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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 17, 20164 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2016, 1:44 PM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 76 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, 1:44 PM CDT (18:44 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2016, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 76 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Fayette County, AL, Marion County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:45 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
Jun 17, 1:53 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Wsw Winfield, AL	TREE DOWN ON HOUSE THAT CAUSED FIRE. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Jun 17, 2:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Sipsey, AL	TREE DOWN ACROSS ALABAMA HIGHWAY 6 NEAR SIPSEY. LOCATION APPROXIMATE. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Jun 17, 2:15 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Winfield, AL	QUARTER SIZED HAIL WITH WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH REPORTED. LOCATION APPROXIMATE. 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 17, 12:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 87 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: 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.

995 
WUUS54 KBMX 171844
SVRBMX
ALC057-093-127-133-172000-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0048.160617T1844Z-160617T2000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN WINSTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
  FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
  WALKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 144 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR BEAVERTON TO NEAR SMITH LAKE...MOVING SOUTH AT
  25 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...
  JASPER...HAMILTON...WINFIELD...FAYETTE...SUMITON...CORDOVA...
  DORA...CARBON HILL...LYNN...ARLEY...GUIN...BERRY...
  DOUBLE SPRINGS...PARRISH...BRILLIANT...OAKMAN...GLEN ALLEN...
  SIPSEY...WEST JEFFERSON AND KANSAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3415 8711 3399 8711 3399 8715 3390 8710
      3386 8697 3381 8695 3379 8701 3366 8706
      3360 8719 3355 8719 3352 8725 3352 8732
      3359 8732 3361 8763 3358 8767 3352 8767
      3353 8795 3402 8795 3405 8803 3412 8803
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 338DEG 23KT 3400 8805 3403 8720 

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

87/GRANTHAM

4 follow-up statements

655 
WWUS54 KBMX 171905
SVSBMX

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

ALC057-093-127-133-172000-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160617T2000Z/
WINSTON AL-FAYETTE AL-MARION AL-WALKER AL-
205 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN WINSTON...FAYETTE...SOUTHEASTERN MARION AND WALKER
COUNTIES...

AT 205 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR GUIN TO NEAR SMITH DAM...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...
JASPER...HAMILTON...WINFIELD...FAYETTE...SUMITON...CORDOVA...DORA...
CARBON HILL...LYNN...ARLEY...GUIN...BERRY...DOUBLE SPRINGS...
PARRISH...BRILLIANT...OAKMAN...GLEN ALLEN...SIPSEY...
WEST JEFFERSON AND KANSAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3415 8711 3399 8711 3399 8715 3390 8710
      3386 8697 3381 8695 3379 8701 3366 8706
      3360 8719 3355 8719 3352 8725 3352 8732
      3359 8732 3361 8763 3358 8767 3352 8767
      3353 8795 3402 8795 3405 8803 3412 8803
TIME...MOT...LOC 1905Z 325DEG 28KT 3395 8795 3398 8711 

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

87/GRANTHAM

333 
WWUS54 KBMX 171919
SVSBMX

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

ALC093-171928-
/O.CAN.KBMX.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160617T2000Z/
MARION AL-
219 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARION 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 900 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3379 8701 3366 8706 3360 8719 3355 8719
      3352 8725 3352 8732 3359 8732 3361 8763
      3360 8764 3407 8763 3401 8733 3385 8714
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 309DEG 25KT 3400 8762 3356 8729 

$$

ALC057-127-133-172000-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160617T2000Z/
WINSTON AL-FAYETTE AL-WALKER AL-
219 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN WINSTON...EASTERN FAYETTE AND WALKER COUNTIES...

