Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 7, 2017, 1:46 PM CST for Bullock County, Macon County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 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 7, 2017, 1:46 PM CST (19:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2017, 2:30 PM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bullock County, AL, Macon County, AL
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 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 nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 880 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
347
WUUS54 KBMX 071946
SVRBMX
ALC011-087-072030-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0022.170207T1946Z-170207T2030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
146 PM CST TUE FEB 7 2017
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Macon County in southeastern Alabama...
Northern Bullock County in southeastern Alabama...
* Until 230 PM CST
* At 146 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Tysonville to near Shopton, moving northeast at 45
mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Tuskegee, Union Springs, Notasulga, Milstead, Shorter, Franklin,
Lake Tuskegee, Davisville, Society Hill, Tuskegee National Forest,
Hardaway, Liverpool, Shopton, Franklin Field, Guerryton,
Victoryland, Tysonville, Liberty City, Creek Stand and Moton Field
Municipal Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3206 8599 3225 8600 3225 8599 3227 8598
3228 8592 3233 8597 3234 8599 3242 8602
3243 8599 3244 8599 3245 8589 3248 8585
3249 8588 3249 8580 3258 8580 3258 8572
3260 8571 3250 8549 3250 8544 3216 8543
TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 242DEG 38KT 3242 8602 3215 8595
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
32/Davis2 follow-up statements
657
WWUS54 KBMX 072000
SVSBMX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
200 PM CST TUE FEB 7 2017
ALC011-087-072030-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-170207T2030Z/
Macon AL-Bullock AL-
200 PM CST TUE FEB 7 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CST
FOR MACON AND NORTHERN BULLOCK COUNTIES...
At 200 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Reeves Airport to near Franklin Field, moving
northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Tuskegee, Union Springs, Notasulga, Milstead, Shorter, Franklin, Lake
Tuskegee, Davisville, Society Hill, Tuskegee National Forest,
Hardaway, Liverpool, Franklin Field, Guerryton, Victoryland,
Tysonville, Liberty City, Creek Stand, Moton Field Municipal Airport
and Simsville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3207 8591 3225 8589 3230 8593 3233 8597
3234 8599 3242 8602 3243 8599 3244 8599
3245 8589 3248 8585 3249 8588 3249 8580
3258 8580 3258 8572 3260 8571 3250 8549
3250 8544 3216 8543
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 242DEG 38KT 3249 8587 3222 8580
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
32/Davis121
WWUS54 KBMX 072012
SVSBMX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
212 PM CST TUE FEB 7 2017
ALC011-087-072030-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-170207T2030Z/
Macon AL-Bullock AL-
212 PM CST TUE FEB 7 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CST
FOR MACON AND NORTHEASTERN BULLOCK COUNTIES...
At 212 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Liberty City to near Davisville, moving northeast
at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Tuskegee, Union Springs, Notasulga, Franklin, Guerryton, Lake
Tuskegee, Davisville, Society Hill, Tuskegee National Forest, Liberty
City, Creek Stand, Warriorstand, Moton Field Municipal Airport,
Uphapee Creek, Sedgefield, Fort Davis and I 85 Rest Area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3211 8571 3227 8571 3237 8573 3242 8589
3245 8589 3248 8585 3249 8588 3249 8580
3258 8580 3258 8572 3260 8571 3250 8549
3250 8544 3216 8543
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 242DEG 38KT 3255 8575 3228 8568
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
32/DavisThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 9:51 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah and 7 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 7, 9:23 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 37 min |
| Feb 7, 1:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 31 min |
| Feb 7, 1:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Pike | 49 min |
| Feb 7, 2:11 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 49 min |
| Feb 7, 2:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee, Macon, Russell | 66 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.