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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 146, NWS Birmingham, AL

August 25, 2021Bullock County, Macon County, Russell County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 2021, 5:23 PM CDT for Bullock County, Macon County, Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 29 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, 5:23 PM CDT (22:23 UTC)
Expired: Aug 25, 2021, 5:52 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bullock County, AL, Macon County, AL, Russell County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 145 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

531 
WUUS54 KBMX 252223
SVRBMX
ALC011-087-113-252315-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0146.210825T2223Z-210825T2315Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Bullock County in southeastern Alabama...
  Southeastern Macon County in southeastern Alabama...
  Southwestern Russell County in southeastern Alabama...

* Until 615 PM CDT.

* At 523 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hurtsboro,
  moving northwest at 25 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Tuskegee, Hurtsboro, Guerryton, Uchee, Davisville, Society Hill,
  Creek Stand, Rutherford, Warriorstand 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 3215 8531 3220 8571 3240 8569 3249 8549
      3246 8544 3241 8544 3241 8536 3231 8521
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 114DEG 24KT 3228 8538 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

40/Sizemore

2 follow-up statements

353 
WWUS54 KBMX 252242
SVSBMX

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

ALC011-087-113-252315-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0146.000000T0000Z-210825T2315Z/
Bullock AL-Macon AL-Russell AL-
542 PM CDT Wed Aug 25 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN BULLOCK...SOUTHEASTERN MACON AND WEST CENTRAL
RUSSELL COUNTIES...

At 542 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles north of
Guerryton, or 8 miles northwest of Hurtsboro, moving northwest at 30
mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Tuskegee, Hurtsboro, Guerryton, Uchee, Davisville, Society Hill,
Creek Stand, Warriorstand and Fort Davis.

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 3229 8527 3217 8537 3224 8571 3240 8569
      3248 8552 3243 8544 3241 8544 3241 8541
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 114DEG 24KT 3233 8552 

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

$$

40/Sizemore

073 
WWUS54 KBMX 252252
SVSBMX

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

ALC011-087-113-252302-
/O.CAN.KBMX.SV.W.0146.000000T0000Z-210825T2315Z/
Bullock AL-Macon AL-Russell AL-
552 PM CDT Wed Aug 25 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BULLOCK...
SOUTHEASTERN MACON AND WEST CENTRAL RUSSELL COUNTIES 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.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Birmingham.

LAT...LON 3229 8527 3217 8537 3224 8571 3240 8569
      3248 8552 3243 8544 3241 8544 3241 8541
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 114DEG 24KT 3236 8559 

$$

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, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Russell	37 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, 5:33 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.