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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2016, 7:07 PM CDT for Pickens County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 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 14, 2016, 7:07 PM CDT (00:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2016, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Pickens County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -298 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1452 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
710 WUUS54 KBMX 150007 SVRBMX ALC107-150045- /O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0090.160715T0007Z-160715T0045Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 707 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA... * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 706 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER PRAIRIE POINT...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PICKENSVILLE...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ALICEVILLE...PICKENSVILLE...ETHELSVILLE...MCMULLEN... BEVILL LOCK AND DAM...GARDEN...GAINESVILLE LAKE CAMPGROUND... GEORGE DOWNER AIRPORT...PINE GROVE AND MCSHAN. 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. && LAT...LON 3343 8829 3343 8814 3311 8815 3306 8833 TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 240DEG 12KT 3318 8837 HAIL...0.88IN WIND...60MPH $$ 75
1 follow-up statement
799 WWUS54 KBMX 150034 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 734 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2016 ALC107-150045- /O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-160715T0045Z/ PICKENS AL- 734 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR WESTERN PICKENS COUNTY... AT 734 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER PICKENSVILLE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ALICEVILLE...PICKENSVILLE...ETHELSVILLE...MCMULLEN... BEVILL LOCK AND DAM...GARDEN...GAINESVILLE LAKE CAMPGROUND... GEORGE DOWNER AIRPORT...PINE GROVE AND MCSHAN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. && LAT...LON 3343 8829 3343 8814 3311 8815 3306 8833 TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 240DEG 12KT 3323 8827 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ 75
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 7:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Greene, Pickens | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 44 min |
| Jul 14, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Winston | 41 min |
| Jul 14, 7:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Greene | 38 min |
| Jul 14, 7:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Walker | 37 min |
| Jul 14, 8:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Fayette, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour | 25 min |
| Jul 15, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bullock | 31 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.