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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Apr 1, 2016, 1:53 AM CDT for Shelby County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 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
- Apr 1, 2016, 1:53 AM CDT (06:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2016, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
County Shelby County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 693 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 764 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 366 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Apr 1, 12:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 12:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 110 AM CDT FRI APR 1 2016 ALZ011>015-017>050-020915- MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE- CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA- CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA- CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON- BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- 110 AM CDT FRI APR 1 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT. SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY ALL STORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING AND MINOR RIVER FLOODING. THE MAIN THREAT AREA WILL BE SOUTH OF I-20. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WILL THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 1, 12:08 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Apr 1, 12:09 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1209 AM CDT FRI APR 01 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 PM TSTM WND DMG ETHELSVILLE 33.41N 88.22W
03/31/2016 PICKENS AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED.
0650 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 W MILLPORT 33.56N 88.09W
03/31/2016 LAMAR AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN ON HOME JUST OFF OF ALABAMA HIGHWAY 96 WEST OF
MILLPORT. LOCATION APPROXIMATE.
0650 PM TSTM WND DMG MILLPORT 33.56N 88.08W
03/31/2016 LAMAR AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ACROSS ALABAMA HIGHWAY 96 NEAR MILLPORT.
0658 PM HAIL KENNEDY 33.58N 87.99W
03/31/2016 E0.25 INCH LAMAR AL AMATEUR RADIO
DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED ON ALABAMA HIGHWAY 96 NEAR
KENNEDY.
0705 PM HAIL KENNEDY 33.58N 87.99W
03/31/2016 M1.25 INCH LAMAR AL AMATEUR RADIO
HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL REPORTED NEAR KENNEDY.
0708 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SE BLUFF 33.79N 87.87W
03/31/2016 FAYETTE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
DAMAGE TO HOME REPORTED ALONG COUNTY ROAD 51 WITH TREES
AND POWER LINES DOWN.
0708 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 SW ELDRIDGE 33.88N 87.66W
03/31/2016 FAYETTE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN ALONG COUNTY ROAD 24 IN FAYETTE COUNTY.
0708 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 WSW FAYETTE 33.68N 87.90W
03/31/2016 FAYETTE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES REPORTED DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 96. LOCATION
APPROXIMATE.
0708 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 SSE GLEN ALLEN 33.85N 87.69W
03/31/2016 FAYETTE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN ALONG COUNTY ROAD 52 IN FAYETTE COUNTY.
LOCATION APPROXIMATE.
0728 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 SSE GLEN ALLEN 33.86N 87.71W
03/31/2016 FAYETTE AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTS LARGE TREES DOWN ON COUNTY
ROAD 53. LOCATION APPROXIMATE.
0739 PM TSTM WND DMG ELDRIDGE 33.92N 87.62W
03/31/2016 WALKER AL PUBLIC
TREE DAMAGE REPORTED THROUGH ONLINE PUBLIC STORM REPORT.
0751 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 SE LYNN 33.99N 87.49W
03/31/2016 WALKER AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR NAVOO. TIME ESTIMATED BY
RADAR.
0811 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 NNE BOLEY SPRINGS 33.66N 87.51W
03/31/2016 FAYETTE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
ROOF DAMAGE REPORTED. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
0839 PM HAIL JASPER 33.85N 87.27W
03/31/2016 M1.00 INCH WALKER AL AMATEUR RADIO
QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN JASPER.
0845 PM HAIL 5 NW HOLT 33.29N 87.57W
03/31/2016 E0.25 INCH TUSCALOOSA AL EMERGENCY MNGR
DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED ALONG ALABAMA HIGHWAY 69 SOUTH
OF MITT LARY ROAD. LOCATION APPROXIMATE.
0845 PM HAIL MONTGOMERY 32.35N 86.28W
03/31/2016 M0.25 INCH MONTGOMERY AL EMERGENCY MNGR
PEA SIZED HAIL REPORTED.
0942 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 S LOCUST FORK 33.88N 86.62W
03/31/2016 BLOUNT AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN BLOCKING PORTION OF SPUNKY HOLLOW ROAD BETWEEN
FRED TERRY ROAD AND TUCKER MOUNTAIN ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED
BY RADAR.
0945 PM HAIL OPELIKA 32.65N 85.38W
03/31/2016 M0.75 INCH LEE AL PUBLIC
PENNY SIZED HAIL REPORTED.
0945 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 NW TRAFFORD 33.85N 86.77W
03/31/2016 E0.00 INCH BLOUNT AL BROADCAST MEDIA
WATER COVERING PORTIONS OF ALABAMA HIGHWAY 160 AND AROUND
THE MOUNTAIN WOODS LAKE AREA OF BLOUNT COUNTY DUE TO
HEAVY RAINFALL. TIME ESTIMATED.
0948 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 E KENT 32.62N 85.92W
03/31/2016 ELMORE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
POWER LINES DOWN ALONG LIGHTWOOD ROAD AND POWER OUTAGES
REPORTED IN THE CHANNA CREEK ROAD AREA. TIME ESTIMATED BY
RADAR.
1005 PM HAIL TALLASSEE 32.54N 85.89W
03/31/2016 M0.25 INCH ELMORE AL BROADCAST MEDIA
DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN THE FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY.
1125 PM HAIL MONTGOMERY 32.35N 86.28W
03/31/2016 M0.25 INCH MONTGOMERY AL PUBLIC
PEA SIZED HAIL MEASURED OFF OF DALRAIDA ROAD IN
MONTGOMERY.
