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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 5, 2017Barbour County, Pike County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2017, 9:35 AM CDT for Barbour County, Pike County, Alabama. It was in force for 70 min. 2 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
Apr 5, 2017, 9:35 AM CDT (14:35 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 2017, 10:45 AM CDT
In force
70 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Barbour County, AL, Pike County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 5, 9:49 AM CDTTORNADO5 Ene Richards Crossroa, AL10:49 AM CDT. TAE SURVEYED EF1 DAMAGE IN SOUTHERN BARBOUR COUNTY.
Apr 5, 10:53 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Sw Bonapartes Retreat, ALMANY TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ALONG STATE ROUTE 95 NEAR HOLLY AND CALHOUN DRIVES IN THE WHITE OAK SUBDIVISION. THIS COULD POSSIBLY BE TORNADO DAMAGE AND WILL BE INVESITGATED BY A SURVEY TEAM ON THURSDAY.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 5, 6:54 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 186 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2017-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1335 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2017-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 151 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1335 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
643 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
8.2

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The text

As transmitted.

982 
WUUS54 KBMX 051435
SVRBMX
ALC005-109-051545-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0090.170405T1435Z-170405T1545Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
935 AM CDT WED APR 5 2017

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Pike County in southeastern Alabama...
  Barbour County in southeastern Alabama...

* Until 1045 AM CDT

* At 934 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles south of
  Antioch, or 9 miles southwest of Brundidge, moving northeast at 40
  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...
  Eufaula, Brundidge, Clio, Clayton, Louisville, Tyler Crossroads,
  Hawkinsville, Blue Springs State Park, Osco, Richards Crossroads,
  White Oak, Boot Hill, Doster, Gaino, Antioch, Texasville, Lakepoint
  Resort State Park, Tennille, Millers Ford and Twin Springs.

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 noon CDT for southeastern
Alabama.

LAT...LON 3166 8616 3207 8519 3206 8506 3197 8506
      3189 8513 3178 8514 3176 8513 3177 8515
      3174 8521 3170 8522 3171 8541 3162 8542
      3162 8618
TIME...MOT...LOC 1434Z 237DEG 34KT 3163 8594 

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

17/KLAWS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 1:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour66 min
Apr 5, 2:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour, Pike56 min
Apr 5, 2:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRussell32 min
Apr 5, 3:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRussell43 min
Apr 5, 3:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXHale, Perry40 min
Apr 5, 3:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Tuscaloosa34 min
Apr 5, 3:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Lowndes, Montgomery33 min
Apr 5, 4:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Perry49 min
Apr 5, 4:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton, Shelby44 min
Apr 5, 5:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Talladega38 min
Apr 5, 5:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers, Tallapoosa51 min
Apr 5, 6:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay, Randolph58 min
Apr 5, 6:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Hale, Perry56 min
Apr 5, 6:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby83 min
Apr 5, 7:22 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXGreene, Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa3 hr
Apr 5, 7:40 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXBlount, Jefferson3 hr
Apr 5, 8:43 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXCalhoun, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega3 hr
Apr 5, 9:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas, Lowndes75 min
Apr 5, 9:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCleburne32 min
Apr 5, 10:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery29 min
Apr 5, 10:29 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXCalhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph3 hr
Apr 5, 10:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore, Macon, Tallapoosa67 min
Apr 5, 10:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour49 min
Apr 5, 11:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Tuscaloosa32 min
Apr 5, 11:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby66 min
Apr 5, 12:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTalladega82 min
Apr 5, 1:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCleburne33 min
Apr 5, 2:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCleburne25 min
Apr 5, 3:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTalladega42 min
Apr 5, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair, Talladega38 min
Apr 5, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Cleburne, Talladega67 min
Apr 5, 4:08 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCleburne52 min
Apr 5, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Cherokee, Etowah45 min
Apr 5, 4:37 PM CDTWind AdvisoryBMXAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more26 hr
Apr 5, 4:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXRandolph46 min
Apr 5, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson, Shelby45 min
Apr 5, 5:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXRandolph13 min
Apr 5, 5:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXRandolph, Tallapoosa57 min
Apr 5, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton, Shelby35 min
Apr 5, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair40 min
Apr 5, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRandolph27 min
Apr 5, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, St. Clair, Talladega43 min
Apr 5, 6:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXDeKalb25 min
Apr 5, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair, Shelby, Talladega27 min
Apr 5, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah25 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.