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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 15, 2015Russell County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2015, 4:17 PM CDT for Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 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: Jul 15, 2015, 4:17 PM CDT (21:17 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 2015, 4:48 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Russell County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 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
Jul 15, 4:35 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 N Fort Mitchell, AL	A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 165 NEAR FORT MITCHELL.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 125 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: 306 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 928 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

989 
WUUS54 KBMX 152117
SVRBMX
ALC113-152200-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0113.150715T2117Z-150715T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
417 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 416 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LADONIA...OR
  NEAR PHENIX CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PHENIX CITY...LADONIA...RUSSELL COUNTY SPORTS COMPLEX...LADONIA
  SPORTS COMPLEX...PARKMANVILLE...PHENIX DRAG STRIP...CRAWFORD...FORT
  MITCHELL...FORT MITCHELL ACTIVITY CENTER AND UCHEE CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3225 8492 3222 8493 3222 8497 3221 8498
      3220 8496 3216 8503 3243 8526 3247 8521
      3247 8506 3251 8505 3242 8496 3241 8498
      3239 8497 3238 8499 3238 8497 3234 8501
      3232 8501 3230 8494 3226 8489
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 316DEG 25KT 3244 8512 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

32/DAVIS

2 follow-up statements

262 
WWUS54 KBMX 152135
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
435 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015

ALC113-152200-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-150715T2200Z/
RUSSELL AL-
435 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY...

AT 435 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER FORT
BENNING/LAWSON ARMY AIR FLD...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF PHENIX CITY...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RUSSELL COUNTY SPORTS COMPLEX...FORT MITCHELL...FORT MITCHELL
ACTIVITY CENTER AND UCHEE CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3225 8492 3222 8493 3222 8497 3221 8498
      3220 8496 3216 8503 3234 8518 3242 8508
      3242 8496 3241 8498 3239 8497 3238 8499
      3238 8497 3234 8501 3232 8501 3230 8494
      3226 8489
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 316DEG 25KT 3234 8501 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

32/DAVIS

831 
WWUS54 KBMX 152148
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
448 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015

ALC113-152158-
/O.CAN.KBMX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-150715T2200Z/
RUSSELL AL-
448 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BIRMINGHAM.

LAT...LON 3225 8492 3222 8493 3222 8497 3221 8498
      3220 8496 3216 8503 3234 8518 3242 8508
      3242 8496 3241 8498 3239 8497 3238 8499
      3238 8497 3234 8501 3232 8501 3230 8494
      3226 8489
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 316DEG 25KT 3227 8493 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 14, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Walker	65 min
Jul 14, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Jefferson	59 min
Jul 14, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	62 min
Jul 14, 8:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Etowah, St. Clair	23 min
Jul 14, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Shelby	59 min
Jul 14, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson	25 min
Jul 14, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Coosa, Talladega	50 min
Jul 14, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cleburne	44 min
Jul 14, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay	22 min
Jul 14, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Elmore	45 min
Jul 14, 9:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tallapoosa	58 min
Jul 14, 9:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers, Randolph	59 min
Jul 14, 9:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas, Perry	28 min
Jul 14, 9:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lowndes, Montgomery	67 min
Jul 15, 4:23 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	8 days
Jul 15, 3:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	29 min
Jul 15, 3:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	35 min
Jul 15, 4:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	27 min
Jul 15, 4:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chilton	37 min
Jul 15, 4:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Russell	34 min
Jul 15, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Shelby	41 min
Jul 15, 4:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Elmore	51 min
Jul 15, 4:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb, Tuscaloosa	45 min
Jul 15, 4:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Macon	49 min
Jul 15, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Perry	44 min
Jul 15, 5:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga, Elmore, Montgomery	40 min
Jul 15, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga	61 min
Jul 15, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bullock	63 min
Jul 15, 5:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	24 min
Jul 15, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga, Dallas, Hale, Lowndes, Montgomery, Perry	37 min
Jul 15, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Hale	46 min
Jul 15, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	29 min
Jul 15, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Pickens, Sumter	36 min
Jul 15, 6:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Russell	24 min
Jul 15, 6:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour, Bullock, Dallas, Hale, Lowndes, Perry and 1 more	66 min
Jul 15, 6:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene, Sumter	47 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.