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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 5, 2017Elmore County, Macon County, Tallapoosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2017, 10:38 AM CDT for Elmore County, Macon County, Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 67 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 5, 2017, 10:38 AM CDT (15:38 UTC)
Expired: Apr 5, 2017, 11:45 AM CDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Elmore County, AL, Macon County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 5, 6:54 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 121 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 560 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 617 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 408 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 396 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

893 
WUUS54 KBMX 051538
SVRBMX
ALC051-087-123-051645-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0092.170405T1538Z-170405T1645Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
1038 AM CDT WED APR 5 2017

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Elmore County in east central Alabama...
  Macon County in southeastern Alabama...
  South central Tallapoosa County in east central Alabama...

* Until 1145 AM CDT

* At 1038 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Waugh, or 10
  miles southwest of Milstead, moving northeast at 45 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. 

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Tuskegee, Tallassee, Notasulga, Milstead, Shorter, Franklin,
  Liverpool, Liberty City, Reeves Airport, Lake Tuskegee, Tallapoosa
  City, Emerald Mountain, Tuskegee National Forest, Tysonville,
  Victoryland, Society Hill, I 85 Rest Area, Uphapee Creek, Cross
  Keys and Ware.

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 south central,
southeastern and east central Alabama.

LAT...LON 3228 8588 3230 8590 3228 8590 3228 8592
      3230 8595 3232 8596 3234 8599 3242 8603
      3241 8605 3242 8609 3242 8612 3243 8613
      3243 8619 3262 8570 3258 8569 3258 8566
      3257 8566 3250 8549 3250 8544 3240 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 1538Z 246DEG 38KT 3236 8606 

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

17/KLAWS

1 follow-up statement

713 
WWUS54 KBMX 051558
SVSBMX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
1058 AM CDT WED APR 5 2017

ALC051-087-123-051645-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-170405T1645Z/
Elmore AL-Macon AL-Tallapoosa AL-
1058 AM CDT WED APR 5 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELMORE...CENTRAL MACON AND SOUTH CENTRAL TALLAPOOSA
COUNTIES...

At 1058 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Milstead,
moving northeast at 40 mph.

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

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. 

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

Locations impacted include...
Tuskegee, Tallassee, Notasulga, Milstead, Shorter, Franklin,
Liverpool, Liberty City, Reeves Airport, Lake Tuskegee, Tallapoosa
City, Tuskegee National Forest, Victoryland, I 85 Rest Area, Uphapee
Creek, Cross Keys and Moton Field Municipal Airport.

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 and
east central Alabama.

LAT...LON 3230 8588 3236 8597 3250 8598 3262 8570
      3258 8569 3258 8566 3257 8566 3250 8549
      3250 8544 3243 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 1558Z 247DEG 34KT 3242 8586 

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

17/KLAWS

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 5, 9:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 9:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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

.UPDATE...
MESOSCALE UPDATE.

&&

.DISCUSSION...

Effective warm front roughly positioned from northern Sumter
County northeast across southern Bibb County east across southern
Talladega County and into southern Cleburne County.

The airmass is continuing to rapidly destabilize south of the warm
front with temperatures in the low to mid 70's along the U.S.
Highway 80 corridor along with dew points in the lower 70's
across our southern tier of counties.

We continue to monitor the potential for large hail with
thunderstorms near and north of the warm front and for the
increasing potential of all convective hazards to the southwest
across southern Alabama.

Our concern continues to increase with discrete storms moving out
of Clarke and Monroe Counties and into Wilcox County while
additional discrete storms are moving out of Escambia and Conecuh
Counties and into Covington County. These storms will pose a
threat to Selma/Montgomery/Troy areas through the next few hours.

Visible satellite imagery indicates some breaks in the clouds from
Washington County north to Tuscaloosa County. Solar radiation will
help to further raise temperatures and will result in further
airmass destabilization through the remainder of the morning
hours across our western and southwest counties.

The latest derived hodograph from the KBMX radar velocity wind
profile indicates 0-6 km bulk shear of 54 knots and 0-1 km storm
relative helicities of 108 m2/s2. The environment remains
supportive of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes south of the warm
front.

05

&&

.AVIATION...
12Z TAF Discussion.

For the north the main focus will be the storms that will develop
and continue to develop over the area through at least 18Z. Went
with predominate thunderstorms for all northern sites during that
time. Went with VCTS for southern sites. Will continue to be a
complicated pattern for the next 12 hours. Finally after 3 to 6Z
the pattern will improve.

16

&&

.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.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Gadsden     78  46  61  40  62 / 100  50  20  10   0
Anniston    79  47  61  40  63 / 100  60  20  10   0
Birmingham  79  46  62  43  63 / 100  30  20  10   0
Tuscaloosa  80  46  65  43  65 / 100  30  10   0   0
Calera      80  47  63  43  64 /  80  30  10  10   0
Auburn      78  49  62  42  62 /  80  60  10  10   0
Montgomery  81  50  68  44  66 /  80  60  10   0   0
Troy        81  51  66  43  65 /  80  60  10   0   0

&&

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

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 5:05 AM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
505 AM CDT Wed Apr 5 2017

ALZ011>015-017>050-061315-
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-
505 AM CDT Wed Apr 5 2017

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

.DAY ONE...Outlook Through Tonight.

