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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 30, 20135 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 30, 2013, 5:23 AM CST for 5 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 52 min. 11 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: Jan 30, 2013, 5:23 AM CST (11:23 UTC)
Expired: Jan 30, 2013, 6:15 AM CST
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Fayette County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Marion County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:25 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
Jan 30, 5:32 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nw Fayette, AL	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON HWY 18 NORTHWEST OF FAYETTE
Jan 30, 5:41 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	3 Nne Carbon Hill, AL	WINDS OF 75 MPH DOWNED 50 PINE TREES IN A SWATH OF WIND DAMAGE 0.6 MI LONG AND 200 YDS WIDE SOUTH OF NAUVOO.
Jan 30, 5:42 AM CST	TORNADO 0	3 Nne Carbon Hill, AL	AN EF0 TORNADO SPUN UP AFTER THE NAUVOO MICROBURST. TRAVELING ENE, THE TORNADO CROSSED SLICK LIZARD ROAD. HERE A MOBILE HOME SUSTAINED MODERATE DAMAGE FROM A FALLEN TREE. TORNADO TRAVELED FURTHER ENE AND DESTROYED AN OUTBUILDING AND CAUSED SHINGLE DAMAGE ON A
Jan 30, 5:42 AM CST	TORNADO	3 Nne Carbon Hill, AL	AN EF1 TORNADO SPUN UP AFTER THE NAUVOO MICROBURST. TRAVELING ENE, THE TORNADO CROSSED SLICK LIZARD ROAD. HERE A MOBILE HOME SUSTAINED MODERATE DAMAGE FROM A FALLEN TREE. TORNADO TRAVELED FURTHER ENE AND DESTROYED AN OUTBUILDING AND CAUSED SHINGLE DAMAGE ON A
Jan 30, 5:50 AM CST	TORNADO 1	3 Nne Poplar Springs, AL	THE EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 8 AND COUNTY ROAD 3074. THE TORNADO MOVED OVER SMITH LAKE AND DAMAGED THE ROOFS OF SIX HOMES NEAR COVE ROAD SOUTH. ONE HOME HAD SEVERE ROOF DAMAGE. THOUSANDS OF TREES WERE ALSO DOWNED CA
Jan 30, 5:56 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	4 W Arley, AL	WINDS OF 100 MPH KNOCKED DOWN HUNDREDS OF TREES SOUTH OF HOUSTON IN A SWATH OF DAMAGE 1.2 MILES LONG AND 1000 YDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. A DOZEN HOMES WERE DAMAGED DUE TO FALLING TREES.
Jan 30, 6:01 AM CST	TORNADO 1	1 N Addison, AL	A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NORTH OF ADDISON ALONG CR 41 NORTH OF HUNTER ROAD AND TRACKED ENE TO THE CULLMAN COUNTY LINE. THE TORNADO DAMAGED SEVERAL PLANES AND DESTROYED A HANGAR AT THE ADDISON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. MAXIMUM WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 90 MPH. PATH LENGTH
Jan 30, 6:05 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	5 Ene Addison, AL	MOBILE HOME AND BARN IN ROAD ON CR 1043 CULLMAN/WINSTON COUNTY LINE. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.
Jan 30, 6:05 AM CST	TORNADO 1	5 Ene Addison, AL	THE TORNADO CROSSED THE WINSTON AND CULLMAN COUNTY LINE JUST SOUTH OF CR 1043 CAUSING MINOR TREE DAMAGE AND DESTROYING A BARN ON CR 1038. THE TORNADO STRENGTHENED TO AN EF-1 WITH WINDS AROUND 90 MPH AND DESTROYED A MOBILE HOME ALONG CR 1043 JUST EAST OF CR 103
Jan 30, 6:14 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ne Addison, AL	SEVERAL PLANES DAMAGED AND MAJOR HANGAR DAMAGE AT ADDISON AIRPORT. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE SARDIS BAPTIST CHURCH.
Jan 30, 6:14 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Sardis, AL	HANGER DAMAGE AT SARDIS AIPORT AND DAMAGE TO A CHURCH IN SARDIS

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 6 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 9 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
Jan 30, 1:46 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 128 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: 216 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 770 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 254 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.0

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The text

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

317 
WUUS54 KBMX 301123
SVRBMX
ALC057-075-093-127-133-301215-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0003.130130T1123Z-130130T1215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
523 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  EAST CENTRAL LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  EASTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...
  NORTHWESTERN WALKER COUNTY IN ALABAMA...
  WINSTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 615 AM CST

* AT 519 AM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A LINE OF
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LAKE BUTTAHATCHEE TO BELK...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 75 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FAYETTE...LYNN...CARBON HILL...NEEDMORE...GLEN ALLEN...ASHRIDGE...
  ELDRIDGE AND WINSTON FREE STATE BARN.

THIS INCLUDES...
US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 26 THROUGH 46...

