Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 23, 2016, 8:45 PM CST for Autauga County, Dallas County, Lowndes County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 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
- Feb 23, 2016, 8:45 PM CST (02:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2016, 9:19 PM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Autauga County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Lowndes County, AL
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:46 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 5:53 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 86 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 626 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
004
WUUS54 KBMX 240245
SVRBMX
ALC001-047-085-240345-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0009.160224T0245Z-160224T0345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
845 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
AUTAUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
SOUTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 945 PM CST
* AT 845 PM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM BURNSVILLE TO 6 MILES EAST OF BELKNAP...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRATTVILLE...SELMA...SELMONT-WEST SELMONT...AUTAUGAVILLE...WHITE
HALL...BILLINGSLEY...LOWNDESBORO...BENTON...BURNSVILLE...VIDA
JUNCTION...AUTAUGA COUNTY AIRPORT...GARDNER ISLAND...BOOTH...
MARBURY...TYLER...MULBERRY...SELMA DRAG STRIP...ROBERT F. HENRY
LOCK AND DAM...MANACK AND CRAIG FIELD AIPORT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 186 AND 193.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3212 8699 3248 8704 3266 8677 3266 8672
3270 8671 3271 8670 3271 8642 3241 8641
3240 8644 3241 8646 3238 8646 3236 8649
3235 8649 3234 8650 3234 8648 3233 8647
3231 8649 3228 8649
TIME...MOT...LOC 0245Z 232DEG 44KT 3246 8692 3221 8690
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
87/GRANTHAM3 follow-up statements
111
WWUS54 KBMX 240259
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
859 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
ALC047-240309-
/O.CAN.KBMX.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160224T0345Z/
DALLAS AL-
859 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3217 8685 3222 8684 3223 8681 3224 8681
3224 8684 3236 8681 3260 8687 3266 8677
3266 8672 3271 8670 3271 8642 3241 8641
3240 8643 3241 8646 3238 8646 3236 8649
3234 8650 3233 8647 3231 8649 3228 8649
TIME...MOT...LOC 0259Z 231DEG 48KT 3261 8677 3245 8673 3225 8683
$$
ALC001-085-240345-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160224T0345Z/
LOWNDES AL-AUTAUGA AL-
859 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CST
FOR NORTHERN LOWNDES AND AUTAUGA COUNTIES...
AT 859 PM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR BILLINGSLEY TO NEAR MULBERRY TO NEAR BENTON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRATTVILLE...AUTAUGAVILLE...WHITE HALL...BILLINGSLEY...LOWNDESBORO...
BENTON...VIDA JUNCTION...AUTAUGA COUNTY AIRPORT...BOOTH...MARBURY...
MULBERRY...ROBERT F. HENRY LOCK AND DAM...MANACK...NEW PROSPECT AND
DAWSON MILL.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 186 AND 193.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3217 8685 3222 8684 3223 8681 3224 8681
3224 8684 3236 8681 3260 8687 3266 8677
3266 8672 3271 8670 3271 8642 3241 8641
3240 8643 3241 8646 3238 8646 3236 8649
3234 8650 3233 8647 3231 8649 3228 8649
TIME...MOT...LOC 0259Z 231DEG 48KT 3261 8677 3245 8673 3225 8683
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
87/GRANTHAM864
WWUS54 KBMX 240310
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
910 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
ALC085-240320-
/O.CAN.KBMX.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160224T0345Z/
LOWNDES AL-
910 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3236 8671 3237 8672 3240 8672 3240 8674
3247 8675 3257 8686 3260 8687 3266 8677
3266 8672 3271 8670 3271 8642 3244 8641
3237 8661 3238 8662 3240 8661 3240 8664
3235 8668
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 229DEG 43KT 3262 8680 3253 8665 3235 8670
$$
ALC001-240345-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160224T0345Z/
AUTAUGA AL-
910 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CST
FOR AUTAUGA COUNTY...
AT 910 PM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR PLECHER TO NEAR VIDA JUNCTION TO NEAR WHITE
HALL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRATTVILLE...AUTAUGAVILLE...BILLINGSLEY...VIDA JUNCTION...AUTAUGA
COUNTY AIRPORT...BOOTH...MARBURY...NEW PROSPECT AND DAWSON MILL.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 186 AND 193.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3236 8671 3237 8672 3240 8672 3240 8674
3247 8675 3257 8686 3260 8687 3266 8677
3266 8672 3271 8670 3271 8642 3244 8641
3237 8661 3238 8662 3240 8661 3240 8664
3235 8668
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 229DEG 43KT 3262 8680 3253 8665 3235 8670
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
87/GRANTHAM195
WWUS54 KBMX 240319
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
919 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
ALC001-240329-
/O.CAN.KBMX.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160224T0345Z/
AUTAUGA AL-
919 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR AUTAUGA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3236 8671 3237 8672 3240 8672 3240 8674
3247 8675 3257 8686 3260 8687 3266 8677
3266 8672 3271 8670 3271 8642 3244 8641
3237 8661 3238 8662 3240 8661 3240 8664
3235 8668
TIME...MOT...LOC 0316Z 232DEG 44KT 3267 8673 3258 8658 3240 8663
$$
87/GRANTHAMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 6:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Sumter | 50 min |
| Feb 23, 6:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 55 min |
| Feb 23, 7:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas, Perry | 66 min |
| Feb 23, 8:47 PM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Sumter | 69 hr |
| Feb 24, 1:26 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Blount | 64 min |
| Feb 24, 3:17 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Etowah, St. Clair | 39 hr |
| Feb 24, 8:44 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery | 66 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:03 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby | 23 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:12 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa, Elmore, Shelby, Talladega | 34 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:24 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 47 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016
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.