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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 17, 2016Barbour County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2016, 6:05 PM CDT for Barbour County, Alabama. It was in force for 85 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: Jun 17, 2016, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 85 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Barbour County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 189 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: 1265 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -151 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1321 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

252 
WUUS54 KBMX 172305
SVRBMX
ALC005-180030-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0066.160617T2305Z-160618T0030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BARBOUR COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 604 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SEALE TO NEAR ABERFOIL...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EUFAULA...CLIO...CLAYTON...LOUISVILLE...GAINO...TEXASVILLE...
  WHITE OAK...BOOT HILL...COMER...RICHARDS CROSSROADS...OSCO...
  HAWKINSVILLE...DOSTER...BARBOUR COUNTY PUBLIC LAKE DAM...
  SPRING HILL...LAKEPOINT RESORT STATE PARK...
  BLUE SPRINGS STATE PARK...TYLER CROSSROADS...
  CLAYTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND MOUNT ANDREW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3165 8572 3174 8570 3177 8567 3186 8568
      3200 8559 3202 8543 3214 8543 3215 8526
      3206 8519 3206 8506 3197 8506 3189 8513
      3176 8513 3177 8515 3174 8521 3170 8522
      3171 8541 3162 8542 3162 8575
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 325DEG 33KT 3223 8526 3209 8578 

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

87/GRANTHAM

1 follow-up statement

265 
WWUS54 KBMX 172322
SVSBMX

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

ALC005-180030-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-160618T0030Z/
BARBOUR AL-
622 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR BARBOUR COUNTY...

AT 622 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR HAWKINSVILLE TO NEAR BEANS CROSSROADS...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EUFAULA...CLIO...CLAYTON...LOUISVILLE...GAINO...TEXASVILLE...
WHITE OAK...BOOT HILL...COMER...RICHARDS CROSSROADS...OSCO...
HAWKINSVILLE...DOSTER...BARBOUR COUNTY PUBLIC LAKE DAM...
SPRING HILL...LAKEPOINT RESORT STATE PARK...
BLUE SPRINGS STATE PARK...TYLER CROSSROADS...
CLAYTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND MOUNT ANDREW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3165 8572 3174 8570 3177 8567 3186 8568
      3200 8559 3202 8543 3214 8543 3215 8526
      3206 8519 3206 8506 3197 8506 3189 8513
      3176 8513 3177 8515 3174 8521 3170 8522
      3171 8541 3162 8542 3162 8575
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 333DEG 33KT 3201 8518 3197 8578 

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

87/GRANTHAM

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 17, 2:14 PM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 2:14 PM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
214 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

.DISCUSSION...

A band of severe storms will be tracking southward across south
Alabama during the late afternoon and early evening hours. The
severe storms should be exiting south central Alabama by 6 or 7
pm, and lowered pops tonight. A back door cold front will push
into east Alabama Saturday morning, and this front will be the
focus for afternoon scattered showers and few thunderstorms, so
best rain chances will be confined to southwest counties. Drier
air will advect into central Alabama on Saturday, but dewpoints
will still be in the 60s. By Sunday, even drier air will spill
down the Appalachians as a closed upper low develops off the
Carolina coast. Surface dewpoints will drop into the 50s on Sunday,
which is a big drop from the mid 70s dewpoints currently across
the area.

An upper ridge over the Plains states will expand eastward towards
Alabama and provide rain free conditions Monday and Tuesday, along
with warmer daytime temperatures. The upper ridge will retro-grade
westward Tuesday night as a short wave trof digs southward along
the eastern United States. A weak cool front will accompany the
short wave trof and trigger scattered showers and thunderstorms
across the area late Tuesday night and Wednesday. The models have
been trending drier Thursday and Friday as the trof along the east
coast pushes drier mid level air southward, and removed rain
chances across the northern counties on Thursday with dry
conditions on Friday.

58/rose

&&

.AVIATION...
18Z TAF Discussion.

Scattered storms have already developed along/ahead of a frontal
boundary across the TN Valley. These storms are expected to become
more organized and push southward across the forecast area this
afternoon. Have included some initial best-timing of TS for each
terminal, but updates may become needed throughout the afternoon.
Heavy rain could significantly reduce VIS at times. Some storms
could be severe with damaging wind gusts and large hail.
Otherwise, VFR cigs should prevail with westerly winds of 10 kts
today. Winds will shift to the NW then N post-frontal.

