Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 11, 20144 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 11, 2014, 7:45 AM CST for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 45 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: Jan 11, 2014, 7:45 AM CST (13:45 UTC)
Expired: Jan 11, 2014, 8:30 AM CST
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Elmore County, AL, Lee County, AL, Macon County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:46 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 11, 7:47 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	4 E Tallassee, AL	TREES DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 49 AND WEST GANTTS MILL RD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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 2 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 11, 7:07 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 172 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: 214 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 471 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 452 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 501 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

008 
WUUS54 KBMX 111345
SVRBMX
ALC051-081-087-123-111430-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0004.140111T1345Z-140111T1430Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
745 AM CST SAT JAN 11 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ELMORE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  WEST CENTRAL LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  WESTERN MACON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 830 AM CST

* AT 746 AM CST...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
  LIBERTY CITY TO TYSONVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NOTASULGA...FRANKLIN...CROSS KEYS...LOACHAPOKA AND UPHAPEE CREEK.

THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 85 EXIT NUMBERS 22 THROUGH 32...

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 200 PM CST SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA.

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

LAT...LON 3227 8587 3229 8588 3230 8590 3228 8590
      3229 8594 3232 8596 3234 8599 3241 8601
      3242 8603 3240 8605 3241 8606 3273 8577
      3262 8556
TIME...MOT...LOC 1346Z 300DEG 28KT 3261 8573 3238 8595

$$

75

2 follow-up statements

440 
WWUS54 KBMX 111405
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
805 AM CST SAT JAN 11 2014

ALC051-081-087-123-111430-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140111T1430Z/
ELMORE AL-LEE AL-MACON AL-TALLAPOOSA AL-
805 AM CST SAT JAN 11 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
TALLAPOOSA...WESTERN MACON...WEST CENTRAL LEE AND SOUTHEASTERN ELMORE
COUNTIES UNTIL 830 AM CST...

AT 801 AM CST...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 5 MILES WEST OF AUBURN UNIVERSITY TO TUSKEGEE TO HARDAWAY...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN MACON COUNTY.

THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 85 EXIT NUMBERS 22 THROUGH 32...

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 3262 8556 3227 8587 3230 8590 3228 8590
      3229 8594 3232 8596 3234 8600 3241 8601
      3242 8604 3240 8605 3241 8606 3268 8568
TIME...MOT...LOC 1405Z 305DEG 27KT 3258 8555 3242 8570
          3231 8587

$$

077 
WWUS54 KBMX 111415
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
815 AM CST SAT JAN 11 2014

ALC051-081-123-111425-
/O.CAN.KBMX.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140111T1430Z/
ELMORE AL-LEE AL-TALLAPOOSA AL-
815 AM CST SAT JAN 11 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TALLAPOOSA...
WEST CENTRAL LEE AND SOUTHEASTERN ELMORE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED ACROSS 
THE WARNED AREA.

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

LAT...LON 3227 8587 3230 8590 3228 8590 3234 8599
      3241 8601 3242 8602 3243 8599 3245 8599
      3245 8589 3248 8587 3249 8588 3249 8580
      3258 8579 3258 8571 3260 8570 3255 8562
TIME...MOT...LOC 1415Z 305DEG 27KT 3254 8548 3238 8563
          3227 8580

$$

ALC087-111430-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140111T1430Z/
MACON AL-
815 AM CST SAT JAN 11 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN MACON
COUNTY UNTIL 830 AM CST...

AT 810 AM CST...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 AUBURN TO LAKE TUSKEGEE TO HARDAWAY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 85 EXIT NUMBERS 22 THROUGH 32...

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 3227 8587 3230 8590 3228 8590 3234 8599
      3241 8601 3242 8602 3243 8599 3245 8599
      3245 8589 3248 8587 3249 8588 3249 8580
      3258 8579 3258 8571 3260 8570 3255 8562
TIME...MOT...LOC 1415Z 305DEG 27KT 3254 8548 3238 8563
          3227 8580

$$

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 11, 6:02 AM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 6:02 AM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
602 AM CST SAT JAN 11 2014

.UPDATE...
FOR 12Z AVIATION.

&&

.DISCUSSION...

