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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Birmingham, AL

October 13, 20144 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 13, 2014, 2:08 PM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 67 min. 1 report 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: Oct 13, 2014, 2:08 PM CDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2014, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Autauga County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Elmore County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 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
Oct 13, 2:28 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 E Clanton, AL	TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN THE CLANTON AREA ALONG COUNTY ROAD 28 AND 471.

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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 20 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 nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 67 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: 8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 962 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

779 
WUUS54 KBMX 131908
SVRBMX
ALC001-021-037-051-132015-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0124.141013T1908Z-141013T2015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
208 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 205 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
  VIDA JUNCTION TO BOOTH TO COOSADA...AND MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CLANTON...JEMISON...WEOGUFKA...DEATSVILLE...BILLINGSLEY...JORDAN
  LAKE...PLETCHER AND TEN CEDAR ESTATES.

THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 179 THROUGH 219...

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.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3237 8661 3240 8662 3237 8666 3238 8672
      3240 8672 3240 8679 3266 8687 3306 8688
      3307 8661 3302 8655 3302 8652 3310 8649
      3304 8626 3248 8620 3249 8631 3241 8631
      3243 8638 3240 8646 3236 8650
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 178DEG 44KT 3259 8672 3258 8652
          3253 8633

$$

05/MA

2 follow-up statements

478 
WWUS54 KBMX 131921
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
221 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

ALC001-021-037-051-132015-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-141013T2015Z/
CHILTON AL-COOSA AL-ELMORE AL-AUTAUGA AL-
221 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
AUTAUGA...WESTERN ELMORE...WESTERN COOSA AND CHILTON COUNTIES UNTIL
315 PM CDT...

AT 220 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 POOLES CROSSROADS TO VERBENA TO WEOKA MILLS...MOVING NORTH AT 50
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CLANTON...JEMISON...WEOGUFKA...VERBENA...TITUS...WELONA...CHILTON
  COUNTY MOTOR SPORTS PARK...HIGGINS FERRY PARK...DOLLAR AND THORSBY.

THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 193 THROUGH 219...

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

LAT...LON 3257 8651 3257 8684 3266 8687 3306 8688
      3307 8661 3306 8662 3302 8655 3302 8652
      3310 8649 3304 8626 3251 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 1922Z 178DEG 44KT 3276 8671 3275 8651
          3270 8632

$$

05/MA

301 
WWUS54 KBMX 131935
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
235 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

ALC001-051-131945-
/O.CAN.KBMX.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-141013T2015Z/
ELMORE AL-AUTAUGA AL-
235 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN AUTAUGA AND WESTERN
ELMORE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

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

LAT...LON 3267 8687 3306 8688 3307 8661 3306 8662
      3302 8655 3302 8652 3310 8649 3304 8626
      3275 8623 3275 8632 3277 8633 3275 8634
      3275 8641 3271 8641 3271 8671 3266 8671
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 178DEG 44KT 3292 8672 3291 8652
          3286 8633

$$

ALC021-037-132015-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-141013T2015Z/
CHILTON AL-COOSA AL-
235 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN COOSA
AND CHILTON COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM CDT...

AT 233 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 THORSBY TO HIGGINS FERRY PARK TO LYLE...MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JEMISON...WEOGUFKA...LYLE...LAY LAKE DAM...UNION GROVE...MORIAH...
  BENTLEYVILLE...UNITY...MARBLE VALLEY AND BLUE SPRINGS.

THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 200 THROUGH 219...

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

LAT...LON 3267 8687 3306 8688 3307 8661 3306 8662
      3302 8655 3302 8652 3310 8649 3304 8626
      3275 8623 3275 8632 3277 8633 3275 8634
      3275 8641 3271 8641 3271 8671 3266 8671
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 178DEG 44KT 3292 8672 3291 8652
          3286 8633

$$

05/MA

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 Oct 13, 12:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 12:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1226 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

.UPDATE...
FOR 18Z AVIATION.

&&

.DISCUSSION...

CURRENT WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATES AN AMPLIFIED UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH PIVOTING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE NORTHWESTERN
GULF OF MEXICO. LOW TO MID-LEVEL WINDS WERE FROM THE SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST FROM THIS MORNINGS 12Z BMX SOUNDING AND THIS FLOW WILL
CONTINUE TO ADVECT IN WARM MOIST AIR AHEAD OF THE AMPLIFIED
TROUGH. THE FIRST THING OF NOTE THIS MORNING IS THAT THE LINE OF
SHOWERS AND STORMS IS ALREADY A COUPLE HOURS AHEAD OF THE FASTEST
HI-RES MODELS. THIS LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE QUICKLY
APPROACHING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT THIS TIME.
THEREFORE...EXPECT THIS LINE WILL MOVE IN A BIT QUICKER THAN
PREVIOUSLY FORECAST AND WILL MOST LIKELY BE KNOCKING ON OUR
DOORSTEPS IN THE 22-01Z TIMEFRAME. THEREFORE...ADJUSTED TIMING UP
BY A COUPLE OF HOURS IN THE FORECAST GRIDS. THERE IS STILL SOME
UNCERTAINTY WITH THE SPEED OF THE LINE AS THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW
BECOMES MORE MERIDIONAL LATER TODAY. THIS COULD ACT TO SLOW THE
LINE DOWN SOME BUT CURRENT TRENDS SUGGEST A FASTER EVOLUTION.

