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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 24, 2021Barbour County, Bullock County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2021, 5:43 PM CDT for Barbour County, Bullock County, Alabama. It was in force for 47 min. 3 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, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2021, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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, 5:54 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Se Perote, AL	A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG CR 53.
Apr 24, 5:55 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Nnw Inverness, AL	A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG CR 14.
Apr 24, 6:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 N Mount Andrew, AL	A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG SR 51.

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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 174 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.

316 
WUUS54 KBMX 242243
SVRBMX
ALC005-011-242330-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0075.210424T2243Z-210424T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
543 PM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Bullock County in southeastern Alabama...
  Central Barbour County in southeastern Alabama...

* Until 630 PM CDT.

* At 543 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Franklin Field to near Troy, moving east at 55
  mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Union Springs, Midway, Clayton, Louisville, Pickett, Aberfoil,
  Spring Hill, Franklin Field, Comer, Barbour County Public Lake Dam,
  Beans Crossroads, White Oak, Boot Hill, Tanyard, Millers Ford,
  Batesville, Clayton Municipal Airport, Perote, Three Notch and
  Mount Andrew.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3177 8567 3186 8568 3188 8566 3188 8579
      3197 8579 3197 8588 3199 8589 3205 8590
      3217 8583 3213 8524 3212 8524 3212 8523
      3211 8523 3176 8541
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 268DEG 46KT 3211 8583 3179 8600 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

32/Davis

2 follow-up statements

129 
WWUS54 KBMX 242259
SVSBMX

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

ALC005-011-242330-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-210424T2330Z/
Bullock AL-Barbour AL-
559 PM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BULLOCK AND CENTRAL BARBOUR COUNTIES...

At 559 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Midway to near Boot Hill, moving east at 60 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Midway, Clayton, Louisville, Pickett, Spring Hill, Comer, Barbour
County Public Lake Dam, White Oak, Boot Hill, Tanyard, Millers Ford,
Batesville, Clayton Municipal Airport, Three Notch and Mount Andrew.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3177 8567 3186 8568 3188 8566 3188 8573
      3196 8567 3203 8570 3216 8563 3213 8524
      3212 8524 3212 8523 3211 8523 3176 8541
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 267DEG 51KT 3213 8552 3181 8569 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

32/Davis

539 
WWUS54 KBMX 242320
SVSBMX

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

ALC005-011-242330-
/O.EXP.KBMX.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-210424T2330Z/
Bullock AL-Barbour AL-
620 PM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BULLOCK AND
CENTRAL BARBOUR COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

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

LAT...LON 3177 8567 3186 8568 3188 8566 3188 8573
      3196 8567 3203 8570 3216 8563 3213 8524
      3212 8524 3212 8523 3211 8523 3176 8541
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 268DEG 46KT 3214 8522 3182 8540 

$$

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, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Macon, Tallapoosa	31 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, 5:44 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.