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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 24, 2021Barbour County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2021, 6:12 PM CDT for Barbour County, Alabama. It was in force for 18 min. 1 report 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, 6:12 PM CDT (23:12 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2021, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Barbour County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 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, 6:25 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Twin Springs, AL	TREES DOWN ON ALABAMA HIGHWAY 165 NEAR THE RUSSELL COUNTY LINE.

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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

976 
WUUS54 KBMX 242312
SVRBMX
ALC005-242345-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0079.210424T2312Z-210424T2345Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Barbour County in southeastern Alabama...

* Until 645 PM CDT.

* At 612 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Clayton to 6 miles northeast of White Oak to near
  Hawkinsville, moving east at 60 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Eufaula, Hawkinsville, Osco, White Oak, Lakepoint Resort State
  Park, Gaino, Lugo and Twin Springs.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3200 8507 3197 8506 3196 8509 3194 8508
      3191 8511 3190 8511 3189 8513 3186 8513
      3184 8537 3198 8531 3210 8523 3208 8520
      3206 8519 3206 8511 3207 8511 3206 8506
      3202 8505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 259DEG 61KT 3188 8542 3198 8528 3210 8521 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

32/Davis

1 follow-up statement

750 
WWUS54 KBMX 242330
SVSBMX

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

ALC005-242340-
/O.CAN.KBMX.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-210424T2345Z/
Barbour AL-
630 PM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BARBOUR COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

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

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
far southern Barbour County.

LAT...LON 3200 8507 3197 8506 3196 8509 3194 8508
      3191 8511 3190 8511 3189 8513 3186 8513
      3184 8537 3198 8531 3210 8523 3208 8520
      3206 8519 3206 8511 3207 8511 3206 8506
      3202 8505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 259DEG 61KT 3193 8510 3203 8496 3215 8489 

$$

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, 5:43 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, 6:22 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.