Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 2021, 8:58 PM CDT for Coosa 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
- Mar 25, 2021, 8:58 PM CDT (01:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2021, 9:47 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Coosa County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 49 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1313 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 662 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 341 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 334 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.1
- Supercell composite
- 13.2
The text
As transmitted.
408
WUUS54 KBMX 260158
SVRBMX
ALC037-260300-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0024.210326T0158Z-210326T0300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
858 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Coosa County in east central Alabama...
* Until 1000 PM CDT.
* At 858 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Clanton,
moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Goodwater, Rockford, Kellyton, Weogufka, Stewartville, Hanover,
Lyle, Mitchell Lake, Dollar, Bradford, Bentleyville, Unity,
Parkdale, Moriah, Hatchet, Crewsville, Higgins Ferry Park, Lay Lake
and Paint Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for central and
east central Alabama.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3280 8643 3282 8646 3286 8645 3287 8648
3291 8650 3298 8651 3311 8629 3310 8601
3297 8601
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 242DEG 48KT 3284 8660
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
32/Davis2 follow-up statements
753
WWUS54 KBMX 260236
SVSBMX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
936 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021
ALC037-260300-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-210326T0300Z/
Coosa AL-
936 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN COOSA COUNTY...
At 936 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Goodwater,
moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Goodwater, Kellyton, Hatchet, Crewsville, Parkdale and Bradford.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for east central
Alabama.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3291 8617 3297 8619 3302 8617 3310 8613
3310 8601 3297 8601
TIME...MOT...LOC 0236Z 242DEG 48KT 3308 8606
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
32/Davis343
WWUS54 KBMX 260247
SVSBMX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
947 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021
ALC037-260257-
/O.CAN.KBMX.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-210326T0300Z/
Coosa AL-
947 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN COOSA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for east central
Alabama.
LAT...LON 3291 8617 3297 8619 3302 8617 3310 8613
3310 8601 3297 8601
TIME...MOT...LOC 0246Z 242DEG 48KT 3315 8590
$$
32/DavisThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 7:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Calhoun | 26 min |
| Mar 25, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 24 min |
| Mar 25, 7:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Hale | 50 min |
| Mar 25, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale | 32 min |
| Mar 25, 7:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne | 14 min |
| Mar 25, 7:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne | 3 hr |
| Mar 25, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Tuscaloosa | 23 min |
| Mar 25, 7:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Jefferson | 27 min |
| Mar 25, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair | 28 min |
| Mar 25, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 42 min |
| Mar 25, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Etowah, St. Clair | 25 min |
| Mar 25, 9:01 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby | 24 hr |
| Mar 25, 9:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa | 32 min |
| Mar 25, 9:21 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 12 hr |
| Mar 25, 9:23 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 60 hr |
| Mar 25, 9:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Tuscaloosa | 24 hr |
| Mar 25, 9:44 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Tuscaloosa | 60 hr |
| Mar 25, 9:47 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | BMX | Sumter | 12 hr |
| Mar 25, 9:49 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens, Sumter | 5 days |
| Mar 25, 9:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers, Clay, Randolph, Tallapoosa | 54 min |
| Mar 25, 11:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair | 6 hr |
| Mar 25, 11:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Etowah, St. Clair | 58 hr |
| Mar 26, 5:26 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa, Elmore, Shelby, Talladega | 4 days |
| Mar 26, 5:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 6 days |
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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.