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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 3, 2015Greene County, Hale County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 3, 2015, 6:02 PM CST for Greene County, Hale County, Alabama. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 3, 2015, 6:02 PM CST (00:02 UTC)
Expired: Jan 3, 2015, 6:45 PM CST
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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 3, 3:18 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 93 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: 14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 598 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

813 
WUUS54 KBMX 040002
SVRBMX
ALC063-065-040045-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0003.150104T0002Z-150104T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
602 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 PM CST

* AT 559 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
  MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THORNHILL...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF
  EUTAW...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EUTAW...WALDEN QUARTERS...SAWYERVILLE...WEDGEWORTH...EVANSVILLE...
  AKRON...MOUNDVILLE AND SELDEN LOCK AND DAM.

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 800 PM CST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN ALABAMA.

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

LAT...LON 3302 8774 3302 8772 3301 8772 3300 8751
      3296 8742 3283 8742 3283 8747 3277 8747
      3262 8791 3263 8792 3263 8794 3277 8804
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 240DEG 49KT 3273 8789

$$

GRANTHAM

3 follow-up statements

673 
WWUS54 KBMX 040015
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
615 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

ALC063-040025-
/O.CAN.KBMX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150104T0045Z/
GREENE AL-
615 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY 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 3280 8782 3289 8782 3290 8777 3292 8777
      3295 8773 3298 8775 3299 8771 3301 8771
      3300 8751 3296 8742 3283 8742 3283 8747
      3277 8747 3266 8779 3271 8780 3272 8783
      3276 8781 3277 8787
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 239DEG 48KT 3290 8773 3271 8773

$$

ALC065-040045-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150104T0045Z/
HALE AL-
615 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN HALE
COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CST...

AT 612 PM 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 AKRON TO DUFFYS BEND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MOUNDVILLE...MOUNDVILLE AIRPORT...HARPER HILL...HAVANA...ELLIOTS
  CREEK...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.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3280 8782 3289 8782 3290 8777 3292 8777
      3295 8773 3298 8775 3299 8771 3301 8771
      3300 8751 3296 8742 3283 8742 3283 8747
      3277 8747 3266 8779 3271 8780 3272 8783
      3276 8781 3277 8787
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 239DEG 48KT 3290 8773 3271 8773

$$

GRANTHAM

150 
WWUS54 KBMX 040026
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
626 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

ALC065-040045-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150104T0045Z/
HALE AL-
626 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
HALE COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CST...

AT 624 PM 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 MOUNDVILLE TO GREENSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  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.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3300 8751 3296 8742 3283 8742 3283 8747
      3277 8747 3270 8765 3270 8768 3301 8770
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 240DEG 46KT 3297 8758 3278 8758

$$

GRANTHAM

474 
WWUS54 KBMX 040041
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
641 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

ALC065-040051-
/O.EXP.KBMX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150104T0045Z/
HALE AL-
641 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HALE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 645 PM CST...

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

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

LAT...LON 3300 8751 3296 8742 3283 8742 3283 8747
      3277 8747 3270 8765 3270 8768 3301 8770
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 240DEG 46KT 3306 8739 3287 8739

$$

GRANTHAM

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 3, 5:55 PM CST, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 5:55 PM CST, 7 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
555 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

.UPDATE...
FOR 00Z AVIATION.

&&

.DISCUSSION...