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 OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG ALWX

LAT...LON 3431 8767 3430 8711 3430 8710 3420 8710
      3380 8753 3357 8802 3430 8780 3432 8770
TIME...MOT...LOC 1122Z 239DEG 64KT 3421 8763 3373 8790

$$

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2 follow-up statements

051 
WWUS54 KBMX 301133
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
533 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

ALC075-301143-
/O.CAN.KBMX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130130T1215Z/
LAMAR AL-
533 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LAMAR COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE 
WARNED AREA.

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

LAT...LON 3371 8779 3372 8793 3428 8769 3431 8767
      3430 8710 3420 8710 3380 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 1133Z 239DEG 64KT 3431 8746 3374 8778

$$

ALC057-093-127-133-301215-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130130T1215Z/
FAYETTE AL-MARION AL-WALKER AL-WINSTON AL-
533 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WINSTON...
NORTHWESTERN WALKER...EASTERN MARION AND NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTIES
UNTIL 615 AM CST...

AT 530 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ASHRIDGE TO FAYETTE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LYNN...CARBON HILL...ASHRIDGE...ELDRIDGE...WINSTON FREE STATE
  BARN...KANSAS...ASHBANK...DOUBLE SPRINGS...NAUVOO AND HOUSTON
  RECREATIONAL AREA.

THIS INCLUDES...
US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 30 THROUGH 46...

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 3371 8779 3372 8793 3428 8769 3431 8767
      3430 8710 3420 8710 3380 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 1133Z 239DEG 64KT 3431 8746 3374 8778

$$

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289 
WWUS54 KBMX 301213
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
613 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

ALC057-093-127-133-301223-
/O.EXP.KBMX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130130T1215Z/
FAYETTE AL-MARION AL-WALKER AL-WINSTON AL-
613 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WINSTON...NORTHWESTERN
WALKER...EASTERN MARION AND NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
615 AM CST...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.

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

LAT...LON 3371 8779 3372 8793 3428 8769 3431 8767
      3430 8710 3420 8710 3380 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 1213Z 239DEG 64KT 3464 8669 3407 8703

$$

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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 Jan 30, 2:47 AM CST, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 2:47 AM CST, 2 hours 36 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
247 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

.UPDATE...
MESOSCALE UPDATE.

&&

.DISCUSSION...

QLCS CONTINUES TO PUSH EASTWARD EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH THE
NORTHEASTERN EDGE OF THE LINE ENTERING INTO NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA.
LOOKING AT THE LATEST SURFACE OBS...LOWER 70S TEMPERATURES WILL
MOST CERTAINLY BE REALIZED AS THE QLCS ARRIVES INTO WESTERN
PORTIONS OF OUR CWA. DEWPOINTS ARE ON THE RISE AS WELL...WITH A
DEWPOINT OF 67 OBSERVED AT MERIDIAN AND 66 AT TUSCALOOSA. THE
HIGHER TEMPERATURES ARE CURRENTLY ALLOWING MORE INSTABILITY TO BE
REALIZED...AND THE CAP TO BECOME ERODED. LAPS SOUNDING FROM
TUSCALOOSA REVEALED OVER 800J/KG OF CAPE AND INCREASING LI'S. THIS
IS CERTAINLY A CAUSE FOR CONCERN OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AND
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE QLCS WILL BE
CLOSELY WATCHED FOR SUPERCELLULAR DEVELOPMENT AHEAD OF THE LINE.
THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE LINE JUST EAST OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
IS LOOKING MORE LIKE A LINE OF BROKEN SUPERCELLS AS OPPOSED TO A
SQUALL LINE. THE NORTHERN SECTION OF THE LINE WILL UNDOUBTEDLY CARRY
THE BEST DAMAGING WIND THREAT BASED ON THE LATEST RADAR TRENDS...AS
WELL AS THE THREAT FOR QLCS MESOVORTICES THAT ACCOMPANY DEVELOPING
REAR INFLOW JETS. WITH THE HIGHER TEMPERATURES AND INSTABILITIES
IN PLACE...CONCERN IS GROWING FOR TORNADIC POTENTIAL OVER THE NEXT
FEW HOURS ACROSS OUR WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES.

56/GDG

&&

.AVIATION...
06Z TAF DISCUSSION.

CIGS HAVE ALREADY LOWERED TO MVFR AT ALL TERMINALS AND STILL BELIEVE
THEY WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO IFR OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. RADAR
STILL SHOWS SOME VERY LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE CWA. WINDS HAVE BEEN SLOWLY INCREASING OVER THE LAST
FEW HOURS AND WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE FURTHER THRU THE OVERNIGHT
PERIOD AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS. THE HIGHEST WINDS SHOULD
OCCUR JUST AHEAD AND ALONG THE SQUALL LINE...WITH SUSTAINED
SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15-20 KTS AND GUSTS OF 30-35 KTS OR HIGHER
POSSIBLE.

AS FAR AS THE TIMING OF THE SQUALL LINE...HAVE PUSHED IT BACK BY A
COUPLE OF HOURS BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS IN MS. RIGHT NOW LOOK FOR
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS TO MOVE INTO WESTERN AL BEFORE SUNRISE AND
PUSH EASTWARD BEFORE EXITING THE EAST AROUND SUNSET. IF ISO/SCT
STORMS DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE LINE THEN THE THREAT COULD BEGIN A
LITTLE EARLIER. BE AWARE THAT TIMING WILL MOST LIKELY HAVE TO BE
ADJUSTED AGAIN AS THE SYSTEM MOVES CLOSER.

