Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 1, 2016, 7:02 PM CST for Autauga County, Dallas County, Lowndes County, Alabama. It was in force for 58 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
- Mar 1, 2016, 7:02 PM CST (01:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2016, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Autauga County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Lowndes County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 5:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1207 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 314 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 409 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
859
WUUS54 KBMX 020102
SVRBMX
ALC001-047-085-020200-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0013.160302T0102Z-160302T0200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
702 PM CST TUE MAR 1 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
AUTAUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 800 PM CST
* AT 701 PM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM FIVE POINTS TO NEAR BURNSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRATTVILLE...SELMA...MILLBROOK...VALLEY GRANDE...MOSSES...
HAYNEVILLE...SELMONT-WEST SELMONT...DEATSVILLE...AUTAUGAVILLE...
WHITE HALL...GORDONVILLE...ORRVILLE...BILLINGSLEY...LOWNDESBORO...
BENTON...BOGUE CHITTO...MEMORIAL STADIUM...BURNSVILLE...VIDA
JUNCTION AND PAUL M GRIST STATE PARK.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 MILE MARKER 158 AND NEAR MILE MARKER 186.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3214 8726 3216 8730 3220 8732 3220 8736
3222 8739 3224 8739 3241 8728 3250 8708
3266 8700 3265 8641 3241 8641 3241 8646
3238 8646 3234 8650 3233 8647 3228 8648
3224 8641 3214 8641
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 267DEG 42KT 3225 8721 3251 8684
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
32/DAVIS2 follow-up statements
639
WWUS54 KBMX 020119
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
719 PM CST TUE MAR 1 2016
ALC001-047-085-020200-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160302T0200Z/
LOWNDES AL-AUTAUGA AL-DALLAS AL-
719 PM CST TUE MAR 1 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST
FOR CENTRAL LOWNDES...AUTAUGA AND SOUTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTIES...
AT 719 PM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR BELKNAP TO NEAR GARDNER ISLAND TO NEAR BOOTH...
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRATTVILLE...SELMA...MILLBROOK...MOSSES...HAYNEVILLE...SELMONT-WEST
SELMONT...DEATSVILLE...AUTAUGAVILLE...WHITE HALL...GORDONVILLE...
BILLINGSLEY...LOWNDESBORO...BENTON...MEMORIAL STADIUM...BURNSVILLE...
VIDA JUNCTION...DALLAS COUNTY HORSE ARENA...DALLAS LAKE...OLD CAHABA
PARK AND AUTAUGA COUNTY AIRPORT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 MILE MARKER 158 AND NEAR MILE MARKER 186.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3214 8719 3237 8713 3246 8707 3266 8676
3265 8641 3241 8641 3241 8646 3238 8646
3234 8650 3233 8647 3228 8648 3224 8641
3214 8641
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 263DEG 41KT 3223 8700 3244 8682 3257 8657
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
32/DAVIS961
WWUS54 KBMX 020139
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
739 PM CST TUE MAR 1 2016
ALC047-020149-
/O.CAN.KBMX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160302T0200Z/
DALLAS AL-
739 PM CST TUE MAR 1 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3222 8689 3223 8681 3228 8686 3230 8683
3233 8685 3235 8681 3241 8684 3242 8683
3243 8684 3266 8676 3265 8641 3241 8641
3241 8646 3238 8646 3234 8650 3233 8647
3228 8648 3224 8641 3214 8641 3214 8691
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 267DEG 42KT 3224 8677 3245 8659 3258 8634
$$
ALC001-085-020200-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160302T0200Z/
LOWNDES AL-AUTAUGA AL-
739 PM CST TUE MAR 1 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST
FOR CENTRAL LOWNDES AND AUTAUGA COUNTIES...
AT 739 PM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR WHITE HALL TO NEAR BOOTH TO NEAR ELMORE...MOVING
EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRATTVILLE...MILLBROOK...MOSSES...HAYNEVILLE...DEATSVILLE...
AUTAUGAVILLE...WHITE HALL...GORDONVILLE...BILLINGSLEY...
LOWNDESBORO...BENTON...VIDA JUNCTION...AUTAUGA COUNTY AIRPORT...
BOOTH...MULBERRY...ROBERT F. HENRY LOCK AND DAM...MANACK...COLLIRENE
AND DAWSON MILL.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 MILE MARKER 158 AND NEAR MILE MARKER 186.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3222 8689 3223 8681 3228 8686 3230 8683
3233 8685 3235 8681 3241 8684 3242 8683
3243 8684 3266 8676 3265 8641 3241 8641
3241 8646 3238 8646 3234 8650 3233 8647
3228 8648 3224 8641 3214 8641 3214 8691
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 267DEG 42KT 3224 8677 3245 8659 3258 8634
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
32/DAVISThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 6:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 48 min |
| Mar 1, 6:14 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Sumter | 46 min |
| Mar 1, 6:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay, Coosa, Talladega, Tallapoosa | 9 min |
| Mar 1, 6:52 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Autauga | 38 min |
| Mar 1, 7:31 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Chambers | 44 min |
| Mar 1, 7:55 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Elmore, Macon, Tallapoosa | 35 min |
| Mar 1, 8:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee | 14 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.