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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Birmingham, AL

October 13, 2014Hale County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 13, 2014, 9:06 PM CDT for Hale County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 min. 3 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: Oct 13, 2014, 9:06 PM CDT (02:06 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2014, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Hale County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 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, 9:09 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Wnw Greensboro, AL	SEVERAL TREES ACROSS JOHNSON ROAD IN SAWYERVILLE.
Oct 13, 9:14 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 S Greensboro Municipa, AL	SEVERAL TREES IN THE ROAD ON COUNTY ROAD 16 IN CEDARVILLE.
Oct 13, 9:41 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 S Newbern, AL	TREES ACROSS CR10 SOUTH OF NEWBERN.

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 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 3 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
Oct 13, 3:37 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 96 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: 880 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 710 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 338 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 406 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.9
Supercell composite: 13.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

646 
WUUS54 KBMX 140206
SVRBMX
ALC065-140245-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0133.141014T0206Z-141014T0245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HALE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 904 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
  AKRON TO SAWYERVILLE TO DUFFYS BEND...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE...NEWBERN...CEDARVILLE...MOUNDVILLE
  AIRPORT...HARPER HILL...HAVANA AND ELLIOTS CREEK.

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 CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR ALABAMA.

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

LAT...LON 3288 8782 3295 8773 3298 8775 3301 8771
      3300 8743 3300 8742 3284 8742 3283 8747
      3266 8748 3265 8753 3255 8753 3254 8780
      3258 8779 3259 8774 3263 8781 3266 8775
      3266 8780 3272 8783 3275 8780 3278 8784
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 268DEG 37KT 3293 8768 3278 8764
          3263 8768

$$

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2 follow-up statements

387 
WWUS54 KBMX 140216
SVSBMX

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

ALC065-140245-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0133.000000T0000Z-141014T0245Z/
HALE AL-
916 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HALE COUNTY
UNTIL 945 PM CDT...

AT 918 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 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOUNDVILLE TO GREENSBORO TO 5 MILES WEST OF
NEWBERN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GREENSBORO...NEWBERN...PHIPPS AND WATEROAK.

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.

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 3258 8776 3259 8774 3262 8775 3301 8764
      3300 8743 3284 8742 3283 8747 3266 8748
      3265 8753 3255 8753 3255 8777
TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 246DEG 26KT 3292 8755 3274 8760
          3259 8764

$$

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457 
WWUS54 KBMX 140229
SVSBMX

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

ALC065-140245-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0133.000000T0000Z-141014T0245Z/
HALE AL-
929 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN HALE
COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM CDT...

AT 927 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 LOW GAP TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREENSBORO TO NEWBERN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WATEROAK.

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.

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 3300 8752 3300 8743 3284 8742 3283 8747
      3266 8748 3265 8753 3255 8753 3256 8768
TIME...MOT...LOC 0229Z 246DEG 26KT 3296 8745 3278 8750
          3263 8754

$$

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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 Oct 13, 6:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 6:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

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

.UPDATE...
FOR 00Z 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...
00Z TAF DISCUSSION.

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL AFFECT THE TAF SITES AHEAD OF AN
ORGANIZED LINE OF STORMS. THIS LINE IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED SOMEWHAT AS IT MOVES INTO ALABAMA. WINDS COULD GUST
IN THE 25-35KT RANGE WITH ANY CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. EXPECT
AMENDMENTS TO ADJUST TIMING OF THE LINE AND WEST WIND SHIFT. BEST
ESTIMATE FOR ARRIVAL AT KBHM IS AROUND 0230Z-0300Z AND 0600Z FOR
KMGM. THE WIND SHIFT WILL BE TEMPORARY AND WINDS SHOULD TURN BACK
TO THE SOUTH BEHIND THE LINE AND AHEAD OF THE SYNOPTIC FRONT.

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.

87/GRANTHAM

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES: BLOUNT...FAYETTE...LAMAR...MARION...WALKER...WINSTON.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: BLOUNT...FAYETTE...LAMAR...MARION...
WALKER...WINSTON.

&&

05/87

Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 13, 6:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

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

ALZ011>015-017>050-142315-
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-
615 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...TONIGHT.

A SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE AND
EMBEDDED TORNADOES WILL MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL ALABAMA TONIGHT. THIS
ORGANIZED ACTIVITY WILL APPROACH THE INTERSTATE 65 CORRIDOR AROUND
MIDNIGHT...THEN SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA THE
REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE ORGANIZED LINE.

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 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.

SOME THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY
ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THIS WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE
ORGANIZED LINE PROGRESSION OVERNIGHT AND THIS TIME PERIOD WILL BE
UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WILL BE
NEEDED FROM THROUGH TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 13, 5:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
541 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

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

0335 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BIRMINGHAM              33.53N 86.80W
10/13/2014                   JEFFERSON          AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            POWERPOLES SNAPPED AT 22ND ST AND 2ND AVE N.

&&

ANDERSON

Local storm report, Oct 13, 6:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
649 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

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

0423 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DOUBLE SPRINGS          34.15N 87.40W
10/13/2014                   WINSTON            AL   PUBLIC

            A FEW TREES DOWN AROUND DOUBLE SPRINGS. SOCIAL MEDIA

&&

LINHARES

Local storm report, Oct 13, 6:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
659 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

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

0625 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 WNW BEDFORD           33.80N 88.23W
10/13/2014                   LAMAR              AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN NEAR COUNTY LAKE ROAD AND ABERDEEN ROAD WEST
            OF VERNON.

&&

DAVIS

Special weather statement, Oct 13, 7:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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

ALZ011-013>015-022-140115-
FAYETTE AL-MARION AL-PICKENS AL-WALKER AL-WINSTON AL-
711 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN WINSTON...WESTERN
WALKER...NORTHEASTERN PICKENS...EASTERN MARION AND FAYETTE COUNTIES
UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

AT 712 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
HACKLEBURG TO 7 MILES EAST OF BLUFF TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF ASHCRAFT
CORNER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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...
  FAYETTE...
  HALEYVILLE...
  LYNN...
  CARBON HILL...
  ASHCRAFT CORNER...

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 3430 8732 3359 8735 3361 8763 3359 8763
      3357 8767 3352 8767 3352 8784 3339 8784
      3330 8808 3353 8798 3352 8795 3360 8795
      3373 8789 3431 8788
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 235DEG 29KT 3432 8778 3379 8779
          3345 8794

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Local storm report, Oct 13, 7:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
722 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

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

0348 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S DORA                33.70N 87.09W
10/13/2014                   WALKER             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            *** 1 FATAL *** ELDERLY WOMAN KILLED FROM TREE FALLING ON
            MOBILE HOME ON CREEL STREET NEAR DORA. TIME ESTIMATED
            FROM RADAR.

&&

DAVIS

Local storm report, Oct 13, 8:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
800 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

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

0747 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SSW BLOOMING GROVE    33.74N 88.00W
10/13/2014                   LAMAR              AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN AND POSSIBLE STRUCTURE DAMAGE NEAR
            INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 49 AND HIGHWAY 18. TIME
            ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

&&

DAVIS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 13, 7:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette, Marion, Winston	64 min
Oct 13, 8:41 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter	4 days
Oct 13, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	48 min
Oct 13, 9:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Walker and 1 more	3 hr
Oct 13, 9:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bibb, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry and 1 more	3 hr
Oct 13, 9:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Blount, Chilton, Jefferson, Lowndes, Shelby	3 hr
Oct 13, 11:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga	38 min
Oct 14, 12:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	40 min
Oct 14, 12:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pike	42 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.