Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 11, 2020, 1:41 PM CST for Cherokee County, Alabama. It was in force for 79 min. 5 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
- Jan 11, 2020, 1:41 PM CST (19:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 11, 2020, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 79 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Cherokee County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 2:01 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wnw Weiss Dam, AL | A CARPORT WAS LOFTED IN THE AIR AND DAMAGED 2 VEHICLES. |
| Jan 11, 2:07 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Centre, AL | STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A HOME. SHED DESTORYED. ALONG CR 157. |
| Jan 11, 2:24 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Leesburg, AL | TREES ON A HOUSE, STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO HOME. CR 271 AT HWY 273. |
| Jan 11, 2:25 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Leesburg, AL | POWER LINES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 7. |
| Jan 11, 2:31 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Centre, AL | TREES AND POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 12:42 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 557 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 417 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 450 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
336
WUUS54 KBMX 111941
SVRBMX
ALC019-112100-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0013.200111T1941Z-200111T2100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
141 PM CST Sat Jan 11 2020
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Cherokee County in northeastern Alabama...
* Until 300 PM CST.
* At 140 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Crossville to near Reece City to near Rainbow
City, moving northeast at 65 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include...
Centre, Cedar Bluff, Little River Canyon National Preserve, Forney,
Centre Municipal Airport, Leesburg, Sand Rock, Gaylesville,
Tennala, Cherokee Rock Village, Pleasant Gap, Cornwall Furnace
Park, Blanche, Eastern Weiss Lake, Slackland, Western Weiss Lake,
Moshat, Ball Flat, Coloma and Weiss Dam.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CST for northeastern
and east central Alabama.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3396 8540 3396 8549 3395 8550 3394 8552
3396 8554 3397 8574 3412 8579 3413 8580
3411 8584 3424 8584 3424 8581 3425 8581
3426 8577 3437 8563 3444 8558 3449 8557
3453 8552
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 235DEG 58KT 3430 8608 3409 8597 3390 8607
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
40/Sizemore3 follow-up statements
252
WWUS54 KBMX 111956
SVSBMX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
156 PM CST Sat Jan 11 2020
ALC019-112100-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-200111T2100Z/
Cherokee AL-
156 PM CST Sat Jan 11 2020
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST
FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY...
At 156 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Fyffe to near Sand Rock to Ballplay, moving
northeast at 65 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile
homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Centre, Cedar Bluff, Little River Canyon National Preserve, Forney,
Centre Municipal Airport, Leesburg, Sand Rock, Gaylesville, Tennala,
Cherokee Rock Village, Pleasant Gap, Cornwall Furnace Park, Blanche,
Eastern Weiss Lake, Slackland, Western Weiss Lake, Moshat, Ball Flat,
Coloma and Weiss Dam.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CST for northeastern
and east central Alabama.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3396 8540 3396 8549 3395 8550 3394 8552
3396 8554 3397 8574 3412 8579 3413 8580
3411 8584 3424 8584 3424 8581 3425 8581
3426 8577 3437 8563 3444 8558 3449 8557
3453 8552
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 235DEG 58KT 3444 8584 3423 8573 3404 8583
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
40/Sizemore739
WWUS54 KBMX 112017
SVSBMX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
217 PM CST Sat Jan 11 2020
ALC019-112100-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-200111T2100Z/
Cherokee AL-
217 PM CST Sat Jan 11 2020
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST
FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY...
At 216 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 9 miles southeast of Ider to 6 miles southwest of
Summerville to near Ball Flat, moving northeast at 65 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile
homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Centre, Cedar Bluff, Little River Canyon National Preserve, Forney,
Centre Municipal Airport, Leesburg, Sand Rock, Gaylesville, Tennala,
Cherokee Rock Village, Pleasant Gap, Cornwall Furnace Park, Blanche,
Eastern Weiss Lake, Slackland, Western Weiss Lake, Moshat, Ball Flat,
Coloma and Weiss Dam.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CST for northeastern
and east central Alabama.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3396 8540 3396 8549 3395 8550 3394 8552
3396 8554 3397 8574 3412 8579 3413 8580
3411 8584 3424 8584 3424 8581 3425 8581
3426 8577 3437 8563 3444 8558 3449 8557
3453 8552
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 234DEG 58KT 3462 8553 3441 8542 3397 8571
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
40/Sizemore319
WWUS54 KBMX 112036
SVSBMX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
236 PM CST Sat Jan 11 2020
ALC019-112100-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-200111T2100Z/
Cherokee AL-
236 PM CST Sat Jan 11 2020
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST
FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY...