AT 218 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR LYNN TO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF BANKHEAD LOCK AND
DAM...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...
JASPER...SUMITON...CORDOVA...DORA...CARBON HILL...LYNN...BERRY...
PARRISH...OAKMAN...SIPSEY...WEST JEFFERSON...KANSAS...NAUVOO...
ELDRIDGE...GORGAS...BOLEY SPRINGS...QUINTON...GORGAS STEAM PLANT...
ROCKY HOLLOW AND ASHBANK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3379 8701 3366 8706 3360 8719 3355 8719
      3352 8725 3352 8732 3359 8732 3361 8763
      3360 8764 3407 8763 3401 8733 3385 8714
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 309DEG 25KT 3400 8762 3356 8729 

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

87/GRANTHAM

232 
WWUS54 KBMX 171933
SVSBMX

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

ALC133-171943-
/O.CAN.KBMX.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160617T2000Z/
WINSTON AL-
233 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN WINSTON 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 900 PM CDT FOR
WESTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3379 8701 3366 8706 3360 8719 3355 8719
      3352 8725 3352 8732 3359 8732 3361 8763
      3360 8764 3393 8762
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 332DEG 27KT 3387 8753 3354 8727 

$$

ALC057-127-172000-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160617T2000Z/
FAYETTE AL-WALKER AL-
233 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN FAYETTE AND WALKER COUNTIES...

AT 233 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM CARBON HILL TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF BANKHEAD LOCK AND
DAM...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...
JASPER...SUMITON...CORDOVA...DORA...CARBON HILL...BERRY...PARRISH...
OAKMAN...WEST JEFFERSON...KANSAS...ELDRIDGE...GORGAS...
BOLEY SPRINGS...QUINTON...GORGAS STEAM PLANT...ROCKY HOLLOW...
BURNWELL...BELOIT...LYNNS PARK AND WEST CORONA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3379 8701 3366 8706 3360 8719 3355 8719
      3352 8725 3352 8732 3359 8732 3361 8763
      3360 8764 3393 8762
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 332DEG 27KT 3387 8753 3354 8727 

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

87/GRANTHAM

342 
WWUS54 KBMX 171942
SVSBMX

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

ALC057-171951-
/O.CAN.KBMX.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160617T2000Z/
FAYETTE AL-
242 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN FAYETTE 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 900 PM CDT FOR
WESTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3379 8701 3366 8706 3366 8709 3364 8709
      3360 8719 3357 8720 3355 8719 3354 8722
      3354 8723 3352 8725 3353 8727 3352 8728
      3352 8732 3359 8732 3360 8742 3369 8743
      3369 8753 3374 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 302DEG 11KT 3383 8747 3350 8721 

$$

ALC127-172000-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160617T2000Z/
WALKER AL-
242 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN WALKER COUNTY...

AT 241 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR CARBON HILL TO NEAR OAK GROVE...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 10 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...
SUMITON...CORDOVA...DORA...PARRISH...OAKMAN...GORGAS STEAM PLANT...
GORGAS...ROCKY HOLLOW...BURNWELL...QUINTON...BELOIT...WEST CORONA...
CORONA...BARNEY...TUTWILER...THE WYE AND GOODSPRINGS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3379 8701 3366 8706 3366 8709 3364 8709
      3360 8719 3357 8720 3355 8719 3354 8722
      3354 8723 3352 8725 3353 8727 3352 8728
      3352 8732 3359 8732 3360 8742 3369 8743
      3369 8753 3374 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 302DEG 11KT 3383 8747 3350 8721 

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

87/GRANTHAM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 4:03 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton and 24 more	17 hr
Jun 17, 12:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion, Winston	57 min
Jun 17, 1:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar	56 min
Jun 17, 1:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette	43 min
Jun 17, 1:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	64 min
Jun 17, 2:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Pickens	79 min
Jun 17, 2:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Calhoun, Etowah, St. Clair	66 min
Jun 17, 2:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne	79 min
Jun 17, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson	50 min
Jun 17, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Hale, Shelby, Tuscaloosa	78 min
Jun 17, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, St. Clair, Talladega	76 min
Jun 17, 3:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Sumter	78 min
Jun 17, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton, Hale, Perry	69 min
Jun 17, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Coosa	77 min
Jun 17, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers	75 min
Jun 17, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Dallas, Marengo	81 min
Jun 17, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Randolph	39 min
Jun 17, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Elmore, Tallapoosa	79 min
Jun 17, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lowndes, Montgomery	81 min
Jun 17, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lee	56 min
Jun 17, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Macon, Russell	63 min
Jun 17, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bullock, Pike	74 min
Jun 17, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour	85 min

Nearby

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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.