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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 30, 2022Fayette County, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 2022, 9:01 PM CDT for Fayette County, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 59 min. 4 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: Mar 30, 2022, 9:01 PM CDT (02:01 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2022, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Fayette County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:03 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
Mar 30, 9:11 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 Nw Elrod, AL	TORNADO DEBRIS SIGNATURE NOTED ON RADAR.
Mar 30, 9:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Se Echola, AL	CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 1 SE ECHOLA. PUBLIC REPORT OF DAMAGE TO TREES CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION OF BOYD ROAD AND UPPER COLUMBUS RD. UPDATED: DAMAGE TO A HOME AND A SHOP REPORTED ALONG ECHOLA ROAD ABOUT A MILE OFF OF U.S. HIGHWAY 82. POSSIBLE
Mar 30, 9:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Se Echola, AL	PUBLIC REPORT OF DAMAGE TO TREES CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION OF BOYD ROAD AND UPPER COLUMBUS RD. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Mar 30, 9:18 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 Ene Echola, AL	TDS NOTED ON RADAR.

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
Mar 30, 5:29 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 93 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: 4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1794 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 192 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.

658 
WUUS54 KBMX 310201
SVRBMX
ALC057-125-310300-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0021.220331T0201Z-220331T0300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
901 PM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Tuscaloosa County in west central Alabama...
  Fayette County in west central Alabama...

* Until 1000 PM CDT.

* At 901 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Belk to near Mantua, moving northeast at 40
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Northern Tuscaloosa, Northport, Fayette, Berry, Coker, Belk,
  Bankston, Samantha, Lake Lurleen State Park, Tuscaloosa Regional
  Airport, Ashcraft Corner, Boley Springs, Binion Creek Landing,
  Stone Wall, Whitson, Lake Tuscaloosa, Moores Bridge, Richard Arthur
  Field, Windham Springs and Flatwoods.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for central and
west central Alabama.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3370 8793 3387 8763 3387 8753 3369 8753
      3369 8743 3360 8742 3359 8736 3331 8742
      3311 8784 3352 8784 3353 8795
TIME...MOT...LOC 0201Z 233DEG 36KT 3362 8789 3304 8799 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

87/Grantham

1 follow-up statement

276 
WWUS54 KBMX 310230
SVSBMX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
930 PM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022

ALC057-125-310300-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-220331T0300Z/
Tuscaloosa AL-Fayette AL-
930 PM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN TUSCALOOSA AND EASTERN FAYETTE COUNTIES...

At 930 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Kansas to near Coker, moving northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Northern Tuscaloosa, Northport, Berry, Coker, Bankston, Boley
Springs, Samantha, Lake Lurleen State Park, Binion Creek Landing,
Tuscaloosa Regional Airport, Whitson, Lake Tuscaloosa, Buhl, Windham
Springs, Flatwoods, Sexton Bend, New Lexington, Tierce Pattton
Bridge, Lake Nicol and Fowlers Crossroads.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for central and
west central Alabama.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3314 8778 3383 8771 3387 8763 3387 8753
      3369 8753 3369 8743 3360 8742 3359 8736
      3331 8742
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 233DEG 40KT 3384 8757 3319 8771 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

87/Grantham

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion	72 min
Mar 30, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Pickens, Sumter	75 min
Mar 30, 8:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pickens	47 min
Mar 30, 8:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Pickens, Sumter	43 min
Mar 30, 8:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Sumter	48 min
Mar 30, 9:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pickens, Tuscaloosa	42 min
Mar 30, 9:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene	36 min
Mar 30, 9:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Perry	32 min
Mar 30, 9:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marengo	56 min
Mar 30, 9:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Fayette, Walker	11 min
Mar 30, 9:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Greene, Hale, Tuscaloosa	59 min
Mar 30, 9:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bibb, Tuscaloosa	25 min
Mar 30, 9:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	BMX	Bibb, Chilton	34 min
Mar 30, 10:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	23 min
Mar 30, 10:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Perry	45 min
Mar 30, 10:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	BMX	Shelby	23 min
Mar 30, 10:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Dallas	21 min
Mar 30, 11:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Dallas, Lowndes	59 min
Mar 30, 11:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Shelby	48 min
Mar 30, 11:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Jefferson	3 hr
Mar 31, 12:01 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Shelby	29 min
Mar 31, 12:16 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery	44 min
Mar 31, 12:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Shelby	3 hr
Mar 31, 12:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Blount, Etowah, Jefferson, St. Clair	3 hr
Mar 31, 12:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	St. Clair	26 min
Mar 31, 12:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Etowah	37 min
Mar 31, 2:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cleburne	23 min
Mar 31, 3:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lee	38 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.