Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 29, 2016, 6:35 PM CST for Pickens County, Alabama. It was in force for 55 min. 3 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
- Nov 29, 2016, 6:35 PM CST (00:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 29, 2016, 7:30 PM CST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Pickens County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 7:15 PM CST | TORNADO | 5 Ne Ethelsville, AL | AN EF1 WITH PEAK WINDS OF 95 MPH TOUCHED DOWN NE OF ETHELSVILLE. PATH WIDTH OF 600 YDS AND PATH LENGTH OF 5.3 MILES. THE DURATION OF THE TORNADO EVENT WAS 10 MINUTES. |
| Nov 29, 7:20 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ssw Shaw, AL | TREES BLOCKING THE ROADWAY ON COUNTY ROAD 34 NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 82. POSSIBLE TORNADO. CORRECTED TIME. |
| Nov 29, 7:36 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ssw Shaw, AL | TREES BLOCKING THE ROADWAY ON COUNTY ROAD 34 NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 82. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 5:37 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 606 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 698 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 410 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 477 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 7.4
The text
As transmitted.
463 WUUS54 KBMX 300035 SVRBMX ALC107-300130- /O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0097.161130T0035Z-161130T0130Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 635 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA... * UNTIL 730 PM CST * AT 635 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BIGBEE VALLEY...OR 8 MILES WEST OF PICKENSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GORDO...REFORM...CARROLLTON...PICKENSVILLE...ETHELSVILLE...BEVILL LOCK AND DAM...PINE GROVE...NORTH PICKENS AIRPORT...LUBBUB... MCSHAN...FOREST...SHAW AND OWENS. 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 1000 PM CST FOR WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3353 8827 3352 8784 3331 8784 3317 8832 TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 231DEG 40KT 3327 8840 TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ 89^GSATTERWHITE
1 follow-up statement
982 WWUS54 KBMX 300055 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 655 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016 ALC107-300130- /O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-161130T0130Z/ PICKENS AL- 655 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR NORTHERN PICKENS COUNTY... AT 655 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ETHELSVILLE... OR 10 MILES WEST OF REFORM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GORDO...REFORM...ETHELSVILLE...SHAW...PINE GROVE...NORTH PICKENS AIRPORT...LUBBUB...OWENS...MCSHAN AND FOREST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3353 8827 3352 8784 3331 8784 3329 8830 TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 231DEG 40KT 3341 8819 TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ 89^GSATTERWHITE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 6:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 67 min |
| Nov 29, 7:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 17 min |
| Nov 29, 7:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar | 53 min |
| Nov 29, 7:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion, Winston | 62 min |
| Nov 29, 7:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 38 min |
| Nov 29, 8:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 21 min |
| Nov 29, 8:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 26 min |
| Nov 29, 8:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker, Winston | 44 min |
| Nov 29, 8:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar, Pickens | 46 min |
| Nov 29, 10:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 17 min |
| Nov 29, 11:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion | 55 min |
| Nov 30, 12:34 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 24 min |
| Nov 30, 1:33 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Lamar, Marion, Winston | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 2:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker, Winston | 27 min |
| Nov 30, 4:25 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Winston | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 7:35 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Hale, Marengo, Tuscaloosa | 55 min |
| Nov 30, 8:26 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Jefferson, Marengo, Perry and 2 more | 64 min |
| Nov 30, 9:34 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah, St. Clair | 56 min |
| Nov 30, 9:47 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Talladega | 43 min |
| Nov 30, 10:13 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Coosa | 47 min |
| Nov 30, 10:33 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Clay, Cleburne, Randolph | 57 min |
| Nov 30, 10:42 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lowndes | 48 min |
| Nov 30, 11:17 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Elmore | 43 min |
| Nov 30, 11:29 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lowndes, Montgomery | 46 min |
| Nov 30, 12:04 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lee, Macon | 56 min |
| Nov 30, 12:30 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bullock, Russell | 45 min |
| Nov 30, 12:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee | 31 min |
| Nov 30, 12:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers | 32 min |
| Nov 30, 1:12 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour, Russell | 63 min |
| Nov 30, 2:33 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour | 57 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.