THE LOW LEVEL JET WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 50KTS JUST AHEAD OF THE
LINE WITH 0-1KM SRH VALUES OF 200-300 M2/S2. MOST OF THE MODELS
SUGGEST THE BEST DYNAMICS WILL OCCUR IN THE VICINITY OF THE LINE
AND WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR ISOLATED CELLS JUST AHEAD OF THE LINE
AND ANY BOWING SEGMENTS ALONG THE LINE FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR
TORNADOES. EXPECT CONVECTION WILL FIRE WELL AHEAD OF THE LINE THIS
AFTERNOON WITH THE WARM AIR ADVECTION ACROSS THE AREA. NOT AS
CONFIDENT WITH THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL WITH THESE CELLS AS
SHORT RANGE MODELS DIFFER GREATLY ON THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY AND
LOW LEVEL FORCING THIS AFTERNOON. CLOUD COVER THIS MORNING HAS PUT
A HAMPER ON THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY. SURFACE WINDS ARE BACKED
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA AND WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS FOR THE
POTENTIAL FOR EVEN HIGHER LOW LEVEL HELICITY VALUES. LOOKING AT
RADAR...THERE ARE A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS ALREADY DEVELOPING ALONG
THE GULF COAST PUSHING NORTHWARD. OVERALL...THE MAIN THREAT LOOKS
TO BE ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THE SQUALL LINE BUT THE CELLS THAT
DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR SOME ROTATION.

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA. NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA HAVE ALREADY
EXPERIENCED APPRECIABLE RAINFALL YESTERDAY AND EXPECT THE
CONTINUATION OF HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT WILL CREATE THE POSSIBILITY
OF FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE NORTHWEST WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING
ELSEWHERE. PW VALUES WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 2 INCHES WHICH IS NEAR
THE 99TH PERCENTILE FOR MID-OCTOBER. FOR THE FORECAST...HAVE
AROUND 2-3 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS THE AREA WITH 1-HOUR FLASH FLOOD
GUIDANCE VALUES LESS THAN 2 INCHES IN THE AREA OF THE FLASH FOOD
WATCH.

MODELS INDICATE THAT THE SQUALL LINE BECOMES LESS DEFINED AS IT
BEGINS TO MOVE EAST OF THE I-65 CORRIDOR. MOST OF THE MODELS
INDICATE THAT THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IN THE WARM AIR ADVECTION
WILL CUT OFF MOISTURE TRANSPORT TO THE LINE CAUSING THE SQUALL
LINE TO BECOME LESS DEFINED AS IT MOVES TO THE EAST. THE COLD
FRONT WILL NOT MOVE THROUGH UNTIL LATER IN THE MORNING ON TUESDAY
AND SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE
FRONT BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED WITH THE ATMOSPHERE
BEING WORKED OVER.

05/MA

&&

.AVIATION...
18Z TAF DISCUSSION.

MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS CURRENTLY ACROSS THE TERMINALS AT THIS TIME.
SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN THE WARM AIR ADVECTION
PATTERN ALONG THE GULF COAST. EXPECT THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL
CONTINUE NORTHWARD AND WILL EFFECT THE TERMINALS THIS AFTERNOON.
FOR NOW...HAVE JUST INCLUDED VCTS FOR THIS AFTERNOON BUT WILL MAKE
AMENDMENTS FOR TSRA AS NECESSARY. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE
STORMS MOVING IN FROM THE WEST WILL EFFECT ALL OF THE TERMINALS
AFTER 01Z THROUGH 12Z AND TRIED TO TIME THIS OUT IN THE TAFS. MVFR
TO IFR CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIER DOWNPOURS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON EVENING AND INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF THE
LINE WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 KTS POSSIBLE.

NOTE...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE ISSUING SEASONAL
TERMINAL FORECASTS FOR THE TALLADEGA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KASN) IN
TALLADEGA...ALABAMA THROUGH AT LEAST THE 23RD OF OCTOBER.

05/MA

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: BLOUNT...FAYETTE...LAMAR...
MARION...WALKER...WINSTON.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 13, 1:12 PM CDT, 56 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
112 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

ALZ011>015-017>050-141815-
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-
112 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE POTENTIAL FOR TWO ROUNDS OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND TORNADOES...EXIST THROUGH AT
LEAST TUESDAY MORNING.

