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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 15, 2022Fayette County, Lamar County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2022, 2:59 PM CDT for Fayette County, Lamar 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
May 15, 2022, 2:59 PM CDT (19:59 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2022, 3:27 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Fayette County, AL, Lamar County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 123 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2022-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 671 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2022-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
671 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1009 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 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 May 15, 12:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 12:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 3:14 AM CDT, 11 hours 45 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
314 AM CDT Sun May 15 2022

ALZ011>015-017>050-161115-
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-
314 AM CDT Sun May 15 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...Monday through Saturday.

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, May 15, 12:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 15, 1:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 15, 1:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 15, 2:34 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 4:51 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXCalhoun3 hr
May 15, 12:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMarion48 min
May 15, 1:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMarion, Walker41 min
May 15, 1:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXFayette, Lamar, Walker52 min
May 15, 2:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXFayette41 min
May 15, 2:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLamar29 min
May 15, 3:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPickens23 min
May 15, 3:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMacon32 min
May 15, 3:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXShelby38 min
May 15, 4:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLamar29 min
May 15, 4:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBibb28 min
May 15, 4:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChilton34 min
May 15, 4:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPickens34 min
May 15, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb25 min
May 15, 4:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChilton33 min
May 15, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBullock31 min
May 15, 4:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBarbour36 min
May 15, 4:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPerry33 min
May 15, 4:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMarion29 min
May 15, 5:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChilton28 min
May 15, 5:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXHale, Perry34 min
May 15, 5:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTalladega33 min
May 15, 5:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPike33 min
May 15, 5:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXAutauga32 min
May 15, 6:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTalladega28 min
May 15, 6:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPike27 min
May 15, 6:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChambers26 min
May 15, 6:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMarengo41 min
May 15, 6:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXDallas24 min
May 15, 6:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTallapoosa37 min
May 15, 6:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXDallas28 min
May 15, 6:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXElmore, Tallapoosa23 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.