CURRENTLY IN THE 50S AND 60S ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA AT THIS LATE
HOUR WITH THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. A FAIRLY LARGE
TURNAROUND FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS EARLIER THIS WEEK. A LINE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE JUST MOVED INTO NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS
OF THE STATE ALONG A PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH. THE COLD FRONT IS STILL
FURTHER TO THE WEST ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. FURTHER TO THE
SOUTH...A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED EARLIER TONIGHT
ALONG A WARM FRONT. THESE SHOWERS HAVE MOVED INTO GEORGIA AND THE
FOCUS IS NOW ALONG THE PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH. DEWPOINTS ARE A FEW
DEGREES HIGHER THAN WHAT A MAJORITY OF THE MODELS HAVE BEEN
SHOWING. AT 3 AM...THE DEWPOINT IS 64 DEGREE FAHRENHEIT AT
MONTGOMERY AND TROY. THE ACTIVITY ACROSS THE AREA IS CURRENTLY
ELEVATED. THE 00Z SOUNDING INDICATED DECENT LAPSE RATES ALOFT AND
EXPECT THESE LAPSE RATES HAVE INCREASED AS TEMPERATURES ALOFT HAVE
COOLED WITH FALLING HEIGHTS. SO FAR...THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF
WIND GUSTS IN THE 30-40 MPH RANGE WITH SMALL PEA SIZED HAIL. THERE
HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF INSTANCES WITH THE 50 DBZ HEIGHT AROUND THE
-20 DEGREE CELSIUS LEVEL OR HIGHER. THESE REFLECTIVITIES VALUES
HAVE ONLY PRODUCED PEA TO POSSIBLY HALF INCH SIZED HAIL. THE DEEP
LAYER SHEAR IS SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN THE STORMS ACROSS THE CWA
WITH VALUES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 60-70 KTS. LOW LEVEL SHEAR IS
NOT TOO SHABBY WITH 0-1 KM SRH VALUES RANGING FROM 200-300 ACROSS
THE SOUTH TO 300-400 ACROSS THE NORTH. THE QUESTION BECOMES CAN WE
SEE ANY SURFACE BASED STORMS AS THE DEWPOINTS CONTINUE TO INCREASE
ACROSS THE AREA. WE WILL HAVE TO WATCH THE 65 DEGREE ISODROSOTHERM
CAREFULLY THIS MORNING...AS IT APPEARS STORMS COULD BECOME SURFACE
BASED WITH DEWPOINTS REACHING THAT 65-67 DEGREE RANGE. EVEN
SO...LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE POOR DUE TO THE SATURATED BOUNDARY
LAYER. AT THIS TIME...EXPECT STRONG STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA WITH WIND GUSTS RANGING FROM 30-50 MPH
WITH SMALL HAIL POSSIBLY UP TO PENNY SIZED. WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE
TO MONITOR THE INCREASING DEWPOINTS AND AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM
OR TWO WOULD NOT BE OUT OF THE QUESTION EARLY THIS MORNING. THE
FRONT WILL CLEAR THE FORECAST AREA AROUND NOON AND EXPECT ANY
CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM WILL BE OVER BY AROUND 11 AM.

COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN TO THE AREA TONIGHT BUT THE COLD AIR
ADVECTION IS WEAK AND EXPECT TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY DROP DOWN TO
NEAR NORMAL OR JUST ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. SUNDAY WILL
BE A DECENT DAY IN BETWEEN SYSTEMS. SKIES SHOULD BE MOSTLY SUNNY AS
A RIDGE SETS UP ACROSS THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO RIVER VALLEYS.
TEMPERATURES WILL TOP OUT IN THE UPPER 50S AND LOWER 60S.

THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN RETURNS ON MONDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
MOVES ACROSS THE PLAINS. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE
TIMING AND AMOUNT OF MOISTURE WITH THIS SYSTEM. THEREFORE...HAVE
INCREASED POPS DURING THIS TIMEFRAME. PW VALUES WILL INCREASE TO
OVER AN INCH AS THE FRONT APPROACHES WITH MEAN RH VALUES OVER 90
PERCENT. EXPECT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH TO AN INCH AND HALF WILL
BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM. NOT EXPECTING ANY FLOODING ISSUES AS
THE SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA FAIRLY QUICKLY. ANOTHER CLIPPER SYSTEM
WILL MOVE IN RIGHT BEHIND THE PREVIOUS SYSTEM. UPPER LEVEL HEIGHTS
WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE WITH TEMPERATURES ALOFT COOLING RAPIDLY.
THE OVERALL MOISTURE HAS DECREASED WITH THE LATEST MODELS AND HAVE
LOWERED POPS WITH THE CLIPPER SYSTEM TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY
MORNING. MODEL SOUNDINGS FROM THE GFS INDICATE THAT THE FREEZING
LEVEL IS STILL A COUPLE OF THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE GROUND BEFORE
MIDNIGHT. THEREFORE...HAVE DELAYED THE MIXTURE OF RAIN/SNOW UNTIL
AFTER MIDNIGHT. 850MB TEMPERATURES DECREASE RAPIDLY ON WEDNESDAY
DOWN TO THE -10 TO -12 DEGREES CELSIUS AND EXPECT HIGH TEMPERATURES
WILL HAVE A HARD TIME MAKING IT OUT OF THE 40S. TEMPERATURES WILL
MODERATE SOME ON THURSDAY BEFORE ANOTHER CLIPPER SYSTEM DIVES DOWN
ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THE MOISTURE
WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE EVEN MORE LIMITED THAN THE FIRST ONE.