SEVERAL STORMS CURRENTLY EXHIBITING ROTATING MOVING ACROSS THE
STATE LINE IN AN AREA OF STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR WITH 0-1 KM BULK
SHEAR VALES OVER 35 KTS AND 0-1 KM SRH VALUES IN EXCESS OF 300
M2/S2. THESE SHEAR VALUES HAVE INCREASED AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
IS TAKING ON A NEGATIVE TILT ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
PLAINS. MOISTURE HAS GREATLY INCREASED ACROSS THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON WITH 60 DEGREE DEWPOINTS ALL THE WAY INTO SOUTHERN
TENNESSEE. THESE HIGHER MOISTURE VALUES HAVE PRODUCED SBCAPE
VALUES OF AROUND 250-750 J/KG ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA. THE QUESTION NOW IS HOW FAR ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA WILL
THIS AREA OF SEVERE STORMS MOVE. IT APPEARS THAT THE LOW LEVEL JET
WILL BEGIN TO LIFT OUT TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 03-06Z. IN
ADDITION...THE LOW LEVEL WIND FIELDS WILL VEER TO MORE OF A
SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION AND THIS SHOULD LIMIT THE OVERALL LOW
LEVEL SHEAR. THERE IS ALSO A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS STRETCHING
FROM NEAR PELL CITY SOUTHWARD TO NEAR SELMA. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS
AND STORMS COULD ALSO WORK OVER SOME OF THE UNSTABLE AIRMASS
CAUSING THE MAIN LINE OF STORMS TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES TO THE EAST.
REGARDLESS...0-1 KM BULK SHEAR AND 0-1 KM SRH REMAIN ELEVATED OFF
THE LATEST RUN OF THE RUC AND EXPECT AT LEAST AN EXTENSION OF THE
WATCH EAST A ROW OF COUNTIES OR TWO IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION.

05/MA

&&

.AVIATION...
00Z TAF DISCUSSION.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM
WILL AFFECT TCL AT 00Z...THEN THE OTHER TERMINALS WITH THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS. BROUGHT A MIX OF IFR CEILINGS....GUSTY
WINDS...THUNDER MENTION AND WIND SHEAR IN THE FORECAST FOR THE
NORTHERN TERMINALS UNTIL 02-04Z. SOUTHERN SITES I DID NOT MENTION
THE WIND SHEAR AS THE STRONGER WINDS LIFT NORTHWARD OVER THE NEXT
FEW HOURS. THE SURFACE WINDS WILL START WITH AN EASTERLY
COMPONENT AND SLOWLY SWING AROUND TO THE SOUTH AND THEN WEST AS
THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES BY.

CEILINGS GO UP AND DOWN AT ALL TERMINALS BETWEEN MVFR AND IFR
THROUGH AROUND 15Z BEFORE RISING INTO MVFR UNDER WESTERLY WINDS.

LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR WAS ADDED DUE TO THE CHANGE IN WIND DIRECTION
INITIALLY BETWEEN THE SURFACE AND 020. THIS DIRECTIONAL CHANGE
DECREASES WITH TIME BUT THE WINDS SLOWLY INCREASE THE NEXT FEW
HOURS...BEFORE THE WINDS DECREASE AND MOVE OFF TO THE NORTH.

75

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...
/ISSUED 229 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015/

THERE'S SEVERAL WEATHER IMPACTS TO DISCUSS OVER THE NEXT SEVEN
DAYS SO LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT. THE FIRST OF THESE IMPACTS IS
LITERALLY RIGHT ON OUR DOORSTEP. AN UPPER LOW IS SPINNING OVER THE
TEXAS PANHANDLE WITH THE ASSOCIATED SFC LOW TRACKING NORTHEAST
INTO ILLINOIS. THE TRAILING COLD FRONT CURRENTLY STRETCHES
SOUTHWARD FROM THE LOW CENTER INTO CENTRAL LA. THE WARM FRONT
CONTINUES TO PUSH NORTHWARD ACROSS AL WITH DEW POINTS ALREADY IN
THE LOW/MID 60S ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN HALF OF THE STATE AS
MOISTURE SURGES NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF. A LINE OF STORMS IS
ALREADY TAKING SHAPE JUST EAST OF THE MS RIVER WITH SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OUT AHEAD OF THE LINE ACROSS SOUTH MS
JUST TO EAST OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE A MESOLOW. THE SQUALL LINE
WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS MS THIS AFTERNOON AND IS
SET TO ENTER OUR WESTERN COUNTIES AFTER 4PM...WITH SOME OF THE
INDIVIDUAL STORMS POSSIBLY ENTERING A BIT SOONER.

