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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Birmingham, AL

August 25, 2021Russell County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 2021, 4:53 PM CDT for Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 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 25, 2021, 4:53 PM CDT (21:53 UTC)
Expired: Aug 25, 2021, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Russell County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 131 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: 1222 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1035 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

588 
WUUS54 KBMX 252153
SVRBMX
ALC113-252230-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0145.210825T2153Z-210825T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
453 PM CDT Wed Aug 25 2021

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Russell County in southeastern Alabama...

* Until 530 PM CDT.

* At 452 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Seale, or 14
  miles southwest of Phenix City, moving northwest at 20 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Russell County Sports Complex, Uchee, Seale, Hatchechubbe, Uchee
  Creek, Fort Mitchell, Fort Mitchell Activity Center, Phenix Drag
  Strip and Parkmanville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3215 8506 3228 8543 3240 8544 3241 8543
      3241 8533 3247 8533 3247 8515 3236 8498
      3234 8501 3232 8501 3230 8494 3229 8492
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 119DEG 19KT 3228 8511 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

40/Sizemore

1 follow-up statement

109 
WWUS54 KBMX 252207
SVSBMX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
507 PM CDT Wed Aug 25 2021

ALC113-252230-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0145.000000T0000Z-210825T2230Z/
Russell AL-
507 PM CDT Wed Aug 25 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN RUSSELL COUNTY...

At 507 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Seale, or 14
miles northeast of Hurtsboro, moving northwest at 20 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Seale, Russell County Sports Complex, Uchee, Parkmanville and
Hatchechubbe.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Birmingham.

&&

LAT...LON 3231 8502 3218 8513 3228 8543 3240 8544
      3241 8543 3241 8533 3247 8533 3247 8524
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 119DEG 19KT 3232 8519 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

40/Sizemore

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 25, 3:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lee	29 min
Aug 25, 3:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Macon	23 min
Aug 25, 4:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Elmore	30 min
Aug 25, 4:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	37 min
Aug 25, 4:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers	51 min
Aug 25, 4:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Russell	45 min
Aug 25, 4:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Talladega	34 min
Aug 25, 5:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lee	25 min
Aug 25, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bullock, Macon, Russell	29 min
Aug 25, 5:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lee	42 min
Aug 25, 5:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	27 min
Aug 25, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lee	24 min
Aug 25, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	52 min
Aug 25, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Shelby	31 min
Aug 25, 6:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Macon, Montgomery	25 min
Aug 25, 6:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	31 min
Aug 25, 6:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lowndes	44 min
Aug 25, 6:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Randolph	39 min
Aug 25, 6:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	33 min
Aug 25, 6:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb	36 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.