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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 123, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 13, 2021Fayette County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2021, 1:06 PM CDT for Fayette County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report 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: Jun 13, 2021, 1:06 PM CDT (18:06 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2021, 1:30 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Fayette County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:10 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
Jun 13, 1:26 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Nw New Lexington, AL	TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. TREES WERE ALSO REPORTED DOWN IN THE CITY OF FAYETTE, AND NEAR BERRY AND NEWTONVILLE.

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
Jun 13, 12:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 104 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: 597 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1168 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

065 
WUUS54 KBMX 131806
SVRBMX
ALC057-131830-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0123.210613T1806Z-210613T1830Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
106 PM CDT Sun Jun 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Fayette County in west central Alabama...

* Until 130 PM CDT.

* At 106 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bankston, or
  near Fayette, moving southeast at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Fayette, Berry, Belk, Bankston, Bevill State College Fayette, Stone
  Wall, Richard Arthur Field and Fayette County Public Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3382 8778 3361 8760 3361 8763 3358 8763
      3358 8766 3356 8767 3352 8776 3353 8790
      3360 8795 3372 8795
TIME...MOT...LOC 1806Z 331DEG 12KT 3363 8776 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

75 Linhares

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 12:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	24 min
Jun 13, 12:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	30 min
Jun 13, 12:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	36 min
Jun 13, 12:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene	33 min
Jun 13, 1:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	29 min
Jun 13, 1:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	36 min
Jun 13, 1:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Marion	2 hr
Jun 13, 1:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	30 min
Jun 13, 1:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	44 min
Jun 13, 1:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Walker	24 min
Jun 13, 1:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene	38 min
Jun 13, 1:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	34 min
Jun 13, 1:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	48 min
Jun 13, 1:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Walker, Winston	34 min
Jun 13, 1:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	50 min
Jun 13, 2:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	27 min
Jun 13, 2:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	42 min
Jun 13, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Pickens	18 min
Jun 13, 3:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene, Hale	46 min
Jun 13, 3:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Hale	30 min
Jun 13, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Hale	18 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.