FIRST...THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...ISOLATED
DISCRETE SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES WILL BE
POSSIBLE WEST OF A TROY...TO ROCKFORD...TO RAGLAND LINE. THIS
ACTIVITY WILL SPREAD NORTH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

SECOND...A SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE
AND EMBEDDED TORNADOES WILL MOVE INTO THE WEST AROUND 6 PM. THIS
SQUALL LINE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS

ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA...THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE WEST OF A LINE FROM SELMA TO
BIRMINGHAM. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
OF 60 MPH OR GREATER AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THERE IS A SLIGHTLY
LOWER THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM...A TIGHTENED PRESSURE
GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 20 MPH AND WIND
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...OUTSIDE OF ANY
CONVECTION.

ANY STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH 1.5 TO 3 INCHES
EXPECTED AREAWIDE THROUGH TOMORROW. PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA HAVE RECEIVED 2 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL
DAYS...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FOR
LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MILLPORT TO
CORDOVA TO ONEONTA.

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

A COMBINATION OF SQUALL LINE AND SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED
TO BE ONGOING TUESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EAST. THE
THREAT OF DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THERE IS A CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING DURING THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST...BUT THIS ACTIVITY IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. THE
THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH
OF A LINE FROM MILLPORT TO CORDOVA TO ONEONTA THROUGH MID DAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE
NEEDED FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 13, 1:18 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
118 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

ALZ042-044-131900-
LOWNDES AL-MONTGOMERY AL-
118 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN MONTGOMERY AND EASTERN
LOWNDES COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT...

AT 116 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR LOGAN...OR 6 MILES EAST OF FORT DEPOSIT...MOVING
NORTH AT 40 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...
  HAYNEVILLE...
  DAVENPORT...
  PINTLALA...
  HOPE HULL...
  HYUNDAI MOTORS OF ALABAMA...

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 3236 8667 3240 8665 3240 8661 3237 8661
      3238 8658 3237 8655 3234 8653 3234 8650
      3240 8646 3240 8643 3243 8640 3242 8632
      3205 8632 3204 8639 3197 8640 3197 8662
TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 177DEG 36KT 3198 8649

05/MA

Special weather statement, Oct 13, 1:32 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
132 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

ALZ039-131915-
MARENGO AL-
132 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN MARENGO COUNTY UNTIL 215
PM CDT...

AT 129 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF SHAWNEE...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF
GROVE HILL...MOVING NORTH AT 45 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...
  SHAWNEE...
  VINELAND...
  SURGINER...
  SHILOH...
  MAGNOLIA...

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 3198 8778 3253 8778 3253 8773 3248 8773
      3248 8752 3214 8751 3212 8762 3201 8762
      3200 8766 3198 8767
TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 183DEG 41KT 3195 8767

05/MA

Special weather statement, Oct 13, 1:49 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
149 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

ALZ044>046-049-131930-
BULLOCK AL-MACON AL-MONTGOMERY AL-PIKE AL-
149 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN PIKE...EASTERN
MONTGOMERY...SOUTHWESTERN MACON AND WESTERN BULLOCK COUNTIES UNTIL
230 PM CDT...

AT 146 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR LINWOOD...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF TROY...MOVING NORTH
AT 40 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...
  BEANS CROSSROADS...
  PINE LEVEL...
  SHOPTON...
  FRANKLIN FIELD...
  HARDAWAY...

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 3188 8603 3241 8618 3243 8573 3187 8582
TIME...MOT...LOC 1849Z 175DEG 34KT 3194 8594

05/MA

Special weather statement, Oct 13, 1:56 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
156 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

ALZ035-036-041>044-131945-
AUTAUGA AL-CHILTON AL-COOSA AL-ELMORE AL-LOWNDES AL-MONTGOMERY AL-
156 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AUTAUGA...NORTHWESTERN
MONTGOMERY...NORTHERN LOWNDES...WESTERN ELMORE...WESTERN COOSA AND
EASTERN CHILTON COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM CDT...

AT 153 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM AUTAUGAVILLE TO PRATTVILLE
TO BOYLSTON...AND MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  WETUMPKA...
  CLANTON...
  ROCKFORD...
  JEMISON...
  WEOGUFKA...

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 3241 8680 3304 8681 3306 8660 3302 8655
      3302 8652 3306 8652 3307 8645 3299 8615
      3232 8614 3232 8650
TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 184DEG 36KT 3251 8668 3250 8649
          3245 8629

05/MA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 13, 4:19 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	20 hr
Oct 13, 4:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	BMX	Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Coosa, Dallas and 19 more	25 hr
Oct 13, 1:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lowndes	42 min
Oct 13, 1:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	43 min
Oct 13, 1:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marengo	52 min
Oct 13, 1:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bullock	41 min
Oct 13, 1:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Coosa	49 min
Oct 13, 2:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Perry	47 min
Oct 13, 2:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Hale	50 min
Oct 13, 2:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Perry	42 min
Oct 13, 2:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene, Sumter	46 min
Oct 13, 3:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson, Shelby	45 min
Oct 13, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby, Talladega, Tuscaloosa	58 min
Oct 13, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Walker	37 min
Oct 13, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair	58 min
Oct 13, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Winston	54 min
Oct 13, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion	39 min
Oct 13, 4:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marion	20 min
Oct 13, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Pickens	56 min
Oct 13, 6:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lamar, Marion	16 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.