DUE TO SO MANY FORECAST CHALLENGES WITHIN THE FIRST 12 HOURS OF THE
PERIOD...DID NOT SPEND MUCH TIME ON THE SECOND HALF OF THE PERIOD.
AS A HEADS UP...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE W/SW BEHIND THE LINE OF
STORMS BUT WILL REMAIN GUSTY.

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&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GADSDEN     68  31  48  30  43 / 100  10   0  10   0
ANNISTON    68  32  50  33  45 / 100  20   0   0   0
BIRMINGHAM  69  32  51  34  46 / 100  10   0  10   0
TUSCALOOSA  70  31  53  34  49 / 100  10   0   0   0
CALERA      69  32  51  36  48 / 100  10   0   0   0
AUBURN      68  34  53  38  53 / 100  40   0   0   0
MONTGOMERY  70  34  55  35  55 / 100  20   0   0   0
TROY        69  35  55  31  56 / 100  40   0   0   0

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES: 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.

&&

56/19

Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 2:14 AM CST, 3 hours 9 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
214 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

ALZ011>015-017>050-310815-
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-
214 AM CST WED JAN 30 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 AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE THIS
MORNING AND LASTING THROUGH 10AM FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A
DEMOPOLIS...TO BIRMINGHAM...TO ONEONTA LINE. THERE COULD BE ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS FORMING AHEAD OF THE SQUALL LINE THAT COULD HAVE AN
INCREASED CHANCE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.

THE SQUALL LINE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH THROUGH CENTRAL ALABAMA
DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. ONCE AGAIN THE
MAIN CONCERN WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...ALONG WITH AN
ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT RIGHT ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THE LINE.
LOOK FOR THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TO EXIT THE AREA BY NO LATER
THAN 6 PM THIS EVENING.

WINDY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO CONTINUE FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA
THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF
UP TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. HIGHER ELEVATION LOCATIONS OF EASTERN
AND NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA COULD SEE WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WILL BE
NEEDED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 30, 3:54 AM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
354 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

ALZ011-301100-
MARION AL-
354 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MARION COUNTY UNTIL 500 AM CST...

AT 348 AM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF
RUSSELLVILLE TO AMORY...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  HAMILTON...
  WESTON...
  HACKLEBURG...
  BRINN...
  LAKE BUTTAHATCHEE...

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY....AND A TORNADO 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3431 8764 3411 8763 3396 8766 3399 8795
      3402 8795 3403 8799 3405 8799 3406 8821
      3432 8818 3433 8817
TIME...MOT...LOC 0954Z 254DEG 21KT 3460 8791 3398 8841

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Local storm report, Jan 30, 4:56 AM CST, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
456 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

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

0456 AM     HAIL             HAMILTON                34.14N 87.98W
01/30/2013  E0.75 INCH       MARION             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN HAMILTON.

&&

GGOGGINS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 30, 3:54 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	66 min
Jan 30, 4:34 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Marion	41 min
Jan 30, 5:05 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chilton	40 min
Jan 30, 5:44 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Winston	31 min
Jan 30, 5:49 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa, Walker	41 min
Jan 30, 6:49 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	56 min
Jan 30, 7:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Sumter	47 min
Jan 30, 7:53 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton, Coosa	52 min
Jan 30, 8:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Hale, Marengo	45 min
Jan 30, 8:15 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Coosa, Talladega	45 min
Jan 30, 8:19 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Hale	116 min
Jan 30, 8:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Talladega	29 min
Jan 30, 8:48 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bibb, Hale, Jefferson, Shelby	117 min
Jan 30, 9:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun	28 min
Jan 30, 9:08 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Calhoun	52 min
Jan 30, 9:20 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Cleburne	40 min
Jan 30, 9:43 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Jefferson	3 hr
Jan 30, 10:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Coosa, Elmore	51 min
Jan 30, 10:12 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Talladega	3 hr
Jan 30, 10:20 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Calhoun, St. Clair	3 hr
Jan 30, 10:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Elmore, Montgomery	51 min
Jan 30, 10:31 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Randolph	44 min
Jan 30, 10:42 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Clay, Cleburne	3 hr
Jan 30, 10:53 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Tallapoosa	37 min
Jan 30, 10:57 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tallapoosa	33 min
Jan 30, 11:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cleburne, Randolph	37 min
Jan 30, 11:19 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Elmore, Tallapoosa	26 min
Jan 30, 11:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Randolph	49 min
Jan 30, 12:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bullock, Montgomery, Pike	35 min
Jan 30, 12:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Barbour, Bullock, Russell	34 min
Jan 30, 12:28 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Chambers, Randolph, Tallapoosa	3 hr
Jan 30, 12:55 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Talladega	3 hr
Jan 30, 2:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour, Lee, Pike, Russell	57 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.