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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 31, 2016Greene County, Pickens County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2016, 7:56 PM CDT for Greene County, Pickens County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 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 31, 2016, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2016, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Greene County, AL, Pickens County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 31, 5:58 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 118 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: 693 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 764 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 294 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 366 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.2
Supercell composite: 6.4

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The text

As transmitted.

793 
WUUS54 KBMX 010056
SVRBMX
ALC063-107-010145-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0022.160401T0056Z-160401T0145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
756 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 756 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM CARROLLTON TO NEAR BENEVOLA TO NEAR BLUFFPORT...
  MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EUTAW...ALICEVILLE...FORKLAND...BOLIGEE...UNION...EPES...MCMULLEN...NEW
  WEST GREENE...JENA...DUFFYS BEND...BENEVOLA...THORNHILL...MANTUA...
  ALLISON...KNOXVILLE...WALDEN QUARTERS...JOHNSTON LAKE...GARDEN...WEST
  GREENE AND TISHABEE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 32 AND 52.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3320 8823 3330 8784 3302 8783 3299 8771
      3276 8787 3275 8781 3265 8774 3262 8781
      3259 8774 3257 8788 3261 8784 3263 8792
      3259 8806 3269 8804 3269 8812 3279 8806
      3282 8813 3283 8814 3284 8814 3304 8813
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 258DEG 39KT 3325 8807 3307 8798 3264 8812 

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

87/GRANTHAM

2 follow-up statements

343 
WWUS54 KBMX 010115
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
815 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

ALC063-107-010145-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160401T0145Z/
PICKENS AL-GREENE AL-
815 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL PICKENS AND GREENE COUNTIES...

AT 815 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR GORDO TO NEAR JENA TO TISHABEE...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EUTAW...FORKLAND...BOLIGEE...UNION...JENA...DUFFYS BEND...THORNHILL...
ALLISON...KNOXVILLE...WALDEN QUARTERS...TISHABEE...PIONEER...BIRDINE...
KIRK...I 20 REST AREA NEAR EUTAW...EUTAW MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...FIVE POINTS
INTERSECTION AND SNODDY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3269 8811 3306 8789 3326 8799 3330 8784
      3302 8783 3299 8771 3276 8787 3275 8781
      3265 8774 3262 8781 3259 8774 3257 8788
      3261 8784 3263 8792 3259 8806 3269 8804
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 259DEG 34KT 3326 8790 3310 8779 3265 8799 

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

87/GRANTHAM

758 
WWUS54 KBMX 010118
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
818 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

ALC107-010128-
/O.CAN.KBMX.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160401T0145Z/
PICKENS AL-
818 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PICKENS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3306 8789 3312 8792 3315 8784 3302 8783
      3299 8771 3286 8783 3276 8787 3275 8781
      3271 8783 3271 8780 3265 8779 3265 8774
      3262 8781 3259 8774 3257 8788 3261 8784
      3263 8792 3259 8805 3269 8804 3269 8811
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 257DEG 39KT 3327 8782 3310 8777 3265 8797 

$$

ALC063-010145-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160401T0145Z/
GREENE AL-
818 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY...

AT 818 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR GORDO TO NEAR JENA TO TISHABEE...MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EUTAW...FORKLAND...BOLIGEE...UNION...JENA...DUFFYS BEND...THORNHILL...
ALLISON...KNOXVILLE...WALDEN QUARTERS...TISHABEE...BIRDINE...I 20 REST
AREA NEAR EUTAW...EUTAW MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...FIVE POINTS INTERSECTION
AND SNODDY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3306 8789 3312 8792 3315 8784 3302 8783
      3299 8771 3286 8783 3276 8787 3275 8781
      3271 8783 3271 8780 3265 8779 3265 8774
      3262 8781 3259 8774 3257 8788 3261 8784
      3263 8792 3259 8805 3269 8804 3269 8811
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 257DEG 39KT 3327 8782 3310 8777 3265 8797 

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

87/GRANTHAM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 7:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Fayette	43 min
Mar 31, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Winston	9 min
Mar 31, 7:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marion, Walker	46 min
Mar 31, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Sumter	41 min
Mar 31, 7:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Fayette, Walker	46 min
Mar 31, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	55 min
Mar 31, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Hale	51 min
Mar 31, 9:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Blount, Jefferson	32 min
Mar 31, 9:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes	3 hr
Mar 31, 10:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Autauga, Dallas, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery	3 hr
Mar 31, 11:07 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Montgomery	69 hr
Mar 31, 11:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Elmore, Macon, Montgomery, Tallapoosa	43 min
Mar 31, 11:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lee, Macon	65 min
Apr 1, 12:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	46 min
Apr 1, 1:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Perry	42 min
Apr 1, 1:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	37 min
Apr 1, 2:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lowndes	27 min
Apr 1, 2:36 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Autauga, Dallas, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery	3 hr
Apr 1, 3:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	39 min
Apr 1, 3:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa	46 min
Apr 1, 4:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Lee	3 hr
Apr 1, 5:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Sumter	45 hr
Apr 1, 6:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	38 min
Apr 1, 6:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	38 min
Apr 1, 10:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Montgomery	52 min
Apr 1, 10:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lowndes	51 min
Apr 1, 10:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Dallas, Elmore, Lee and 7 more	113 min
Apr 1, 10:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga	48 min
Apr 1, 11:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Macon	27 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.