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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 197, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2023, 7:09 AM CDT for Greene County, Hale County, Marengo County, Alabama. It was in force for 66 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 16, 2023, 7:09 AM CDT (12:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2023, 8:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Marengo County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 301 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -214 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 715 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
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 16, 4:24 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 4:24 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 4:42 AM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Birmingham AL 442 AM CDT Fri Jun 16 2023 ALZ011>015-017>050-171245- 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- 442 AM CDT Fri Jun 16 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the counties served by the National Weather Service office in Birmingham. .DAY ONE...Outlook through Tonight. Severe storms are possible this afternoon and evening for much of Central Alabama. Threats include damaging winds up to 60 mph and large hail. Locally heavy rainfall could produce flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. A couple severe storms may occur Saturday afternoon across the southern portion of Central Alabama. Threats include damaging winds up to 60 mph and large hail. Severe storms are possible sometime Sunday or Sunday night for much of Central Alabama. Threats include damaging winds up to 60 mph and large hail. Locally heavy rainfall could produce flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of storm spotters and emergency management is needed through Sunday.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Jefferson | 29 min |
| Jun 15, 9:17 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | BMX | Sumter | 5 days |
| Jun 16, 6:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 65 min |
| Jun 16, 7:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Dallas | 61 min |
| Jun 16, 10:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour | 57 min |
| Jun 16, 3:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marion | 28 min |
| Jun 16, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Pickens | 62 min |
| Jun 16, 5:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lamar | 39 min |
| Jun 16, 5:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Talladega | 41 min |
| Jun 16, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 53 min |
| Jun 16, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 5:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Pickens | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega | 55 min |
| Jun 16, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, St. Clair | 17 min |
| Jun 16, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 51 min |
| Jun 16, 6:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Pickens | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Tuscaloosa | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Pickens | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 63 min |
| Jun 16, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 59 min |
| Jun 16, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens, Sumter | 54 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.