Severe thunderstorms will be possible through tonight.

Round one of severe storms will be associated with a warm front as
it lifts northward through the area. The warm front will move north
of the area by 11 AM. Large hail up to the size of baseballs and
damaging winds will continue to be the dominate concerns of these
storms.

South of the warm front, isolated to scattered storms will develop
and continue to move northeast through the afternoon. This activity
will impact all of Central Alabama. 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 Warrior to West Blocton to Uniontown.

Round three will be the along the cold front itself as it slides
through the area. Storms may develop along the line and continue to
develop through 9 PM or until the front slides east of the area.
Large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes will be be possible along
this line as well.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 5, 9:39 AM CDT, 59 minutes before

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

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

0527 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SSW OXFORD LAKE       33.59N 85.82W
04/05/2017                   CALHOUN            AL   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES DOWN AND WATER PONDING ON ROADWAY NEAR
            THE INTERSECTION OF CHEAHA DRIVE AND COUNTY
            LINE ROAD.

&&

JH

Local storm report, Apr 5, 9:41 AM CDT, 57 minutes before

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

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

0610 AM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SE GUNTHERTOWN        33.34N 85.92W
04/05/2017                   CLAY               AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ALONG HANGING ROCK ROAD. ESTIMATED
            40-50 MPH WINDS. TIME ESTIMATED.

&&

JH

Local storm report, Apr 5, 9:43 AM CDT, 55 minutes before

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

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

0610 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ROSELLE                 33.19N 86.05W
04/05/2017                   CLAY               AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN BLOCKING ROADWAY. COUNTY ROAD 7
            JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 148. ESTIMATED 40-50
            MPH WINDS. TIME ESTIMATED.

&&

JH

Local storm report, Apr 5, 9:59 AM CDT, 39 minutes before

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

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

0741 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 WNW HIGHLAND LAKES    33.39N 86.66W
04/05/2017                   SHELBY             AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TREE DOWN BLOCKING WESTOVER ROAD NEAR OLD
            HIGHWAY 280. ESTIMATED 40-50 MPH WINDS.

&&

JH

Local storm report, Apr 5, 10:14 AM CDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1014 AM CDT WED APR 5 2017

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

1000 AM     HEAVY RAIN       OXFORD                  33.61N 85.84W
04/05/2017  M2.95 INCH       CALHOUN            AL   PUBLIC

            RAIN TOTAL SO FAR.

&&

JH

Local storm report, Apr 5, 10:35 AM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1035 AM CDT WED APR 5 2017

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

1025 AM     HAIL             2 SSW HOPE HULL         32.25N 86.37W
04/05/2017  M1.00 INCH       MONTGOMERY         AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 5, 1:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour	66 min
Apr 5, 2:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour, Pike	56 min
Apr 5, 2:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Russell	32 min
Apr 5, 3:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Russell	43 min
Apr 5, 3:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Hale, Perry	40 min
Apr 5, 3:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Tuscaloosa	34 min
Apr 5, 3:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Lowndes, Montgomery	33 min
Apr 5, 4:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Perry	49 min
Apr 5, 4:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton, Shelby	44 min
Apr 5, 5:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Talladega	38 min
Apr 5, 5:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Tallapoosa	51 min
Apr 5, 6:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Randolph	58 min
Apr 5, 6:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Hale, Perry	56 min
Apr 5, 6:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Shelby	83 min
Apr 5, 7:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Greene, Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa	3 hr
Apr 5, 7:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Blount, Jefferson	3 hr
Apr 5, 8:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Calhoun, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega	3 hr
Apr 5, 9:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Dallas, Lowndes	75 min
Apr 5, 9:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cleburne	32 min
Apr 5, 9:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour, Pike	70 min
Apr 5, 10:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Montgomery	29 min
Apr 5, 10:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph	3 hr
Apr 5, 10:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour	49 min
Apr 5, 11:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Tuscaloosa	32 min
Apr 5, 11:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Shelby	66 min
Apr 5, 12:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Talladega	82 min
Apr 5, 1:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cleburne	33 min
Apr 5, 2:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cleburne	25 min
Apr 5, 3:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Talladega	42 min
Apr 5, 3:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	St. Clair, Talladega	38 min
Apr 5, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cleburne, Talladega	67 min
Apr 5, 4:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Cleburne	52 min
Apr 5, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Etowah	45 min
Apr 5, 4:37 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	26 hr
Apr 5, 4:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Randolph	46 min
Apr 5, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Shelby	45 min
Apr 5, 5:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Randolph	13 min
Apr 5, 5:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Randolph, Tallapoosa	57 min
Apr 5, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton, Shelby	35 min
Apr 5, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	St. Clair	40 min
Apr 5, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Randolph	27 min
Apr 5, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, St. Clair, Talladega	43 min
Apr 5, 6:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	DeKalb	25 min
Apr 5, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega	27 min
Apr 5, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Etowah	25 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.