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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 28, 2022Macon County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2022, 7:17 PM CDT for Macon County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 28, 2022, 7:17 PM CDT (00:17 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2022, 7:48 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Macon County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 135 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: 1417 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1147 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 28, 3:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 3:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 3:36 AM CDT, 15 hours 41 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
336 AM CDT Tue Jun 28 2022

ALZ011>015-017>050-291145-
Marion-Lamar-Fayette-Winston-Walker-Blount-Etowah-Calhoun-Cherokee-
Cleburne-Pickens-Tuscaloosa-Jefferson-Shelby-St. Clair-Talladega-
Clay-Randolph-Sumter-Greene-Hale-Perry-Bibb-Chilton-Coosa-Tallapoosa-
Chambers-Marengo-Dallas-Autauga-Lowndes-Elmore-Montgomery-Macon-
Bullock-Lee-Russell-Pike-Barbour-
336 AM CDT Tue Jun 28 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the counties served by the
National Weather Service office in Birmingham.

.DAY ONE...Outlook through Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Activation of storm spotters and emergency management is not
expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:23 PM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 5:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
552 PM CDT Tue Jun 28 2022

ALZ047-282315-
Lee AL-
552 PM CDT Tue Jun 28 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Lee
County through 615 PM CDT...

At 551 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Smiths Station, or over Smiths. This storm was nearly stationary.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Smiths, Smiths Station, Bleecker, Griffen Mill, Ladonia, Monterey
Heights and Bartletts Ferry Dam.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3247 8509 3247 8526 3248 8531 3262 8524
      3269 8512 3266 8509 3265 8509 3265 8511
      3263 8509 3263 8508 3262 8509 3258 8507
      3254 8502
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 128DEG 1KT 3256 8513

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

89^GSatterwhite

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 6:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
614 PM CDT Tue Jun 28 2022

ALZ047-282330-
Lee AL-
614 PM CDT Tue Jun 28 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Lee
County through 630 PM CDT...

At 614 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Beulah, or 8 miles north of Smiths, moving northwest at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Beulah and Bartletts Ferry Dam.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3259 8517 3264 8521 3274 8523 3275 8514
      3274 8511 3272 8512 3269 8512 3266 8509
      3265 8509 3265 8511 3263 8509 3263 8508
      3262 8509 3261 8508
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 153DEG 7KT 3266 8513

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

89^GSatterwhite

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 6:52 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
652 PM CDT Tue Jun 28 2022

ALZ024>026-290015-
Jefferson AL-Shelby AL-St. Clair AL-
652 PM CDT Tue Jun 28 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of north central
Shelby, east central Jefferson and southwestern St. Clair Counties
through 715 PM CDT...

At 652 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Leeds. This storm was nearly stationary.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Trussville, Leeds, Moody, Vandiver, Barber Motorsports Park, Shops of
Grand River, Alton and Camp Winnataska.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3353 8643 3347 8649 3347 8659 3354 8666
      3361 8663 3361 8652
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 146DEG 0KT 3354 8654

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

89^GSatterwhite

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 7:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Macon	27 min
Jun 28, 9:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Macon, Montgomery	2 hr
Jun 28, 9:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Macon, Montgomery	3 hr
Jun 28, 10:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Hale	29 min
Jun 29, 12:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bullock, Macon, Montgomery	3 hr
Jun 29, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	47 min
Jun 29, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette, Lamar	64 min
Jun 29, 5:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bullock, Macon	55 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.