Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2021, 5:59 PM CDT for Fayette County, Pickens County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 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 27, 2021, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Fayette County, AL, Pickens County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 1085 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
The text
As transmitted.
045
WUUS54 KBMX 272259
SVRBMX
ALC057-107-272345-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0029.210327T2259Z-210327T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
559 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Pickens County in west central Alabama...
Fayette County in west central Alabama...
* Until 645 PM CDT.
* At 559 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Kennedy, or
near Millport, moving northeast at 40 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...
Fayette, Berry, Belk, Ashcraft Corner, Bankston, Boley Springs,
Bevill State College Fayette, Stone Wall, Fowlers Crossroads,
Richard Arthur Field and Fayette County Public Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3353 8795 3367 8794 3387 8753 3369 8753
3369 8742 3360 8742 3361 8763 3358 8763
3358 8767 3352 8767 3352 8784 3347 8784
3342 8803 3353 8809
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 244DEG 36KT 3354 8799
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
643
WWUS54 KBMX 272323
SVSBMX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
623 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021
ALC107-272333-
/O.CAN.KBMX.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-210327T2345Z/
Pickens AL-
623 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PICKENS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3367 8794 3387 8753 3369 8753 3369 8742
3360 8743 3361 8763 3358 8763 3358 8767
3352 8767 3352 8768 3353 8795
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 244DEG 35KT 3363 8775
$$
ALC057-272345-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-210327T2345Z/
Fayette AL-
623 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR FAYETTE COUNTY...
At 623 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bankston, or
near Fayette, moving northeast at 40 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...
Fayette, Berry, Belk, Bankston, Boley Springs, Bevill State College
Fayette, Stone Wall, Fowlers Crossroads, Richard Arthur Field and
Fayette County Public Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3367 8794 3387 8753 3369 8753 3369 8742
3360 8743 3361 8763 3358 8763 3358 8767
3352 8767 3352 8768 3353 8795
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 244DEG 35KT 3363 8775
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 3:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Walker | 24 min |
| Mar 27, 4:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Jefferson | 50 min |
| Mar 27, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Walker | 50 min |
| Mar 27, 4:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lamar | 53 min |
| Mar 27, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 39 min |
| Mar 27, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 65 min |
| Mar 27, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 36 min |
| Mar 27, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | St. Clair | 61 min |
| Mar 27, 6:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Jefferson | 24 min |
| Mar 27, 6:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Etowah | 65 min |
| Mar 27, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Fayette | 29 min |
| Mar 27, 6:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Walker | 64 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.