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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 17, 2016Lamar County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2016, 1:30 PM CDT for Lamar County, Alabama. It was in force for 56 min. 3 reports 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
Jun 17, 2016, 1:30 PM CDT (18:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2016, 2:26 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Lamar County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:33 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 17, 1:42 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGDetroit, ALTREES REPORTED DOWN IN THE DETROIT AREA. LOCATION APPROXIMATE. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Jun 17, 1:53 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 N Crews, AL3 TREES REPORTED DOWN ALONG RIVER ROAD IN LAMAR COUNTY. 1 TREE DOWN ALONG BUCK JACKSON ROAD. TREES DOWN OFF OF HESTER LANE. LOCATION APPROXIMATE. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Jun 17, 1:56 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGSulligent, ALPOWER LINE REPORTED DOWN NEAR MR. GENES RESTAURANT IN SULLIGENT. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 17, 12:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2016-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2424 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2016-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2424 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
849 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

347 
WUUS54 KBMX 171830
SVRBMX
ALC075-171945-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0046.160617T1830Z-160617T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
130 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 130 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR HAMILTON TO NEAR SMITHVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 30 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...
  VERNON...SULLIGENT...MILLPORT...KENNEDY...DETROIT...BEAVERTON...
  LAMAR COUNTY AIRPORT...BLOOMING GROVE...CREWS...BEDFORD...CODY...
  LAMAR COUNTY PUBLIC LAKE...HIGHTOGY...HENSON SPRINGS...MELBORNE...
  PINE SPRINGS AND STAR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3406 8821 3405 8799 3402 8799 3402 8795
      3353 8795 3353 8827
TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 336DEG 27KT 3411 8794 3403 8839 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

87/GRANTHAM
3 follow-up statements
872 
WWUS54 KBMX 171846
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
146 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

ALC075-171945-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160617T1945Z/
LAMAR AL-
146 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT
FOR LAMAR COUNTY...

AT 145 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR GUIN TO 8 MILES EAST OF AMORY...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 30 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...
VERNON...SULLIGENT...MILLPORT...KENNEDY...DETROIT...BEAVERTON...
LAMAR COUNTY AIRPORT...BLOOMING GROVE...CREWS...BEDFORD...CODY...
LAMAR COUNTY PUBLIC LAKE...HIGHTOGY...HENSON SPRINGS...MELBORNE...
PINE SPRINGS AND STAR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3406 8821 3405 8799 3402 8799 3402 8795
      3353 8795 3353 8827
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 336DEG 27KT 3402 8789 3394 8834 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

87/GRANTHAM
133 
WWUS54 KBMX 171906
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
206 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

ALC075-171945-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160617T1945Z/
LAMAR AL-
206 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT
FOR LAMAR COUNTY...

AT 206 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR BEAVERTON TO CALEDONIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35
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...
VERNON...SULLIGENT...MILLPORT...KENNEDY...BEAVERTON...
LAMAR COUNTY AIRPORT...BLOOMING GROVE...CREWS...BEDFORD...CODY...
LAMAR COUNTY PUBLIC LAKE...HIGHTOGY...HENSON SPRINGS...MELBORNE...
STAR AND PINE SPRINGS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3385 8823 3405 8805 3405 8799 3402 8799
      3402 8795 3353 8795 3353 8827
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 327DEG 30KT 3398 8803 3366 8832 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

87/GRANTHAM
393 
WWUS54 KBMX 171926
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
226 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

ALC075-171936-
/O.CAN.KBMX.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160617T1945Z/
LAMAR AL-
226 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LAMAR COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
            
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3385 8823 3405 8805 3405 8799 3402 8799
      3402 8795 3353 8795 3353 8827
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 336DEG 27KT 3385 8796 3353 8825 

$$

87/GRANTHAM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 4:03 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryBMXAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton and 24 more17 hr
Jun 17, 12:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion, Winston57 min
Jun 17, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette43 min
Jun 17, 1:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Marion, Walker, Winston76 min
Jun 17, 1:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPickens64 min
Jun 17, 2:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens79 min
Jun 17, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount, Calhoun, Etowah, St. Clair66 min
Jun 17, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne79 min
Jun 17, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson50 min
Jun 17, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Hale, Shelby, Tuscaloosa78 min
Jun 17, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, St. Clair, Talladega76 min
Jun 17, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene, Sumter78 min
Jun 17, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton, Hale, Perry69 min
Jun 17, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCoosa77 min
Jun 17, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers75 min
Jun 17, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Dallas, Marengo81 min
Jun 17, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay, Randolph39 min
Jun 17, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore, Tallapoosa79 min
Jun 17, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLowndes, Montgomery81 min
Jun 17, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee56 min
Jun 17, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMacon, Russell63 min
Jun 17, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock, Pike74 min
Jun 17, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour85 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.