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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 8, 2022Shelby County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2022, 2:32 PM CDT for Shelby County, Alabama. It was in force for 43 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 8, 2022, 2:32 PM CDT (19:32 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2022, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Shelby County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 14 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: 1215 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 513 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.4

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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 8, 1:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 1:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 4:43 AM CDT, 9 hours 49 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
443 AM CDT Wed Jun 8 2022

ALZ011>015-017>050-091245-
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-
443 AM CDT Wed Jun 8 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 severe storms may occur today into this evening across
Central Alabama. Multiple waves of convection are expected with
breaks in between. Damaging winds and large hail will be the main
threats. Heavy rainfall may also lead to localized flooding in urban
and poor drainage areas.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Another system is expected to move into the area Friday afternoon
through Friday night. This could lead to severe storms capable of
producing damaging winds and large hail, mainly across the southwest
half of Central Alabama.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Activation of storm spotters and emergency management may be needed
today into this evening and again on Friday.

08

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 8, 11:08 AM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1108 AM CDT WED JUN 8 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0856 AM     FLASH FLOOD      SYLACAUGA               33.17N 86.25W
06/08/2022                   TALLADEGA          AL   PUBLIC

            CORRECTS PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD REPORT FROM
            SYLACAUGA. WIDESPREAD FLOODING REPORTED IN
            DOWNTOWN SYLACAUGA, WITH WATER APPROACHING
            BUILDINGS.

&&

GGOGGINS

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 1:32 PM CDT, 1 hour before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 1:42 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 2:12 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 2:13 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 2:30 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
230 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0926 AM     FLASH FLOOD      VINCENT                 33.38N 86.41W
06/08/2022                   SHELBY             AL   PUBLIC

            US HIGHWAY 231 IN VINCENT WAS IMPASSIBLE DUE
            TO FLOODING UNDER THE RAILROAD BRIDGE. AT
            LEAST ONE CAR WAS STALLED OUT AND ALMOST
            COMPLETELY SUBMERGED.

&&

GGOGGINS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 7:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Calhoun, Cleburne	66 min
Jun 7, 7:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	DeKalb	52 min
Jun 7, 8:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cleburne	110 min
Jun 7, 10:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Etowah	8 hr
Jun 8, 1:37 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Walker, Winston	3 hr
Jun 8, 2:34 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Shelby	5 hr
Jun 8, 2:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	34 min
Jun 8, 3:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Chilton, Shelby	119 min
Jun 8, 3:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	46 min
Jun 8, 3:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb	45 min
Jun 8, 3:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb	29 min
Jun 8, 3:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Tuscaloosa	24 min
Jun 8, 3:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	34 min
Jun 8, 4:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb	26 min
Jun 8, 4:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Walker, Winston	3 hr
Jun 8, 4:42 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Shelby	3 hr
Jun 8, 4:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb	35 min
Jun 8, 5:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton	47 min
Jun 8, 5:29 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Jefferson	3 hr
Jun 8, 5:49 AM CDT	Flood Watch	BMX	Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay and 13 more	19 hr
Jun 8, 6:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chilton, Coosa	48 min
Jun 8, 7:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega	3 hr
Jun 8, 7:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Shelby	17 hr
Jun 8, 8:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Clay, Talladega	3 hr
Jun 8, 11:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Clay, Talladega	5 hr
Jun 8, 12:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Marion	41 min
Jun 8, 12:55 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby	8 hr
Jun 8, 1:17 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Jefferson	17 hr
Jun 8, 1:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	28 min
Jun 8, 1:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb	33 min
Jun 8, 2:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	48 min
Jun 8, 2:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Talladega	46 min
Jun 8, 3:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	35 min
Jun 8, 3:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	St. Clair	48 min
Jun 8, 3:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	St. Clair	33 min
Jun 8, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun	27 min
Jun 8, 4:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Clay, Talladega	4 hr
Jun 8, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion	58 min
Jun 8, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion	35 min
Jun 8, 6:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	27 min
Jun 8, 6:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	38 min
Jun 8, 6:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette, Walker	46 min
Jun 8, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Winston	42 min
Jun 8, 6:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	50 min
Jun 8, 6:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	40 min
Jun 8, 6:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Marion, Winston	3 hr

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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.