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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 190, NWS Birmingham, AL

August 15, 2022Coosa County, Talladega County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2022, 5:26 PM CDT for Coosa County, Talladega County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 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: Aug 15, 2022, 5:26 PM CDT (22:26 UTC)
Expired: Aug 15, 2022, 5:54 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Coosa County, AL, Talladega County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 160 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: 30 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -123 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1209 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Aug 15, 3:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 3:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 15, 3:31 AM CDT, 13 hours 55 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
331 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022

ALZ011>015-017>050-161145-
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-
331 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022

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

.DAY ONE...Outlook through Tonight.

Strong to marginally severe storms will be possible this afternoon
and evening from generally 2 PM to 10 PM for most of Central Alabama.
Highest chances of storms will be in the west.

Heat indices will be near 105 degrees this afternoon across the
western portions of central Alabama.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Strong to severe thunderstorm will be possible on Wednesday afternoon
into the evening hours. Damaging wind gusts will be the primary
threat for areas along and south of Interstate 20.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Activation of storm spotters and emergency management may be needed
this afternoon and evening and again on Wednesday afternoon and
evening.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 15, 4:44 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 15, 4:46 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 15, 4:52 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 15, 5:05 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 15, 5:10 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 15, 5:20 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 15, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Walker, Winston	44 min
Aug 15, 3:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	St. Clair	39 min
Aug 15, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	St. Clair	32 min
Aug 15, 3:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Etowah	42 min
Aug 15, 4:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount	25 min
Aug 15, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Walker, Winston	33 min
Aug 15, 4:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Calhoun	42 min
Aug 15, 4:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	46 min
Aug 15, 4:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	23 min
Aug 15, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Shelby	50 min
Aug 15, 5:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Calhoun	40 min
Aug 15, 5:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	40 min
Aug 15, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	34 min
Aug 15, 6:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	42 min
Aug 15, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	43 min
Aug 15, 6:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tallapoosa	37 min
Aug 15, 6:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tallapoosa	49 min
Aug 15, 6:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	51 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.