At 236 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near La Fayette to 10 miles east of Trion to near
Forney, moving northeast at 65 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile
homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Centre, Cedar Bluff, Centre Municipal Airport, Little River Canyon
National Preserve, Forney, Gaylesville, Tennala, Pleasant Gap,
Cornwall Furnace Park, Western Weiss Lake, Blanche, Eastern Weiss
Lake, Moshat, Ball Flat, Coloma, Fullerton, New Moon, Chesnut Bay
Resort, Spring Garden and Broomtown.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CST for northeastern
and east central Alabama.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3396 8540 3396 8549 3395 8550 3394 8552
3396 8554 3397 8574 3404 8576 3432 8569
3437 8563 3444 8558 3449 8557 3453 8552
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 235DEG 58KT 3479 8524 3458 8513 3414 8542
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
40/SizemoreThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 7:50 PM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter | 8 days |
| Jan 11, 7:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 66 min |
| Jan 11, 9:40 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marion | 65 min |
| Jan 11, 10:07 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Marion | 3 hr |
| Jan 11, 10:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens, Sumter | 54 min |
| Jan 11, 10:47 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion | 43 min |
| Jan 11, 11:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Sumter | 30 min |
| Jan 11, 11:01 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 42 min |
| Jan 11, 11:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marengo, Pickens and 2 more | 63 min |
| Jan 11, 11:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 27 min |
| Jan 11, 11:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 16 min |
| Jan 11, 12:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Fayette, Jefferson, Shelby, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 59 min |
| Jan 11, 12:04 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Winston | 56 min |
| Jan 11, 12:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Tuscaloosa | 24 min |
| Jan 11, 12:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Perry | 66 min |
| Jan 11, 12:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 36 min |
| Jan 11, 12:35 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Bibb, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Marion and 4 more | 115 min |
| Jan 11, 12:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair | 67 min |
| Jan 11, 12:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 18 min |
| Jan 11, 12:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas, Marengo | 58 min |
| Jan 11, 12:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby | 68 min |
| Jan 11, 1:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 81 min |
| Jan 11, 1:19 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Etowah, Jefferson, St. Clair and 1 more | 116 min |
| Jan 11, 1:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Lowndes | 65 min |
| Jan 11, 1:29 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Calhoun, Cleburne, Coosa, Elmore, Etowah and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Jan 11, 1:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Coosa, Talladega | 80 min |
| Jan 11, 1:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 28 min |
| Jan 11, 1:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 12 min |
| Jan 11, 2:00 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Cherokee | 2 hr |
| Jan 11, 2:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair, Shelby | 14 min |
| Jan 11, 2:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Montgomery | 62 min |
| Jan 11, 2:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 61 min |
| Jan 11, 2:18 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Clay, Cleburne, Tallapoosa | 117 min |
| Jan 11, 2:21 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Montgomery | 114 min |
| Jan 11, 2:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 63 min |
| Jan 11, 2:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 66 min |
| Jan 11, 2:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon, Pike | 80 min |
| Jan 11, 2:44 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Randolph | 2 hr |
| Jan 11, 2:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Randolph | 72 min |
| Jan 11, 2:53 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Bullock, Macon, Pike | 2 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:07 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Chambers, Lee | 113 min |
| Jan 11, 3:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee, Russell | 73 min |
| Jan 11, 3:27 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Barbour, Russell | 2 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers, Tallapoosa | 18 min |
| Jan 11, 3:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour, Russell | 78 min |
| Jan 11, 4:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 23 min |
| Jan 11, 5:24 PM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 8 days |
| Jan 11, 5:24 PM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 10 days |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.