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 12:34 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1234 PM CDT FRI JUN 28 2013

.UPDATE...
FOR 18Z AVIATION.

&&

.DISCUSSION...

ONCE AGAIN TODAY...A VERY CHALLENGING FORECAST WILL BE IN STORE AS
A DECAYING MCS TRIES TO MOVE INTO OUR NORTHWEST COUNTIES ALONG
WITH A STRONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY TRAVERSING SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH
THE CWA. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED RAPIDLY ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA WITH A FEW LOCATIONS ALREADY APPROACHING OR ALREADY HAVE
REACHED THE 90 DEGREE MARK. THE STRONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THAT IS
MOVING QUICKLY SOUTHEASTWARD IS CURRENTLY STRETCHING FROM NORTHERN
SUMTER NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH BIBB...SHELBY...AND ST. CLAIR
COUNTIES. AS THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVES INTO THE INCREASINGLY
UNSTABLE AIRMASS...THE LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE BOUNDARY SHOULD BE
ENOUGH TO LIFT PARCELS PAST THE LFC AND DEVELOP SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. THE QUESTION THEN BECOMES IF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE
ALLOWED TO DEVELOP. THE ATMOSPHERE IS MOST CERTAINLY PRIMED ACROSS
MUCH OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...WITH SB CAPES OF OVER 3000 J/KG BEING
ADVERTISED ON RAP ANALYSIS AND MID 70S DEWPOINTS CURRENTLY IN
PLACE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR.

TWO BIG DIFFERENCES THAT WE HAVE PINPOINTED THIS MORNING AS
OPPOSED TO WHAT WAS OBSERVED YESTERDAY IS THAT WE HAVE A STRONGER
LIFTING MECHANISM (IN THE FORM OF THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY)...BUT
WINDS ALOFT AND BULK SHEAR VALUES ARE LOWER TODAY. SO IN ESSENCE
THE ATMOSPHERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE AS CONDUCIVE FOR WIDESPREAD
ORGANIZED CONVECTION. HOWEVER...THE BIG QUESTION WILL BE IF STORMS
WILL BE ALLOWED TO ORGANIZE THEIR OWN COLD POOL FROM CELL MERGERS
AND CLUSTERS OF STORMS DEVELOPING. IF A LARGE COLD POOL DOES IN
FACT DEVELOP...THEN IT SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO SUSTAIN ITSELF WITH
STEEP LAPSE RATES AND AN EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AND MOIST AIRMASS IN
PLACE. FORWARD PROPAGATING CORFIDI VECTORS ARE INDICATING IF
SOMETHING DOES DEVELOP IT WILL MOVE SOUTHEASTERLY ACROSS CENTRAL
ALABAMA THEN MORE SOUTHERLY ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES.

WITH MOST OF CENTRAL ALABAMA ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20
CONTINUING TO SEE PLENTIFUL SUNSHINE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON...INSTABILITIES WILL ONLY BE ON THE INCREASE. IN
ADDITION...A FEW MESOSCALE BOUNDARIES WERE NOTED ON VISIBLE
SATELLITE EARLIER THIS MORNING STRETCHING FROM MARENGO COUNTY
EASTWARD TO BULLOCK COUNTY. THESE SMALLER BOUNDARIES COULD HELP TO
INCREASE STORM DEVELOPMENT LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL.
OVERALL...THE INITIAL DEVELOPMENT OF STORMS ALONG THE STRONG OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY WILL AT FIRST BE CELLULAR IN NATURE AND HAVE A THREAT OF
DOWNBURST WINDS AS DRIER AIR ALOFT MIXES DOWN TO THE SURFACE. THEN
AS MORE STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP WE WILL CLOSELY WATCH FOR THE
POSSIBILITY OF AN ORGANIZED COLD POOL DEVELOPING THAT WOULD
INCREASE THE THREAT FOR A MORE WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL.
STAY TUNED FOR FREQUENT UPDATES TO THE FORECAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY.

