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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 127, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 13, 2021Hale County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2021, 3:29 PM CDT for Hale County, Alabama. It was in force for 18 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: Jun 13, 2021, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2021, 3:47 PM CDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Hale County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 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.

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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 108 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

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The text

As transmitted.

851 
WUUS54 KBMX 132029
SVRBMX
ALC065-132100-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0127.210613T2029Z-210613T2100Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Hale County in west central Alabama...

* Until 400 PM CDT.

* At 329 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Newbern, or
  near Greensboro, moving southwest at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Newbern, Arcola, Greensboro Municipal Airport, Gallion, Cedarville
  and Laneville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3259 8774 3260 8774 3270 8766 3264 8752
      3248 8752 3248 8773 3252 8773 3253 8780
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 026DEG 10KT 3264 8759 

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

25/Owen

1 follow-up statement

240 
WWUS54 KBMX 132047
SVSBMX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
347 PM CDT Sun Jun 13 2021

ALC065-132057-
/O.CAN.KBMX.SV.W.0127.000000T0000Z-210613T2100Z/
Hale AL-
347 PM CDT Sun Jun 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HALE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However gusty winds and
heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for
southwestern and west central Alabama.

LAT...LON 3259 8774 3260 8774 3270 8766 3264 8752
      3248 8752 3248 8773 3252 8773 3253 8780
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 026DEG 10KT 3259 8762 

$$

25/Owen

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, 1:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette	24 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

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.