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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 17, 2016Lowndes County, Montgomery County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2016, 4:39 PM CDT for Lowndes County, Montgomery County, Alabama. It was in force for 81 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, 4:39 PM CDT (21:39 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 81 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Lowndes County, AL, Montgomery County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 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, 5:12 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Sw Montgomery, AL	TREE DOWN ACROSS LE BRON ROAD IN THE CLOVERDALE PORTION OF MONTGOMERY. PUBLIC REPORT RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Jun 17, 5:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Montgomery, AL	APPROXIMATELY TWO DOZEN TREES DOWN ACROSS THE CITY...WITH 8 OF THOSE DOWN ON POWER LINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. TIME ESTIMATED.
Jun 17, 5:27 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ne Eastdale Mall, AL	TREE DOWN. PUBLIC REPORT RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 113 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.

213 
WUUS54 KBMX 172139
SVRBMX
ALC085-101-172300-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0062.160617T2139Z-160617T2300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 438 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR MARBURY TO NEAR ORRVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  40 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MONTGOMERY...FORT DEPOSIT...MOSSES...HAYNEVILLE...MEADVILLE...
  PIKE ROAD...WHITE HALL...GORDONVILLE...LOWNDESBORO...BENTON...
  BOYLSTON...WAUGH...ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY...WOODCREST...RAMER...
  SNOWDOUN...LAGOON PARK...LOWNDES COUNTY AIRPORT...
  DUBLIN AND SELLERS.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 142 AND 173.
 INTERSTATE 85 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 16.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3205 8691 3222 8691 3223 8681 3228 8686
      3239 8678 3234 8649 3241 8646 3241 8631
      3250 8625 3243 8619 3242 8603 3228 8592
      3225 8600 3197 8600 3196 8630 3205 8631
      3205 8641 3204 8640 3196 8641 3196 8686
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 323DEG 37KT 3272 8642 3229 8721 

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

87/GRANTHAM

5 follow-up statements

522 
WWUS54 KBMX 172153
SVSBMX

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

ALC085-101-172300-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-160617T2300Z/
LOWNDES AL-MONTGOMERY AL-
453 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR LOWNDES AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...

AT 452 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR DEATSVILLE TO NEAR AUTAUGAVILLE TO NEAR DANNELLY
RESERVOIR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONTGOMERY...FORT DEPOSIT...MOSSES...HAYNEVILLE...MEADVILLE...
PIKE ROAD...WHITE HALL...GORDONVILLE...LOWNDESBORO...BENTON...
BOYLSTON...WAUGH...ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY...WOODCREST...RAMER...
SNOWDOUN...LAGOON PARK...LOWNDES COUNTY AIRPORT...DUBLIN AND SELLERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3205 8691 3222 8691 3223 8681 3228 8686
      3239 8678 3234 8649 3241 8646 3241 8631
      3250 8625 3243 8619 3242 8603 3228 8592
      3225 8600 3197 8600 3196 8630 3205 8631
      3205 8641 3204 8640 3196 8641 3196 8686
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 308DEG 39KT 3265 8636 3238 8660 3222 8715 

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

87/GRANTHAM

724 
WWUS54 KBMX 172208
SVSBMX

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

ALC085-101-172300-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-160617T2300Z/
LOWNDES AL-MONTGOMERY AL-
508 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR LOWNDES AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...

AT 508 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR WETUMPKA TO NEAR CANTELOUS TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF
BELKNAP...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONTGOMERY...FORT DEPOSIT...MOSSES...HAYNEVILLE...MEADVILLE...
PIKE ROAD...WHITE HALL...GORDONVILLE...LOWNDESBORO...BENTON...
BOYLSTON...WAUGH...ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY...WOODCREST...RAMER...
SNOWDOUN...LAGOON PARK...LOWNDES COUNTY AIRPORT...DUBLIN AND SELLERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3205 8691 3222 8691 3223 8681 3228 8686
      3239 8678 3234 8649 3241 8646 3241 8631
      3250 8625 3243 8619 3242 8603 3228 8592
      3225 8600 3197 8600 3196 8630 3205 8631
      3205 8641 3204 8640 3196 8641 3196 8686
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 323DEG 37KT 3252 8625 3225 8649 3209 8703 

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

87/GRANTHAM

068 
WWUS54 KBMX 172219
SVSBMX

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

ALC085-101-172300-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-160617T2300Z/
LOWNDES AL-MONTGOMERY AL-
519 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR LOWNDES AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...