AS FOR THE IMPACTS EXPECTED HERE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA WITH THIS
SYSTEM...THEY HAVEN'T CHANGED MUCH. SPC STILL HAS THE WESTERN HALF
OF AL OUTLOOKED IN A SLIGHT RISK AND THIS IS WHERE WE WILL
CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS. SHEAR
WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS AND ROTATING
UPDRAFTS...AND EVEN WITH CONTINUED CLOUD COVER INSTABILITIES
SHOULD BE IN THE 500-1000 J/KG RANGE AT LEAST IN THE SW PORTION OF
THE CWA. EXPECT THE SYSTEM TO MAINTAIN INTENSITY AS IT ENTERS
WESTERN AL LATE THIS AFTERNOON FOLLOWED BY A WEAKENING TREND AS IT
PROGRESSES EASTWARD ACROSS THE STATE...MAINLY DUE TO WANING
INSTABILITIES AND WEAKENING UPPER LEVEL FORCING. DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO
BE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN TIME FRAME OF CONCERN REMAINS 4PM UNTIL
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. BEYOND MIDNIGHT EXPECT THE SYSTEM TO WEAKEN WITH
A LINE IF SHOWERS AND SUB-SEVERE STORMS TO CONTINUE TO PUSH EAST
ACROSS EASTERN AL THRU SUNDAY MORNING.

ANOTHER POTENTIAL THREAT FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL BE LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING. GROUND CONDITIONS REMAIN FAIRLY SATURATED AFTER THE
HEAVY RAINS OF THE PAST TWO WEEKS...AND SEVERAL AREA RIVERS REMAIN
SLIGHTLY ELEVATED. WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1-2 INCHES OF RAIN FORECAST
FROM NOW THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG/NORTH OF A LINE FROM DEMOPOLIS TO
ANNISTON. MINOR RIVER FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE...MOST NOTABLY
ALONG PORTIONS OF THE TOMBIGBEE AND BLACK WARRIOR RIVERS.

ONCE THIS SYSTEM FINALLY EXITS TO THE EAST BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON
WE'LL SEE A MUCH NEEDED PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER THAT WILL PERSIST
THRU NEXT WEEK. ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE DRY...IT WON'T BE WITHOUT
IMPACT. A DRY COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY WHICH WILL
BE FOLLOWED BY AN ARCTIC AIR MASS. THIS WILL BE THE COLDEST TEMPS
WE'VE SEEN THIS WINTER SEASON. TEMPS WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL BOTTOM
OUT IN THE TEENS AND 20S...WITH A HARD FREEZE LIKELY ACROSS THE
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. NORTHERLY WINDS OF AROUND 10
MPH WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS...OR PERHAPS EVEN
BELOW ZERO IN SOME LOCATIONS. HIGHS ON THU WILL STRUGGLE TO REACH
THE FREEZING MARK IN THE NORTH.

19

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GADSDEN     57  58  30  45  26 / 100  50   0   0   0
ANNISTON    60  61  32  47  27 / 100  70   0   0   0
BIRMINGHAM  56  57  30  45  29 / 100  40   0   0   0
TUSCALOOSA  55  56  31  47  28 / 100  20   0   0   0
CALERA      57  58  32  47  30 / 100  50   0   0   0
AUBURN      62  63  34  50  32 /  90  80  10   0   0
MONTGOMERY  63  64  36  51  30 / 100  80   0   0   0
TROY        64  65  36  52  31 /  90  80  10   0   0

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES: BIBB...BLOUNT...CALHOUN...CHEROKEE...CLEBURNE...
ETOWAH...FAYETTE...GREENE...HALE...JEFFERSON...LAMAR...MARION...
PICKENS...SHELBY...ST. CLAIR...SUMTER...TALLADEGA...TUSCALOOSA...
WALKER...WINSTON.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 3, 12:23 PM CST, 5 hours 39 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1223 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

ALZ011>015-017>050-041830-
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-
1223 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO TRACK ACROSS WEST ALABAMA
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. A FEW OF THESE
STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED
OUT. THE MAIN THREAT AREA FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE GENERALLY
ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 FROM 4 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT. HEAVY
RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD LEAD TO FLASH
FLOODING TONIGHT AND THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...GENERALLY ALONG AND
NORTH OF LINE FROM DEMOPOLIS...TO CALERA...TO HEFLIN.