1131 PM HAIL 3 NNE EMERALD MOUNTAIN 32.50N 86.09W
03/31/2016 M0.75 INCH ELMORE AL OTHER FEDERAL
PENNY SIZED HAIL REPORTED ALONG WITH A WIND GUST OF 51
MILES PER HOUR FROM A DAVIS INSTRUMENTS WEATHER STATION.
1150 PM TSTM WND DMG MONTGOMERY 32.35N 86.28W
03/31/2016 MONTGOMERY AL BROADCAST MEDIA
LARGE TREES DOWN ON HICKORY DRIVE, AT THE INTERSECTION OF
HUNTER AND CAMELIA AND AT HILLSIDE IN THE DALRAIDA
NEIGHBORHOOD.
&&
JHSpecial weather statement, Apr 1, 12:14 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1214 AM CDT FRI APR 1 2016
ALZ022-010600-
PICKENS AL-
1214 AM CDT FRI APR 1 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL PICKENS COUNTY UNTIL 100
AM CDT...
AT 1214 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
PAULETTE...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PICKENSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALICEVILLE...GORDO...REFORM...CARROLLTON...PICKENSVILLE...MCMULLEN...BEVILL
LOCK AND DAM...GARDEN...GAINESVILLE LAKE CAMPGROUND...GEORGE DOWNER
AIRPORT...NORTH PICKENS AIRPORT...COCHRANE...MCSHAN...DILLBURG AND OWENS.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3327 8831 3349 8805 3329 8784 3299 8832
3299 8834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0514Z 228DEG 32KT 3307 8839
32/DAVISLocal storm report, Apr 1, 12:26 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1226 AM CDT FRI APR 01 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1219 AM FLASH FLOOD 5 NE MILLBROOK 32.54N 86.31W
04/01/2016 ELMORE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
SOUTHBOUND LANE OF ALABAMA HIGHWAY 143 FROM DUNCAN ROAD
TO ALABAMA HIGHWAY 14 CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING.
&&
JHSpecial weather statement, Apr 1, 1:03 AM CDT, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
103 AM CDT FRI APR 1 2016
ALZ032-033-039-010645-
PERRY AL-MARENGO AL-HALE AL-
103 AM CDT FRI APR 1 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PERRY...SOUTHEASTERN HALE AND
NORTHEASTERN MARENGO COUNTIES UNTIL 145 AM CDT...
AT 103 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
FAUNSDALE...OR NEAR UNIONTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DEMOPOLIS...MARION...UNIONTOWN...NEWBERN...FAUNSDALE...VAIDEN...ARCOLA...
JUDSON COLLEGE...VAIDEN FIELD AIRPORT...SPROTT...PERRY COUNTY
CORRECTIONAL CENTER...GALLION...RADFORD...HAMBURG...OAKMULGEE...SUTTLE...
LANEVILLE AND FOLSOM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3257 8779 3257 8776 3282 8702 3273 8702
3264 8705 3260 8704 3257 8708 3254 8708
3252 8710 3248 8723 3248 8742 3243 8742
3235 8773 3253 8781
TIME...MOT...LOC 0603Z 249DEG 47KT 3250 8759
32/DAVISSpecial weather statement, Apr 1, 1:53 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
153 AM CDT FRI APR 1 2016
ALZ024-025-010730-
JEFFERSON AL-SHELBY AL-
153 AM CDT FRI APR 1 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL SHELBY AND SOUTHEASTERN
JEFFERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 230 AM CDT...
AT 153 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
OAK MOUNTAIN AMPHITHEATER...OR OVER PELHAM...MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTHWESTERN BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...VESTAVIA HILLS...ALABASTER...BESSEMER...
PELHAM...HELENA...CHELSEA...INDIAN SPRINGS VILLAGE...VINCENT...
HARPERSVILLE...WESTOVER...ROSS BRIDGE...LAKE PURDY...BLUFF PARK...
GREYSTONE...MEADOWBROOK...THE SUMMIT...OAK MOUNTAIN STATE PARK AND
HOOVER METROPOLITAN STADIUM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3350 8648 3350 8638 3339 8638 3337 8635
3335 8634 3334 8637 3332 8637 3331 8636
3320 8695 3338 8701 3353 8648
TIME...MOT...LOC 0653Z 253DEG 60KT 3332 8678
32/DAVISThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 7:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 43 min |
| Mar 31, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 9 min |
| Mar 31, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion, Walker | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Walker | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 55 min |
| Mar 31, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 51 min |
| Mar 31, 9:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson | 32 min |
| Mar 31, 9:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 10:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 11:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 69 hr |
| Mar 31, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Macon, Montgomery, Tallapoosa | 43 min |
| Mar 31, 11:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lee, Macon | 65 min |
| Apr 1, 12:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pickens | 46 min |
| Apr 1, 1:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Perry | 42 min |
| Apr 1, 2:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lowndes | 27 min |
| Apr 1, 2:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Jefferson | 39 min |
| Apr 1, 3:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa | 46 min |
| Apr 1, 4:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Lee | 3 hr |
| Apr 1, 5:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | BMX | Sumter | 45 hr |
| Apr 1, 6:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour | 38 min |
| Apr 1, 6:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour | 38 min |
| Apr 1, 10:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Montgomery | 52 min |
| Apr 1, 10:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lowndes | 51 min |
| Apr 1, 10:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Dallas, Elmore, Lee and 7 more | 113 min |
| Apr 1, 10:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Autauga | 48 min |
| Apr 1, 11:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Macon | 27 min |
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