Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Birmingham, AL

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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
339 AM CDT WED APR 5 2017

ALC113-050915-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-170405T0915Z/
Russell AL-
339 AM CDT WED APR 5 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM CDT
FOR CENTRAL RUSSELL COUNTY...

At 339 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Uchee to 7 miles southwest of Seale, moving
northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Phenix City, Ladonia, Russell County Sports Complex, Seale,
Hatchechubbe, Crawford, Uchee Creek, Fort Mitchell, Ladonia Sports
Complex, Fort Mitchell Activity Center, Phenix Drag Strip and
Parkmanville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3230 8494 3215 8529 3237 8534 3247 8522
      3247 8506 3251 8506 3251 8500 3246 8500
      3242 8496 3241 8498 3239 8497 3238 8499
      3238 8497 3233 8501 3231 8495
TIME...MOT...LOC 0839Z 228DEG 43KT 3235 8526 3220 8523 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

87/GRANTHAM

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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
346 AM CDT WED APR 5 2017

ALC113-050915-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-170405T0915Z/
Russell AL-
346 AM CDT WED APR 5 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY...

At 346 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Russell County Sports Complex to near Seale,
moving northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Phenix City, Ladonia, Russell County Sports Complex, Seale, Crawford,
Uchee Creek, Fort Mitchell, Ladonia Sports Complex, Fort Mitchell
Activity Center, Phenix Drag Strip and Parkmanville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3220 8518 3244 8522 3247 8519 3247 8506
      3251 8506 3251 8500 3246 8500 3242 8496
      3241 8498 3239 8497 3238 8499 3238 8497
      3233 8501 3231 8495 3230 8494
TIME...MOT...LOC 0846Z 230DEG 43KT 3241 8517 3226 8514 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

87/GRANTHAM

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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
348 AM CDT WED APR 5 2017

ALC113-050915-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-170405T0915Z/
Russell AL-
348 AM CDT WED APR 5 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY...

At 348 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Ladonia to near Seale, moving northeast at 45
mph.

HAZARD...Tennis ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Phenix City, Ladonia, Russell County Sports Complex, Seale, Crawford,
Uchee Creek, Fort Mitchell, Ladonia Sports Complex, Fort Mitchell
Activity Center, Phenix Drag Strip and Parkmanville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3220 8518 3244 8522 3247 8519 3247 8506
      3251 8506 3251 8500 3246 8500 3242 8496
      3241 8498 3239 8497 3238 8499 3238 8497
      3233 8501 3231 8495 3230 8494
TIME...MOT...LOC 0848Z 230DEG 41KT 3242 8514 3227 8511 

HAIL...2.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

87/GRANTHAM

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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
351 AM CDT WED APR 5 2017

ALC113-050915-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-170405T0915Z/
Russell AL-
351 AM CDT WED APR 5 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY...

At 351 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Phenix City,
moving northeast at 55 mph.

This is a very dangerous storm.

HAZARD...Softball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be severely injured. 
         Expect shattered windows, extensive damage to roofs, 
         siding, and vehicles. 

Locations impacted include...
Phenix City, Ladonia, Russell County Sports Complex, Seale, Crawford,
Uchee Creek, Fort Mitchell, Ladonia Sports Complex, Fort Mitchell
Activity Center, Phenix Drag Strip and Parkmanville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3220 8518 3244 8522 3247 8519 3247 8506
      3251 8506 3251 8500 3246 8500 3242 8496
      3241 8498 3239 8497 3238 8499 3238 8497
      3233 8501 3231 8495 3230 8494
TIME...MOT...LOC 0851Z 224DEG 49KT 3248 8504 

HAIL...4.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

87/GRANTHAM

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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
403 AM CDT WED APR 5 2017

ALC113-050915-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-170405T0915Z/
Russell AL-
403 AM CDT WED APR 5 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY...

At 403 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Ladonia, or
near Smiths, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Phenix City, Ladonia and Ladonia Sports Complex. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3240 8503 3246 8518 3247 8519 3247 8506
      3251 8506 3251 8500 3246 8500 3243 8497
TIME...MOT...LOC 0903Z 224DEG 25KT 3247 8510 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

87/GRANTHAM

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
146 AM CDT Wed Apr 5 2017

.UPDATE...
MESOSCALE UPDATE.

&&

.DISCUSSION...

