Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2021, 3:58 PM CDT for Lee County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 min. 6 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, 3:58 PM CDT (20:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2021, 4:33 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Lee County, AL
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 4:11 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 W Loachapoka, AL | |
| Apr 24, 4:15 PM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | 3 Nw Auburn University, AL | REPORT FROM MPING: HALF-INCH (0.50 IN.). |
| Apr 24, 4:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Nw Auburn University, AL | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). |
| Apr 24, 4:19 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 3 Ese Waverly, AL | |
| Apr 24, 4:22 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 1 Ssw Ew Shell Fisherie, AL | VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Apr 24, 4:36 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Sw Ew Shell Fisheries, AL | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). |
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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 449 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 309 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 449 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS54 KBMX 242058
SVRBMX
ALC081-242145-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0063.210424T2058Z-210424T2145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
358 PM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Lee County in east central Alabama...
* Until 445 PM CDT.
* At 358 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Tuskegee,
moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong 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...
Auburn, Opelika, Notasulga, Waverly, Beulah, Beans Mill, Auburn
University, Beauregard, Loachapoka, Robert G. Pitts Airport,
Chewacla State Park, Roxana, Mount Jefferson and Bartletts Ferry
Dam.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3265 8511 3263 8509 3249 8544 3250 8549
3257 8566 3258 8566 3258 8570 3270 8570
3271 8561 3274 8557 3273 8543 3274 8541
3273 8540 3273 8529 3275 8528 3275 8514
3274 8511 3269 8512 3266 8509 3265 8509
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 238DEG 48KT 3249 8570
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
32/Davis3 follow-up statements
726
WWUS54 KBMX 242104
SVSBMX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
404 PM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021
ALC081-242145-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-210424T2145Z/
Lee AL-
404 PM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR LEE COUNTY...
At 404 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Tuskegee
National Forest, or near Notasulga, moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Auburn, Opelika, Notasulga, Waverly, Beulah, Beans Mill, Auburn
University, Beauregard, Loachapoka, Robert G. Pitts Airport, Chewacla
State Park, Roxana, Mount Jefferson and Bartletts Ferry Dam.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3265 8511 3263 8509 3249 8544 3250 8549
3257 8566 3258 8566 3258 8570 3270 8570
3271 8561 3274 8557 3273 8543 3274 8541
3273 8540 3273 8529 3275 8528 3275 8514
3274 8511 3269 8512 3266 8509 3265 8509
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 238DEG 48KT 3253 8562
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
32/Davis933
WWUS54 KBMX 242126
SVSBMX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
426 PM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021
ALC081-242145-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-210424T2145Z/
Lee AL-
426 PM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL LEE COUNTY...
At 426 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Oak Bowery, or
near Opelika, moving northeast at 50 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...
Opelika, Waverly and Mount Jefferson.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3267 8532 3266 8540 3266 8547 3269 8549
3271 8554 3274 8557 3273 8543 3274 8541
3273 8540 3273 8529 3275 8528 3275 8518
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 220DEG 45KT 3273 8540
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
32/Davis719
WWUS54 KBMX 242133
SVSBMX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
433 PM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021
ALC081-242143-
/O.CAN.KBMX.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-210424T2145Z/
Lee AL-
433 PM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL LEE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
east central Alabama.
LAT...LON 3267 8532 3266 8540 3266 8547 3269 8549
3271 8554 3274 8557 3273 8543 3274 8541
3273 8540 3273 8529 3275 8528 3275 8518
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 238DEG 48KT 3278 8530
$$
32/DavisThe 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, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Macon, Tallapoosa | 31 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.