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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2023, 12:17 PM CDT for Talladega 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
- May 9, 2023, 12:17 PM CDT (17:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2023, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Talladega County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:19 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 155 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 897 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 517 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 9, 6:45 AM CDT, 5 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 9, 6:45 AM CDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 3:12 AM CDT, 9 hours 5 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Birmingham AL 312 AM CDT Tue May 9 2023 ALZ011>015-017>050-101115- 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- 312 AM CDT Tue May 9 2023 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, May 9, 11:42 AM CDT, 35 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
1142 AM CDT Tue May 9 2023
ALZ019-026-027-091715-
Calhoun AL-Talladega AL-St. Clair AL-
1142 AM CDT Tue May 9 2023
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of north central
Talladega, west central Calhoun and east central St. Clair Counties
through 1215 PM CDT...
At 1142 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Ragland, or 12 miles northeast of Pell City, moving southeast 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...
Lincoln, Riverside, Ragland, Honda Manufacturing Of Alabama and Logan
Martin Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3373 8623 3377 8612 3367 8598 3361 8608
3359 8622
TIME...MOT...LOC 1642Z 330DEG 11KT 3371 8614
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
40/SizemoreLocal storm report, May 9, 12:06 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1206 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2023
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1140 AM HAIL 2 SW RAGLAND 33.73N 86.15W
05/09/2023 M0.70 INCH ST. CLAIR AL PUBLIC
RELAYED THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.
&&
ASSpecial weather statement, May 9, 12:13 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
1213 PM CDT Tue May 9 2023
ALZ026-027-091745-
Talladega AL-St. Clair AL-
1213 PM CDT Tue May 9 2023
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern
Talladega and south central St. Clair Counties through 1245 PM CDT...
At 1213 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Honda Manufacturing Of Alabama, or 8 miles east of Pell City, moving
southeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and penny 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...
Pell City, Lincoln, Riverside, Munford, Grant Town, Logan Martin
Lake, Talladega Superspeedway, Honda Manufacturing Of Alabama,
Talladega Municipal Airport, Eastaboga, Jackson Shoals, Jenifer and
Howells Cove.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
If on or near Logan Martin Lake, get out of the water and move
indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to
10 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you
are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter
now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.
&&
LAT...LON 3362 8602 3360 8602 3360 8600 3359 8599
3359 8598 3354 8592 3349 8605 3349 8625
3365 8623 3368 8610 3368 8609
TIME...MOT...LOC 1713Z 333DEG 11KT 3361 8613
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
40/SizemoreThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 11:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | St. Clair | 33 min |
| May 9, 12:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Talladega | 32 min |
| May 9, 12:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 29 min |
| May 9, 1:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Randolph | 44 min |
| May 9, 1:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Talladega | 34 min |
| May 9, 1:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Randolph | 36 min |
| May 9, 1:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Talladega | 36 min |
| May 9, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa, Tallapoosa | 40 min |
| May 9, 2:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Chambers | 52 min |
| May 9, 2:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Coosa | 34 min |
| May 9, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa | 40 min |
| May 9, 2:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Elmore | 52 min |
| May 9, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Elmore, Lee, Macon | 46 min |
| May 9, 4:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bullock, Lee, Macon, Montgomery, Russell | 65 min |
| May 9, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Macon | 36 min |
| May 9, 5:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour | 39 min |
| May 9, 5:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour, Pike | 33 min |
| May 9, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bibb | 48 min |
| May 9, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bibb | 29 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.