AT 519 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR BLUE RIDGE TO NEAR PINTLALA TO 9 MILES NORTHEAST
OF OAK HILL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONTGOMERY...FORT DEPOSIT...MOSSES...HAYNEVILLE...MEADVILLE...
PIKE ROAD...WHITE HALL...GORDONVILLE...LOWNDESBORO...BOYLSTON...
WAUGH...ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY...WOODCREST...RAMER...SNOWDOUN...
LAGOON PARK...LOWNDES COUNTY AIRPORT...DUBLIN...
SELLERS AND MONTGOMERY RIVERWALK STADIUM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3205 8686 3205 8691 3222 8691 3223 8681
      3228 8686 3236 8661 3234 8649 3241 8631
      3250 8625 3243 8619 3242 8603 3228 8592
      3225 8600 3197 8601 3196 8630 3205 8631
      3205 8641 3204 8640 3196 8641 3196 8686
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 323DEG 37KT 3245 8618 3218 8642 3202 8696 

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

87/GRANTHAM

873 
WWUS54 KBMX 172231
SVSBMX

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

ALC085-101-172300-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-160617T2300Z/
LOWNDES AL-MONTGOMERY AL-
531 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN LOWNDES AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...

AT 531 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR MOUNT MEIGS TO NEAR PINTLALA TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST
OF PINE APPLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONTGOMERY...FORT DEPOSIT...MOSSES...HAYNEVILLE...MEADVILLE...
PIKE ROAD...GORDONVILLE...BOYLSTON...WAUGH...
ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY...WOODCREST...RAMER...SNOWDOUN...
LAGOON PARK...LOWNDES COUNTY AIRPORT...DUBLIN...SELLERS...
MONTGOMERY RIVERWALK STADIUM...GRADY AND MONTGOMERY ZOO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3213 8691 3222 8646 3240 8635 3241 8631
      3250 8625 3243 8619 3242 8607 3233 8596
      3228 8592 3225 8600 3197 8601 3196 8630
      3205 8631 3205 8641 3204 8640 3196 8641
      3196 8686 3205 8686 3205 8691
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 323DEG 37KT 3239 8613 3212 8637 3196 8691 

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

87/GRANTHAM

633 
WWUS54 KBMX 172249
SVSBMX

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

ALC085-172259-
/O.CAN.KBMX.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-160617T2300Z/
LOWNDES AL-
549 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LOWNDES 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
SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3205 8631 3205 8641 3207 8641 3241 8606
      3236 8599 3234 8599 3233 8597 3230 8595
      3228 8592 3227 8595 3227 8598 3225 8600
      3201 8601 3197 8606 3196 8630
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 329DEG 28KT 3234 8602 3204 8635 3182 8678 

$$

ALC101-172300-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-160617T2300Z/
MONTGOMERY AL-
549 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY...

AT 549 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR WAUGH TO NEAR SELLERS TO 7 MILES WEST OF I65 AND
AL 10...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY...MEADVILLE...PIKE ROAD...MOUNT MEIGS...
SELLERS...WAUGH...GRADY...RAMER...NAFTEL...DAVENPORT...STRATA...
DUBLIN...SPRAGUE...PINE LEVEL...LAPINE...CURRYS...
CECIL AND CARTERS HILL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3205 8631 3205 8641 3207 8641 3241 8606
      3236 8599 3234 8599 3233 8597 3230 8595
      3228 8592 3227 8595 3227 8598 3225 8600
      3201 8601 3197 8606 3196 8630
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 329DEG 28KT 3234 8602 3204 8635 3182 8678 

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
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, 1:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Marion, Walker, Winston	76 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, 4:49 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.