05/MA

&&

.AVIATION...
12Z TAF DISCUSSION.

PRE-FRONTAL LINE OF CONVECTION IS MAKING ITS WAY QUICKLY EASTWARD
OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS MORNING...AND WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EAST
UNTIL IT MOVES OUT OF ALABAMA BY 17-18Z. STORMS WILL AFFECT ANB...
MGM...AND TOI THROUGH THE MORNING. HAVE TEMPO TSRA INCLUDED TO
ACCOUNT FOR THIS. WINDS WILL BE QUITE GUSTY WITH THE TSRA PASSAGE
AS STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS ALOFT ARE ABLE TO MIX DOWN TO THE
SURFACE. BEHIND THE LINE OF STORMS...AN AREA OF MODERATE RAIN
SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE FOR AN HOUR OR TWO...BEFORE THE MVFR CIGS
SCATTER OUT WITH THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT PASSAGE.

77/GLEASON

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GADSDEN     62  33  56  37  56 / 100   0   0   0  80
ANNISTON    64  35  58  40  59 / 100   0   0   0  80
BIRMINGHAM  63  37  58  43  58 /  90   0   0  10  80
TUSCALOOSA  65  36  61  43  60 /  70   0   0  10  80
CALERA      64  37  59  41  58 /  90   0   0  10  80
AUBURN      65  38  58  41  59 / 100   0   0   0  80
MONTGOMERY  69  38  61  41  62 / 100   0   0  10  80
TROY        69  37  62  40  63 / 100   0   0  10  80

&&

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

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 11, 7:33 AM CST, 12 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
733 AM CST SAT JAN 11 2014

ALZ011>015-017>050-121345-
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-
733 AM CST SAT JAN 11 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE WILL BE A BRIEF WINDOW WHERE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY
DEVELOP THIS MORNING. THE THREATS INCLUDE DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND
POSSIBLE TORNADOES. THE THREAT HAS ENDED FOR AREAS WEST OF A LINE
FROM ROANOKE TO SELMA. FOR AREAS GENERALLY EAST OF THIS LINE...THE
THREAT WILL LAST UNTIL AROUND 10 AM.

SEVERAL INGREDIENTS STILL HAVE TO COME TOGETHER TO GENERATE
SEVERE WEATHER THIS MORNING. BUT THERE CERTAINLY IS A SMALL THREAT
THAT IT MAY OCCUR. BE PREPARED IF ANY SEVERE WATCHES OR WARNINGS
BECOME NECESSARY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THE PREVIOUS MENTION OF LIGHT SNOW ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA ON
TUESDAY NIGHT HAS DECREASED ENOUGH TO REMOVED MENTION AT THIS
TIME. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BECOME
NECESSARY THROUGH 10 AM TODAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 11, 6:08 AM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
608 AM CST SAT JAN 11 2014

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

1212 AM     HAIL             PIEDMONT                33.93N 85.62W
01/11/2014  E0.25 INCH       CALHOUN            AL   PUBLIC

0103 AM     HAIL             HACKLEBURG              34.27N 87.83W
01/11/2014  E0.25 INCH       MARION             AL   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

0120 AM     LIGHTNING        HAMILTON                34.14N 87.98W
01/11/2014                   MARION             AL   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            LIGHTNING STRUCK A SHED AND CAUSED A FIRE.

0120 AM     LIGHTNING        2 S HODGES              34.30N 87.93W
01/11/2014                   MARION             AL   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            A POWER POLE WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AND KNOCKED DOWN.

0122 AM     LIGHTNING        HALEYVILLE              34.24N 87.62W
01/11/2014                   WINSTON            AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            A TREE WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AND DOWN IN THE SAME AREA
            NEAR POLE POLE...NEAR AIRPORT ROAD.