56/GDG

&&

.AVIATION...
18Z TAF DISCUSSION.

TWO AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH EAST ACROSS
CENTRAL ALABAMA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE MGM
AND TOI TERMINALS IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...AS A PREFRONTAL
TROUGH MOVES THROUGH CENTRAL ALABAMA. CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH
ENOUGH TO MENTION PREVAILING TS AT THIS POINT...SO WILL ONLY
MENTION VCTS. AMENDMENTS MAY BE NEEDED DURING THE AFTERNOON ONCE
CONVECTION BEGINS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL END FROM THE NORTH TO THE
SOUTH DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT
WINDS...ALONG WITH PLENTY OF BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE...WILL LIKELY
LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOG DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON
SATURDAY. THIS FOG SHOULD MIX OUT AS THE SUN RISES.

73

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GADSDEN     69  89  64  85  64 /  30  20  10  30  20
ANNISTON    72  88  66  84  65 /  50  30  20  30  20
BIRMINGHAM  72  89  66  85  65 /  40  20  10  30  20
TUSCALOOSA  71  91  67  87  66 /  40  30  10  20  20
CALERA      73  88  67  85  65 /  50  30  10  20  20
AUBURN      74  88  66  87  66 /  60  50  30  30  20
MONTGOMERY  76  91  69  90  67 /  60  50  20  20  20
TROY        75  89  68  89  67 /  60  60  30  20  20

&&

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

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 10:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1015 AM CDT FRI JUN 28 2013

ALZ011>015-017>050-291515-
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-
1015 AM CDT FRI JUN 28 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A PREFRONTAL TROUGH...AHEAD
OF THE ACTUAL SURFACE FRONT...PUSHES SOUTHWARD TROUGH THE FORECAST
AREA. ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE
NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 11:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1112 AM CDT FRI JUN 28 2013

ALZ025-034-035-281645-
BIBB AL-CHILTON AL-SHELBY AL-
1112 AM CDT FRI JUN 28 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY...NORTHERN
CHILTON AND EASTERN BIBB COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 AM CDT...

AT 1106 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR WEST BLOCTON...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF CENTREVILLE...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  CENTREVILLE...
  MONTEVALLO...
  CALERA...
  ASHBY...
  BRIERFIELD IRONWORKS PARK...

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 3312 8668 3283 8685 3302 8724 3319 8718
TIME...MOT...LOC 1612Z 294DEG 24KT 3307 8709

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 11:43 AM CDT, 55 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1143 AM CDT FRI JUN 28 2013

ALZ030>033-039-040-281730-
DALLAS AL-GREENE AL-HALE AL-MARENGO AL-PERRY AL-SUMTER AL-
1143 AM CDT FRI JUN 28 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN SUMTER...
SOUTHWESTERN PERRY...MARENGO...SOUTHERN HALE...SOUTHEASTERN GREENE
AND WESTERN DALLAS COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM CDT...

AT 1143 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GREENSBORO TO DUFFYS BEND
TO COATOPA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  DEMOPOLIS...
  UNIONTOWN...
  LINDEN...
  ARCOLA...
  NEWBERN...

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. 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.

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 3268 8786 3278 8750 3233 8699 3221 8738
      3226 8745 3226 8751 3217 8752 3204 8800
      3215 8804 3218 8801 3229 8803 3230 8801
      3230 8810 3254 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 1643Z 318DEG 27KT 3268 8752 3260 8777
          3249 8806

MA

Local storm report, Jun 28, 11:47 AM CDT, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1147 AM CDT FRI JUN 28 2013

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

1112 AM     TSTM WND DMG     EUTAW                   32.84N 87.89W
06/28/2013                   GREENE             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN NEAR EUTAW. TIME ESTIMATED FROM
            RADAR.

&&

JTALLEY

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 12:14 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1214 PM CDT FRI JUN 28 2013

ALZ035-041-043-281800-
AUTAUGA AL-CHILTON AL-ELMORE AL-
1214 PM CDT FRI JUN 28 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AUTAUGA...SOUTHWESTERN ELMORE AND
SOUTHERN CHILTON COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM CDT...