DUE TO EXPECTED RAINFALL...POINTS ALONG THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER ARE
EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT. PLEASE REFER TO FLOOD
STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS.

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

THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A HARD FREEZE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA AS
TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING ARE
FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE TEENS. IN ADDITION TO THE VERY COLD
TEMPERATURES...BRISK NORTH WINDS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY
MORNING COULD PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR ZERO
DEGREES ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA.

THE COLD AND DRY AIR MAY RESULT IN HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THURSDAY
ACROSS THE AREA.

DUE TO EXPECTED RAINFALL...POINTS ALONG THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER AND
BLACK WARRIOR RIVER ARE EXPECTED TO RISE OR REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE. PLEASE REFER TO FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE
NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

08/MK

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 3, 5:26 PM CST, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
526 PM CST SAT JAN 03 2015

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

0502 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 WNW VERNON            33.79N 88.21W
01/03/2015                   LAMAR              AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON COUNTY LAKE ROAD AND ABERDEEN
            ROAD.

&&

KSUMRALL

Special weather statement, Jan 3, 5:32 PM CST, 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
532 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

ALZ042-040015-
LOWNDES AL-
532 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LOWNDES COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM
CST...

AT 530 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF SNOW HILL...OR 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MOSSES...MOVING NORTHEAST 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...
  MOSSES...
  HAYNEVILLE...
  GORDONVILLE...
  BEECHWOOD...
  WHITE HALL...

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 3196 8686 3204 8687 3204 8691 3220 8691
      3223 8687 3223 8681 3224 8684 3238 8662
      3236 8660 3238 8658 3237 8655 3234 8653
      3234 8648 3228 8648 3223 8641 3195 8678
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 225DEG 39KT 3200 8689

05/MA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 3, 6:11 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Pickens, Sumter	3 hr
Jan 3, 6:31 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Hale, Marion, Tuscaloosa, Walker	3 hr
Jan 3, 6:53 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bibb, Blount, Fayette, Hale, Jefferson, Perry and 3 more	3 hr
Jan 3, 7:10 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb, Blount, Etowah, St. Clair, Shelby	50 min
Jan 3, 7:58 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Etowah, Talladega	47 min
Jan 3, 8:15 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lowndes	45 min
Jan 3, 8:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lowndes	29 min
Jan 3, 8:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Montgomery	21 min
Jan 3, 8:48 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Montgomery	16 min
Jan 3, 9:08 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Greene, Lamar, Pickens, Sumter	3 hr
Jan 3, 9:18 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Elmore	42 min
Jan 3, 9:20 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Sumter	5 days
Jan 3, 9:39 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Lamar, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter	3 hr
Jan 3, 9:48 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Fayette, Hale, Marion, Tuscaloosa	3 hr
Jan 3, 11:00 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Jefferson, Perry, Shelby and 2 more	3 hr
Jan 4, 1:40 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marengo, Pickens and 2 more	3 hr
Jan 4, 2:00 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Jefferson, Perry, Shelby, Walker	3 hr
Jan 4, 2:56 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers, Elmore, Macon, Montgomery, Tallapoosa	64 min
Jan 4, 3:37 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pike	24 min
Jan 4, 6:18 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Tuscaloosa	38 hr
Jan 4, 6:18 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter, Tuscaloosa	71 hr
Jan 4, 8:05 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter	63 hr
Jan 4, 8:05 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby	25 hr
Jan 4, 8:05 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Bibb, Dallas, Perry	35 hr
Jan 4, 1:27 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Chilton, Coosa, Elmore, Shelby, Talladega	21 hr
Jan 4, 1:32 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker	41 hr

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.