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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 24, 2021Macon County, Tallapoosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2021, 3:44 PM CDT for Macon County, Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 24, 2021, 3:44 PM CDT (20:44 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2021, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 2.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Macon County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 24, 3:50 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Franklin, AL	HALF DOLLAR TO GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL NEAR FRANKLIN.
Apr 24, 4:00 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Notasulga, AL	NICKEL SIZED HAIL ESTIMATED IN NATASULGA. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 24, 1:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 125 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 580 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 855 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 1103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

775 
WUUS54 KBMX 242044
SVRBMX
ALC087-123-242130-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0062.210424T2044Z-210424T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
344 PM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Macon County in southeastern Alabama...
  South central Tallapoosa County in east central Alabama...

* Until 430 PM CDT.

* At 344 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Shorter, or
  near Milstead, moving northeast at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...Two inch hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.

* Locations impacted include...
  Tuskegee, Tallassee, Notasulga, Franklin, Liverpool, Liberty City,
  Reeves Airport, Lake Tuskegee, Tallapoosa City, Tuskegee National
  Forest, I 85 Rest Area, Uphapee Creek and Moton Field Municipal
  Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3246 8544 3233 8575 3245 8591 3245 8588
      3247 8587 3248 8585 3249 8589 3252 8589
      3265 8574 3264 8569 3258 8569 3258 8566
      3257 8566 3250 8549 3250 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 239DEG 40KT 3237 8592 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

32/Davis

2 follow-up statements

356 
WWUS54 KBMX 242106
SVSBMX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
406 PM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021

ALC087-123-242130-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-210424T2130Z/
Macon AL-Tallapoosa AL-
406 PM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN MACON AND SOUTH CENTRAL TALLAPOOSA COUNTIES...

At 406 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Notasulga,
moving northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Two inch 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...
Tuskegee, Notasulga, Tuskegee National Forest, Liberty City, Lake
Tuskegee, I 85 Rest Area, Uphapee Creek and Moton Field Municipal
Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3239 8560 3246 8577 3249 8582 3257 8580
      3260 8580 3265 8574 3264 8569 3258 8569
      3258 8566 3257 8566 3250 8549 3250 8544
      3246 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 239DEG 40KT 3250 8567 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

32/Davis

227 
WWUS54 KBMX 242115
SVSBMX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
415 PM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021

ALC087-123-242125-
/O.CAN.KBMX.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-210424T2130Z/
Macon AL-Tallapoosa AL-
415 PM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MACON AND SOUTH
CENTRAL TALLAPOOSA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
southeastern and east central Alabama.

LAT...LON 3239 8560 3246 8577 3249 8582 3257 8580
      3260 8580 3265 8574 3264 8569 3258 8569
      3258 8566 3257 8566 3250 8549 3250 8544
      3246 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 239DEG 40KT 3255 8557 

$$

32/Davis

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 24, 4:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lowndes	68 min
Apr 24, 5:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lowndes	65 min
Apr 24, 6:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Montgomery	36 min
Apr 24, 6:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pike	49 min
Apr 24, 7:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour, Bullock, Lee, Macon, Russell	55 min
Apr 24, 8:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Sumter	26 min
Apr 24, 8:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Hale	35 min
Apr 24, 8:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Perry	35 min
Apr 24, 9:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	28 min
Apr 24, 9:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	29 min
Apr 24, 10:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lowndes, Montgomery	42 min
Apr 24, 11:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Macon	40 min
Apr 24, 3:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Perry	34 min
Apr 24, 3:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Montgomery	38 min
Apr 24, 3:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	34 min
Apr 24, 3:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	33 min
Apr 24, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Macon, Montgomery	32 min
Apr 24, 3:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Clay	29 min
Apr 24, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Marion, Walker, Winston	40 min
Apr 24, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lee	35 min
Apr 24, 4:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	15 min
Apr 24, 4:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Randolph	44 min
Apr 24, 4:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga	42 min
Apr 24, 4:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	46 min
Apr 24, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers	33 min
Apr 24, 4:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lowndes	42 min
Apr 24, 4:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Russell	23 min
Apr 24, 4:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount, Tuscaloosa	61 min
Apr 24, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Walker	29 min
Apr 24, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Elmore, Montgomery	36 min
Apr 24, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Jefferson	25 min
Apr 24, 4:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers, Randolph, Tallapoosa	38 min
Apr 24, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa	38 min
Apr 24, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, St. Clair	32 min
Apr 24, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, St. Clair	28 min
Apr 24, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Etowah, St. Clair	43 min
Apr 24, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Pike	52 min
Apr 24, 5:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb, St. Clair, Shelby	35 min
Apr 24, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Shelby, Talladega	23 min
Apr 24, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega	35 min
Apr 24, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour, Bullock	47 min
Apr 24, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee	31 min
Apr 24, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah	37 min
Apr 24, 5:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	32 min
Apr 24, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Shelby, Talladega	51 min
Apr 24, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour	18 min
Apr 24, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour, Pike	38 min
Apr 24, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cleburne	32 min
Apr 24, 6:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Clay, Randolph	38 min
Apr 24, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Clay, Randolph, Tallapoosa	57 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.