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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Birmingham, AL

August 1, 2021Marengo County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2021, 9:11 PM CDT for Marengo County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 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
Aug 1, 2021, 9:11 PM CDT (02:11 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2021, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Marengo County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 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 nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 139 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2021-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 941 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2021-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
941 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1260 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

521 
WUUS54 KBMX 020211
SVRBMX
ALC091-020300-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0138.210802T0211Z-210802T0300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
911 PM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Marengo County in southwestern Alabama...

* Until 1000 PM CDT.

* At 910 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Myrtlewood to Consul, moving south at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Linden, Thomaston, Sweet Water, Myrtlewood, Freddie Jones Field,
  Miller, Consul, Magnolia, Calvary, Half Acre and Octagon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3217 8801 3227 8801 3230 8800 3231 8798
      3230 8797 3231 8795 3228 8794 3231 8793
      3232 8794 3232 8752 3231 8752 3231 8747
      3227 8747 3227 8751 3225 8752 3213 8752
      3213 8762 3211 8762 3212 8804
TIME...MOT...LOC 0210Z 010DEG 7KT 3225 8793 3225 8755 

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

32/Davis
1 follow-up statement
775 
WWUS54 KBMX 020239
SVSBMX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
939 PM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021

ALC091-020300-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0138.000000T0000Z-210802T0300Z/
Marengo AL-
939 PM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL MARENGO COUNTY...

At 939 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Myrtlewood to near Consul, and are nearly stationary.
 
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Linden, Thomaston, Sweet Water, Myrtlewood, Freddie Jones Field,
Miller, Consul, Magnolia, Calvary, Half Acre and Octagon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3217 8801 3227 8801 3230 8800 3231 8798
      3230 8797 3231 8795 3228 8794 3231 8793
      3232 8794 3232 8752 3231 8752 3231 8747
      3227 8747 3227 8751 3225 8752 3213 8752
      3213 8762 3211 8762 3212 8804
TIME...MOT...LOC 0239Z 039DEG 4KT 3224 8794 3224 8756 

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

32/Davis

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 8:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMarengo43 min
Aug 1, 9:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXDallas50 min
Aug 1, 9:31 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXMarengo3 hr
Aug 1, 10:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMarengo43 min
Aug 1, 11:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXSumter52 min
Aug 2, 12:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXHale51 min
Aug 2, 1:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMontgomery30 min
Aug 2, 11:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMarengo38 min
Aug 2, 1:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBullock38 min
Aug 2, 2:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMontgomery34 min
Aug 2, 3:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMontgomery32 min
Aug 2, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore, Macon, Montgomery25 min
Aug 2, 4:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXRussell27 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.