AT 1211 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF PLECHER...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF
VALLEY GRANDE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND 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...
  PRATTVILLE...
  MILLBROOK...
  BILLINGSLEY...
  VIDA JUNCTION...
  AUTAUGAVILLE...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. 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.

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 3237 8655 3237 8661 3241 8662 3238 8666
      3258 8690 3264 8692 3275 8681 3247 8634
      3243 8637 3242 8640 3241 8640 3241 8646
      3235 8649 3234 8653
TIME...MOT...LOC 1714Z 309DEG 22KT 3262 8680

MA

Local storm report, Jun 28, 12:28 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1228 PM CDT FRI JUN 28 2013

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

1158 AM     TSTM WND DMG     COLUMBIANA              33.18N 86.60W
06/28/2013                   SHELBY             AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN AROUND MAIN ST AND ON POWER LINES ALONG ROUTE
            25 IN COLUMBIANA, VIA POLICE SCANNER

&&

JTALLEY

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 12:28 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1228 PM CDT FRI JUN 28 2013

ALZ033-039-040-281815-
DALLAS AL-MARENGO AL-PERRY AL-
1228 PM CDT FRI JUN 28 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN PERRY...SOUTHERN
MARENGO AND DALLAS COUNTIES UNTIL 115 PM CDT...

AT 1225 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARION
TO CENTRAL MILLS TO MILLER...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND 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...
  SELMA...
  SELMONT-WEST SELMONT...
  WAYNE...
  SHILOH...
  MAGNOLIA...

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. 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.

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 3218 8795 3236 8742 3268 8723 3241 8684
      3236 8681 3232 8685 3230 8683 3228 8686
      3223 8681 3222 8691 3204 8691 3204 8718
      3219 8733 3226 8745 3226 8751 3214 8752
      3213 8761 3201 8762 3198 8769
TIME...MOT...LOC 1729Z 313DEG 30KT 3253 8720 3229 8734
          3215 8777

MA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 27, 7:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers	42 min
Jun 27, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lee, Macon, Russell	50 min
Jun 27, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour, Bullock, Russell	50 min
Jun 27, 8:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	39 min
Jun 27, 9:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	26 min
Jun 27, 9:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	44 min
Jun 27, 9:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	26 min
Jun 27, 9:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa, Elmore	50 min
Jun 27, 10:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chilton	51 min
Jun 27, 10:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Elmore	47 min
Jun 27, 10:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga	46 min
Jun 27, 11:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Montgomery	49 min
Jun 27, 11:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas, Lowndes, Perry	58 min
Jun 28, 10:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb	41 min
Jun 28, 11:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale	44 min
Jun 28, 11:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb	33 min
Jun 28, 11:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Sumter	41 min
Jun 28, 11:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Jefferson, Shelby	46 min
Jun 28, 11:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas, Marengo	47 min
Jun 28, 12:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton, Coosa, Shelby	51 min
Jun 28, 12:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga	46 min
Jun 28, 12:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	47 min
Jun 28, 12:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga	30 min
Jun 28, 12:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tallapoosa	47 min
Jun 28, 1:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tallapoosa	42 min
Jun 28, 1:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Montgomery	39 min
Jun 28, 1:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lowndes, Montgomery	44 min
Jun 28, 1:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lee, Macon	44 min
Jun 28, 1:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bullock, Montgomery, Pike	64 min
Jun 28, 1:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers, Lee, Russell	34 min
Jun 28, 2:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour, Russell	44 min
Jun 28, 2:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pike	23 min
Jun 28, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	43 min
Jun 28, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	49 min
Jun 28, 6:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene, Sumter	64 min
Jun 28, 6:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	34 min
Jun 28, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Pickens, Sumter	53 min
Jun 28, 6:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Hale, Tuscaloosa	61 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.