A warm front is accelerating northward in far South Alabama this
morning, which has caused elevated supercell development.  This
activity will spread northward through the pre-dawn hours. Hi-res
model guidance does not have a good handle on the current
convective  situation, so it is difficult to know how this will
evolve through the rest of the morning. Complicating matters is
the presence of a subtle upper-level subtropical disturbance which
seems likely to cause early day warm sector contamination and the
development of a low-level jet impulse. The overall consensus is
for additional development through the late morning generally
along and east of a line from Demopolis to Gadsden and especially
across our southeast counties. The primary threat will probably be
large hail through 8 AM, though a tornado or two cannot be ruled
out. The warm sector should be established across most of the area
shortly after 8 AM when additional thunderstorm development is
likely in the areas previously mentioned. This is also when the
tornado threat will increase as a 40kt southwesterly low-level jet
becomes established, leading to 0-1 km SRH of 150-200 m2/s2. This
is normally not high enough for tornadoes in Alabama, but MLCAPE
values approaching 3000 J/kg should help offset the lackluster
low-level directional shear. This batch of storms will probably
exit into Georgia around Noon or 1 PM, leaving being somewhat
cooler air across East AL and West GA which may play a crucial
role in tornado potential later in the afternoon.

Another round of severe storms should initiate around 3-4 PM
along the cold front from Northwest AL southward to around
Demopolis. These storms should become severe with large hail as a
powerful 500 mb jet streak closes in on the area with 65-80 kt
flow across the warm sector. Initially the tornado threat with
these storms may be tempered by less than ideal low-level
directional shear, but this could change especially east of
Interstate 65. If the morning thunderstorm activity leaves behind
a substantial temperature gradient, significant backing of low-
level flow would be present, causing hodographs to become
enlarged. This type of mesoscale enhancement is difficult to
predict, but if it occurs, the threat for destructive, long-track
tornadoes will increase substantially as storms approach the AL/GA
state line around 6-8 PM.

87/Grantham

&&

.AVIATION...
06Z TAF Discussion.

Some big and rather fast changes take place in the first 6 hours.
The main change from the previous issuance was to slow the
increasing clouds by an hour or so. Warm air advection pattern
and low level jet kick between 06-09z with ceilings quickly
dropping to MVFR then IFR between 10-12z. The clouds will be
associated with a warm front and much increased moisture from the
south. Showers and thunderstorms will also develop with this
gradient of moisture around sunrise. Some improvement to all
ceilings expected by 16-18z as ceilings rise somewhat, but
additional showers and thunderstorms are possible through 00z area
wide. Low level winds will be in the neighborhood of 35-38kts
overnight, which is close but just shy of the LLWS criteria.

A volatile atmosphere will be in place across Central Alabama on
Wednesday and any of these storms may produce damaging winds,
tornadoes, and large hail.

75

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...

A storm system will bring rain and thunderstorms to the area
through tonight. Rain-free weather returns Thursday through the
weekend. Critical fire weather conditions are not expected through
the next 7 days.

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES/...
None.

&&

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
120 PM CDT Tue Apr 4 2017

ALZ011>015-017>050-052130-
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-
120 PM CDT Tue Apr 4 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the counties served by the
National Weather Service office in Birmingham.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Severe thunderstorms may develop as early as 4 AM Wednesday and
could affect all of Central Alabama. Large hail, damaging winds, and
tornadoes will be possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

The severe weather threat beginning in the pre-dawn hours of
Wednesday will continue through Wednesday evening with the
possibility of two or three rounds of scattered storms. Destructive
and long-track tornadoes will be possible, along with hail up to the
size of baseballs, and damaging straight-line winds. These threats
will encompass all of Central Alabama with the greatest threat area
along and east of a line from Blountsville to West Blocton to
Uniontown.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Activation of storm spotters and emergency management is expected
from early Wednesday morning through Wednesday evening.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
222 AM CDT WED APR 5 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0215 AM     HAIL             EUFAULA                 31.90N 85.15W
04/05/2017  E1.00 INCH       BARBOUR            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN DOWNTOWN EUFAULA.

&&

DAVIS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
227 AM CDT WED APR 5 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0215 AM     HAIL             EUFAULA                 31.90N 85.15W
04/05/2017  E1.25 INCH       BARBOUR            AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            RELAYED FROM A VIEWER.

&&

DAVIS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
242 AM CDT WED APR 5 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0226 AM     HAIL             1 N CLAYTON             31.89N 85.45W
04/05/2017  E2.00 INCH       BARBOUR            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

DAVIS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
246 AM CDT WED APR 5 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0226 AM     HAIL             1 N CLAYTON             31.89N 85.45W
04/05/2017  M2.50 INCH       BARBOUR            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            CORRECTED REPORT. HAIL WAS MEASURED AT 2.5
            INCHES.

&&

DAVIS