19

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...

Humidity levels will be lowering over the weekend as cooler air
pushes in from the east. Scattered showers and a few thunderstorms
could linger over south central Alabama on Saturday as front
stalls out over this area. High pressure will build over the area
Sunday through Tuesday and temperatures will warm back into the
90s, with no rain expected. A weak cold front will push into
north Alabama Tuesday night and bring a chance of rain to north
Alabama Tuesday night and across all of central Alabama on
Wednesday.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Gadsden     69  88  63  86  61 /  10  10   0  10   0
Anniston    70  87  65  86  62 /  10  10   0  10   0
Birmingham  71  89  68  87  65 /  10  10  10  10   0
Tuscaloosa  71  90  69  88  66 /  10  20  10  10   0
Calera      71  89  67  88  64 /  10  10  10  10   0
Auburn      72  85  66  84  65 /  30  20  10  10   0
Montgomery  74  90  69  88  67 /  30  30  10  10   0
Troy        73  87  69  86  65 /  50  30  20  10   0

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Heat Advisory until 9 PM CDT this evening For the following
counties: Autauga...Barbour...Bibb...Bullock...Chambers...
Chilton...Coosa...Dallas...Elmore...Fayette...Greene...Hale...
Jefferson...Lamar...Lee...Lowndes...Macon...Marengo...Marion...
Montgomery...Perry...Pickens...Pike...Russell...Shelby...
Sumter...Tallapoosa...Tuscaloosa...Walker...Winston.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 5:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
502 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

ALZ011>015-017>050-190115-
MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-
CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-
CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-
CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-
BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR-
502 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE...OUTLOOK THROUGH TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE
EARLY EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...AND AS LATE AS 8PM IN
FAR SOUTHEAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE LINE OF
SOUTHWARD MOVING THUNDERSTORMS. HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO
109 DEGREES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH THE EVENING...OR
UNTIL THE LINE OF STORMS MOVES THROUGH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WILL LIKELY
BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 17, 5:19 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
519 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0306 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SSE BIRMINGHAM        33.49N 86.78W
06/17/2016                   JEFFERSON          AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            TREES DOWN BLOCKING INTERSECTION OF 21ST AVENUE SOUTH AND
            CAHABA ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

&&

JH

Local storm report, Jun 17, 5:23 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
523 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0453 PM     HAIL             TALLASSEE               32.54N 85.89W
06/17/2016  E1.00 INCH       ELMORE             AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN TALLASSEE. TIME
            ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

&&

JH

Local storm report, Jun 17, 5:29 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
529 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0453 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DADEVILLE               32.83N 85.77W
06/17/2016                   TALLAPOOSA         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ACROSS EAST SOUTH STREET IN DADEVILLE. TIME
            ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

&&

JH

Local storm report, Jun 17, 5:35 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
535 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0508 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NNE CAMP HILL           32.80N 85.65W
06/17/2016                   TALLAPOOSA         AL   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TREE DOWN PARTIALLY BLOCKING U.S. HIGHWAY 50 NEAR CAMP
            HILL BAPTIST CHURCH. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

&&

JH

Local storm report, Jun 17, 5:38 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
538 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0512 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WETUMPKA                32.54N 86.20W
06/17/2016                   ELMORE             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS WEST AND
            CENTRAL ELMORE COUNTY. NUMEROUS FIRE DEPARTMENTS
            DISPATCHED TO REMOVE TREES FROM ROADWAYS. ONE STRUCTURE
            FIRE CAUSED BY A FALLING TREE REPORTED. TIME ESTIMATED BY
            RADAR.

&&

JH

Local storm report, Jun 17, 5:41 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
541 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0318 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CHULA VISTA             33.60N 86.37W
06/17/2016                   ST. CLAIR          AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ALONG INTERSTATE 59 IN SAINT CLAIR
            COUNTY AT MILE MARKERS 156, 158 AND 159 ALONG WITH AT THE
            BROMPTON EXIT. LOCATION APPROXIMATE. TIME ESTIMATED BY
            RADAR.

&&

JH

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, 4:39 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

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.