0123 AM     HAIL             HALEYVILLE              34.24N 87.62W
01/11/2014  E0.25 INCH       WINSTON            AL   PUBLIC

0450 AM     HAIL             ENSLEY                  33.51N 86.89W
01/11/2014  E0.75 INCH       JEFFERSON          AL   AMATEUR RADIO

0521 AM     HAIL             4 N ANNISTON            33.72N 85.81W
01/11/2014  E0.88 INCH       CALHOUN            AL   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

0523 AM     TSTM WND DMG     4 NNW ANNISTON          33.72N 85.84W
01/11/2014                   CALHOUN            AL   911 CALL CENTER

            TWO POWER POLES SNAPPED OFF AND TREES DOWN ACROSS THE
            POWER LINES AT LENLOCK LANE AND ARROW AVENUE.

0523 AM     LIGHTNING        WEAVER                  33.76N 85.81W
01/11/2014                   CALHOUN            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HOME STRUCK BY LIGHTNING UNKNOWN DAMAGE

0524 AM     HAIL             3 NE ANNISTON           33.69N 85.78W
01/11/2014  E1.00 INCH       CALHOUN            AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

0540 AM     HAIL             4 NW TALLADEGA          33.47N 86.15W
01/11/2014  E1.00 INCH       TALLADEGA          AL   PUBLIC

            NEAR STEMLEY

&&

LINHARES

Special weather statement, Jan 11, 6:29 AM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
629 AM CST SAT JAN 11 2014

ALZ021-028-029-036>038-111315-
CHAMBERS AL-CLAY AL-CLEBURNE AL-COOSA AL-RANDOLPH AL-TALLAPOOSA AL-
629 AM CST SAT JAN 11 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHAMBERS...TALLAPOOSA...
RANDOLPH...SOUTHEASTERN COOSA...SOUTHEASTERN CLEBURNE AND
SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTIES UNTIL 715 AM CST...

AT 629 AM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RANBURNE TO ASHLAND TO
HILLABEE CREEK TO CREWSVILLE TO PENTONVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 50
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...
  EQUALITY...
  LAKE WEDOWEE...
  ALEXANDER CITY...
  WEDOWEE...
  DADEVILLE...

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 3278 8512 3274 8515 3273 8559 3275 8560
      3276 8626 3294 8618 3302 8598 3326 8587
      3359 8543 3361 8532 3288 8518 3285 8515
      3281 8516
TIME...MOT...LOC 1229Z 254DEG 44KT 3354 8538 3329 8575
          3304 8586 3296 8607 3282 8615

MA

Special weather statement, Jan 11, 6:41 AM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
641 AM CST SAT JAN 11 2014

ALZ037-041>047-111330-
AUTAUGA AL-BULLOCK AL-ELMORE AL-LEE AL-LOWNDES AL-MACON AL-MONTGOMERY
AL-TALLAPOOSA AL-
641 AM CST SAT JAN 11 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN AUTAUGA...SOUTHERN
TALLAPOOSA...MONTGOMERY...MACON...LOWNDES...WESTERN LEE...ELMORE AND
NORTHERN BULLOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 730 AM CST...

AT 640 AM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MARTIN LAKE AT KOWALIGA TO
ELMORE TO AUTAUGA COUNTY AIRPORT TO GORDONVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT
50 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...
  PRATTVILLE...
  MOSSES...
  HAYNEVILLE...
  MILLBROOK...
  WETUMPKA...

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 3208 8691 3241 8662 3254 8643 3275 8625
      3275 8559 3273 8559 3274 8557 3273 8557
      3274 8548 3273 8545 3206 8559 3205 8691
TIME...MOT...LOC 1241Z 251DEG 63KT 3276 8601 3258 8632
          3244 8651 3216 8675

MA

Local storm report, Jan 11, 7:20 AM CST, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
720 AM CST SAT JAN 11 2014

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

0719 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ALEXANDER CITY          32.93N 85.93W
01/11/2014                   TALLAPOOSA         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN AND NEAR THE CITY. SOME
            OF THE TREES LANDED ON HOMES.

&&

LINHARES

Local storm report, Jan 11, 7:23 AM CST, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
723 AM CST SAT JAN 11 2014

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

1212 AM     HAIL             PIEDMONT                33.93N 85.62W
01/11/2014  E0.25 INCH       CALHOUN            AL   PUBLIC

0103 AM     HAIL             HACKLEBURG              34.27N 87.83W
01/11/2014  E0.25 INCH       MARION             AL   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

0120 AM     LIGHTNING        2 S HODGES              34.30N 87.93W
01/11/2014                   MARION             AL   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            A POWER POLE WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AND KNOCKED DOWN.

0120 AM     LIGHTNING        HAMILTON                34.14N 87.98W
01/11/2014                   MARION             AL   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            LIGHTNING STRUCK A SHED AND CAUSED A FIRE.

0122 AM     LIGHTNING        HALEYVILLE              34.24N 87.62W
01/11/2014                   WINSTON            AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            A TREE WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AND DOWN IN THE SAME AREA
            NEAR POLE POLE...NEAR AIRPORT ROAD.

