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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 9, 2016Lee County, Russell County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2016, 1:19 PM CDT for Lee County, Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 41 min. 2 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: Jul 9, 2016, 1:19 PM CDT (18:19 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2016, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Lee County, AL, Russell County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:23 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
Jul 9, 1:23 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 W Beauregard, AL	POWER LINE DOWN ON ROAD NEAR BEAUREGARD NEAR INTERSECTION OF LEE COUNTY ROAD 112 AND LEE COUNTY ROAD 414.
Jul 9, 1:32 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ssw Phenix City, AL	TREE FELL ONTO CAR IN PHENIX CITY.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 118 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: 1465 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1164 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

618 
WUUS54 KBMX 091819
SVRBMX
ALC081-113-091900-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0077.160709T1819Z-160709T1900Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
119 PM CDT SAT JUL 9 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
  CENTRAL LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT

* AT 119 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  BEAUREGARD... OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AUBURN...MOVING EAST AT 10
  MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  AUBURN...PHENIX CITY...OPELIKA...SMITHS...SMITHS STATION...
  LADONIA...UCHEE...RUSSELL COUNTY SPORTS COMPLEX...BEAUREGARD...
  BLEECKER...GRIFFEN MILL...BIBB CITY...PHENIX DRAG STRIP...
  CRAWFORD...LADONIA SPORTS COMPLEX...MARVYN...
  ROBERT G. PITTS AIRPORT...PARKMANVILLE...
  FORT MITCHELL AND FORT MITCHELL ACTIVITY CENTER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3235 8544 3249 8544 3250 8546 3266 8549
      3264 8508 3262 8509 3258 8507 3252 8501
      3249 8499 3246 8500 3242 8496 3241 8498
      3239 8497 3238 8499 3238 8497 3237 8499
      3233 8501 3230 8494 3227 8489
TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 278DEG 8KT 3249 8535 

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

32/DAVIS

1 follow-up statement

198 
WWUS54 KBMX 091838
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
138 PM CDT SAT JUL 9 2016

ALC081-113-091900-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-160709T1900Z/
RUSSELL AL-LEE AL-
138 PM CDT SAT JUL 9 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN RUSSELL AND SOUTHEASTERN LEE COUNTIES...

AT 137 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GRIFFEN
MILL... OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF OPELIKA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF PHENIX CITY.

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...
PHENIX CITY...SMITHS...SMITHS STATION...LADONIA...BEAUREGARD...
BLEECKER...GRIFFEN MILL...BIBB CITY...PHENIX DRAG STRIP...CRAWFORD...
LADONIA SPORTS COMPLEX...PARKMANVILLE...FORT MITCHELL...
FORT MITCHELL ACTIVITY CENTER...UCHEE CREEK AND MONTEREY HEIGHTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3239 8532 3248 8538 3259 8538 3264 8508
      3262 8509 3258 8507 3252 8501 3249 8499
      3246 8500 3242 8496 3241 8498 3239 8497
      3238 8499 3238 8497 3237 8499 3233 8501
      3230 8494 3227 8489
TIME...MOT...LOC 1837Z 278DEG 8KT 3248 8530 

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

32/DAVIS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 4:16 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Calhoun, Chilton and 22 more	15 hr
Jul 9, 11:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee	24 min
Jul 9, 11:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers	43 min
Jul 9, 12:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	30 min
Jul 9, 12:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee, Etowah	46 min
Jul 9, 12:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	53 min
Jul 9, 12:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lee	47 min
Jul 9, 12:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pike	46 min
Jul 9, 12:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene	33 min
Jul 9, 12:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lee	28 min
Jul 9, 12:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee	48 min
Jul 9, 1:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	24 min
Jul 9, 1:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pike	47 min
Jul 9, 1:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga	37 min
Jul 9, 1:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga	42 min
Jul 9, 1:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Hale, Perry	39 min
Jul 9, 1:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	48 min
Jul 9, 1:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Pickens, Sumter	25 min
Jul 9, 1:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chilton	51 min
Jul 9, 1:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Etowah	33 min
Jul 9, 1:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga	32 min
Jul 9, 2:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bullock	25 min
Jul 9, 2:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	44 min
Jul 9, 2:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	41 min
Jul 9, 2:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb	38 min
Jul 9, 2:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chilton	50 min
Jul 9, 2:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Montgomery	30 min
Jul 9, 2:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tallapoosa	43 min
Jul 9, 2:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lowndes, Montgomery	24 min
Jul 9, 2:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Russell	33 min
Jul 9, 2:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Tallapoosa	27 min
Jul 9, 2:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chilton	40 min
Jul 9, 3:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	26 min
Jul 9, 3:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bullock, Montgomery	46 min
Jul 9, 3:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	28 min
Jul 9, 3:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tallapoosa	23 min
Jul 9, 3:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	St. Clair	33 min
Jul 9, 3:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	31 min
Jul 9, 3:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	28 min
Jul 9, 3:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount	37 min
Jul 9, 3:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Randolph	32 min
Jul 9, 3:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby, Talladega	42 min
Jul 9, 3:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	41 min
Jul 9, 3:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	38 min
Jul 9, 3:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tallapoosa	50 min
Jul 9, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	19 min
Jul 9, 4:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	32 min
Jul 9, 4:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette, Lamar	28 min
Jul 9, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	32 min
Jul 9, 5:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette, Lamar	28 min
Jul 9, 6:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Walker	58 min
Jul 9, 6:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Walker	61 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.