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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 6, 2016Lee County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2016, 3:23 PM CDT for Lee County, Alabama. It was in force for 20 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
Jul 6, 2016, 3:23 PM CDT (20:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2016, 3:43 PM CDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Lee County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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 nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 124 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2016-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1847 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2016-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 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
1847 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
741 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

662 
WUUS54 KBMX 062023
SVRBMX
ALC081-062115-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0075.160706T2023Z-160706T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
323 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 322 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AUBURN
  UNIVERSITY...OR NEAR AUBURN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  AUBURN...OPELIKA...AUBURN UNIVERSITY...LOACHAPOKA...ROBERT G. PITTS
  AIRPORT...MOUNT JEFFERSON AND CHEWACLA STATE PARK.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 85 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 51 AND 66.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3255 8526 3255 8562 3256 8563 3263 8565
      3273 8532
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 257DEG 19KT 3259 8558 

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

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2 follow-up statements
885 
WWUS54 KBMX 062032
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
332 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

ALC081-062115-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-160706T2115Z/
LEE AL-
332 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL LEE COUNTY...

AT 331 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER AUBURN
UNIVERSITY...OR NEAR AUBURN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AUBURN...OPELIKA...AUBURN UNIVERSITY...
ROBERT G. PITTS AIRPORT AND MOUNT JEFFERSON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
BIRMINGHAM.

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3255 8526 3256 8555 3257 8556 3265 8558
      3273 8532
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 257DEG 19KT 3260 8554 

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

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865 
WWUS54 KBMX 062043
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
343 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

ALC081-062053-
/O.CAN.KBMX.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-160706T2115Z/
LEE AL-
343 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BIRMINGHAM.

LAT...LON 3255 8526 3256 8555 3257 8556 3265 8558
      3273 8532
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 257DEG 19KT 3262 8546 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 7:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXWalker24 min
Jul 6, 8:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXEtowah23 min
Jul 6, 10:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCleburne27 min
Jul 6, 10:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXRandolph49 min
Jul 6, 11:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChambers, Tallapoosa56 min
Jul 6, 12:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBullock46 min
Jul 6, 12:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBullock39 min
Jul 6, 12:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXAutauga40 min
Jul 6, 12:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour, Bullock38 min
Jul 6, 1:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour, Russell28 min
Jul 6, 1:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPike42 min
Jul 6, 1:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLee24 min
Jul 6, 1:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBarbour47 min
Jul 6, 1:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPike25 min
Jul 6, 2:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXDallas24 min
Jul 6, 2:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLowndes49 min
Jul 6, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLowndes, Montgomery41 min
Jul 6, 2:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMacon43 min
Jul 6, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Lowndes40 min
Jul 6, 2:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXAutauga44 min
Jul 6, 2:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLee, Macon54 min
Jul 6, 3:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMontgomery55 min
Jul 6, 3:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLowndes49 min
Jul 6, 3:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCherokee36 min
Jul 6, 4:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChambers25 min
Jul 6, 4:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXRandolph20 min
Jul 6, 4:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXElmore29 min
Jul 6, 4:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXRandolph28 min
Jul 6, 4:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCalhoun50 min
Jul 6, 4:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCoosa31 min
Jul 6, 4:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCoosa31 min
Jul 6, 5:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBibb37 min
Jul 6, 5:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCoosa15 min
Jul 6, 5:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXRandolph18 min
Jul 6, 5:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChilton44 min
Jul 6, 5:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXRandolph15 min
Jul 6, 6:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBibb39 min
Jul 6, 6:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXSumter35 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.