0123 AM     HAIL             HALEYVILLE              34.24N 87.62W
01/11/2014  E0.25 INCH       WINSTON            AL   PUBLIC

0450 AM     HAIL             ENSLEY                  33.51N 86.89W
01/11/2014  E0.75 INCH       JEFFERSON          AL   AMATEUR RADIO

0521 AM     HAIL             4 N ANNISTON            33.72N 85.81W
01/11/2014  E0.88 INCH       CALHOUN            AL   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

0523 AM     TSTM WND DMG     4 NNW ANNISTON          33.72N 85.84W
01/11/2014                   CALHOUN            AL   911 CALL CENTER

            TWO POWER POLES SNAPPED OFF AND TREES DOWN ACROSS THE
            POWER LINES AT LENLOCK LANE AND ARROW AVENUE.

0523 AM     LIGHTNING        WEAVER                  33.76N 85.81W
01/11/2014                   CALHOUN            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HOME STRUCK BY LIGHTNING UNKNOWN DAMAGE

0524 AM     HAIL             3 NE ANNISTON           33.69N 85.78W
01/11/2014  E1.00 INCH       CALHOUN            AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

0540 AM     HAIL             4 NW TALLADEGA          33.47N 86.15W
01/11/2014  E1.00 INCH       TALLADEGA          AL   PUBLIC

            NEAR STEMLEY

0650 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ALEXANDER CITY          32.93N 85.93W
01/11/2014                   TALLAPOOSA         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN AND NEAR THE CITY. SOME
            OF THE TREES LANDED ON HOMES.

0655 AM     TSTM WND DMG     NEW SITE                33.04N 85.78W
01/11/2014                   TALLAPOOSA         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ACROSS EASTERN AND NORTHERN TALLAPOOSA COUNTY.

&&

LINHARES

Special weather statement, Jan 11, 7:31 AM CST, 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
731 AM CST SAT JAN 11 2014

ALZ037-038-042>045-047-111415-
CHAMBERS AL-ELMORE AL-LEE AL-LOWNDES AL-MACON AL-MONTGOMERY
AL-TALLAPOOSA AL-
731 AM CST SAT JAN 11 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHAMBERS...SOUTHEASTERN
TALLAPOOSA...MONTGOMERY...WESTERN MACON...SOUTHEASTERN LOWNDES...
NORTHWESTERN LEE AND SOUTHEASTERN ELMORE COUNTIES UNTIL 815 AM CST...

AT 730 AM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MARTIN DAM TO FORT
DEPOSIT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
THESE WINDS ALONG WITH THE RAIN MAY KNOCK A FEW TREES DOWN.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  TALLASSEE...
  CAMP HILL...
  MILSTEAD...
  MEADVILLE...
  LAFAYETTE...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

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 3225 8587 3230 8590 3228 8590 3227 8599
      3215 8600 3203 8615 3201 8631 3205 8631
      3205 8639 3200 8640 3197 8681 3311 8533
      3310 8522 3285 8517
TIME...MOT...LOC 1330Z 245DEG 66KT 3265 8584 3204 8658

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 11, 12:32 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	43 min
Jan 11, 1:16 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	44 min
Jan 11, 2:02 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	43 min
Jan 11, 2:07 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Elmore, Lamar, Lowndes, Montgomery	119 days
Jan 11, 2:21 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette, Marion	39 min
Jan 11, 2:40 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	50 min
Jan 11, 3:56 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount, Jefferson, Tuscaloosa	49 min
Jan 11, 3:58 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene, Hale	47 min
Jan 11, 4:44 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah, Jefferson and 4 more	61 min
Jan 11, 4:47 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Hale, Perry, Shelby	58 min
Jan 11, 5:06 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bibb, Calhoun, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega	114 min
Jan 11, 5:21 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cleburne	24 min
Jan 11, 5:44 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Talladega	46 min
Jan 11, 6:14 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Calhoun, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa and 3 more	2 hr
Jan 11, 6:29 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers, Randolph, Tallapoosa	46 min
Jan 11, 6:41 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bullock, Elmore, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery	49 min
Jan 11, 6:52 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Clay, Randolph, Tallapoosa	38 min
Jan 11, 7:07 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Elmore	38 min
Jan 11, 7:31 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers, Montgomery	44 min
Jan 11, 7:54 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Chambers, Clay, Coosa, Elmore, Lee and 5 more	3 hr
Jan 11, 8:19 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bullock, Lee, Macon, Pike, Russell	56 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2014 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014

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.