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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 12, 2023, 1:24 PM CST for Dallas County, Lowndes County, Montgomery 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
- Jan 12, 2023, 1:24 PM CST (19:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2023, 2:30 PM CST
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Dallas County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Montgomery County, AL
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 10:20 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 497 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 321 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
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 Jan 12, 12:44 PM CST, 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 12:44 PM CST, 40 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Birmingham AL 1244 PM CST Thu Jan 12 2023 ...New SHORT TERM... .SHORT TERM... (This evening through Friday) Issued at 1231 PM CST THU JAN 12 2023 A line of showers and thunderstorms with some severe thunderstorms with damaging wind, large hail and tornado potential continues to move east across Central Alabama. Improving conditions will continue across our northwest counties and will expand further east through the afternoon hours. There will be potential for a few showers and storms ahead of the cold front as it advances east, but much of the instability has been consumed. Ahead of this activity, a weakly capped environment will continue to allow instability to build with severe weather potential increasing across our southern and eastern counties ahead of the line of storms. We will see improving conditions areawide by mid to late evening with only a small chance for a few lingering showers across the northeast. Temperatures will fall after sunset behind the line of storms with readings falling to near freezing far northwest toward daybreak on Friday morning with readings in the mid 30s across the northwest third of the area and in the upper 30s for the rest of the area except the far southeast with readings in the lower 40s. Enough moisture is expected to rotate back into portions of the northern and eastern counties very early Friday morning that may produce some light drizzle mixed with flurries. No accumulations are expected given how warm we have been recently. This risk will taper off by late morning as temperatures struggle to climb, reaching around 40 northwest and in to the mid 40s across the central and southeast counties. 05 && .LONG TERM... (Friday through Wednesday) Issued at 251 AM CST THU JAN 12 2023 Friday through Wednesday. Any lingering showers due to wrap around moisture should lift out of our area by late Friday morning. Temperatures will be dropping through the day on Friday with Friday night/Saturday morning low temperatures expected to be in the 20s area-wide. Dry and colder weather will continue through the weekend with increasing rain chances through the early part of next week as a trough lifts through the Plains and into the Great Lakes region. The path of this system is pretty far north and most of the dynamics remain displaced well to the north, so not expecting any potential for strong storms with it. Thunderstorms probabilities remain minimal due to the limited instability, so we'll continue to leave any mention of thunderstorms out of the forecast Monday through Wednesday as the frontal boundary moves into our area, stalls, then potentially lifts back northward. Given the uncertainty in timing of the front and where/if it stalls, the rain chances remain fairly broad through early next week. 25/Owen && .AVIATION... (18Z TAFS) Issued at 1117 AM CST THU JAN 12 2023 A line of rain with thunderstorms, some severe, will continue moving east across the area. TCL will be impacted by nearby TS through 19z followed by an end to the thunderstorm activity. BHM/EET/ASN/ANB will continue to be impacted through 20z followed by decreased thunderstorm activity. MGM and TOI will be impacted over the early afternoon hours. Low clouds will persist across the area though rain and storms will push to the east. More moisture may return overnight into early Friday morning near BHM/ASN/ANB. 05 && .FIRE WEATHER... A line of strong to severe showers and storms will move through the area today, with breezy winds outside of any thunderstorms as well. Colder and drier air moves in for Friday with afternoon RH values in the 45 to 55 percent range and northwesterly 20ft winds around 10 to 12 mph. Afternoon RH values will be in the 30 to 40 percent range over the weekend with lighter winds. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Gadsden 35 42 25 47 / 20 20 0 0 Anniston 37 43 27 47 / 20 20 0 0 Birmingham 36 42 28 48 / 10 10 0 0 Tuscaloosa 37 44 27 50 / 10 10 0 0 Calera 37 43 28 49 / 10 10 0 0 Auburn 39 44 28 49 / 40 10 0 0 Montgomery 40 46 28 51 / 30 10 0 0 Troy 40 46 28 51 / 50 10 0 0 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Wind Advisory until 6 PM CST this evening for the following counties: Autauga-Barbour-Bibb-Blount-Bullock-Calhoun-Chambers- Cherokee-Chilton-Clay-Cleburne-Coosa-Dallas-Elmore-Etowah- Fayette-Greene-Hale-Jefferson-Lamar-Lee-Lowndes-Macon-Marengo- Marion-Montgomery-Perry-Pickens-Pike-Randolph-Russell-Shelby-St. Clair-Sumter-Talladega-Tallapoosa-Tuscaloosa-Walker-Winston. && SHORT TERM...05 LONG TERM....25 AVIATION...05
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 12, 2:57 AM CST, 10 hours 27 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Birmingham AL 257 AM CST Thu Jan 12 2023 ALZ011>015-017>050-131200- 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- 257 AM CST Thu Jan 12 2023 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 are possible on Thursday generally from 9 am through 7 pm as a cold front moves through the area. The main concern will be damaging winds, though a tornado or two cannot be ruled out, along with isolated hail up to 1 inch. Strong gusty winds are expected for much of the day across Central Alabama well in advance of any thunderstorm activity. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of storm spotters and emergency management may be needed on today.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 12, 12:57 PM CST, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1257 PM CST THU JAN 12 2023
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1248 PM TORNADO 2 SE VIDA JUNCTION 32.55N 86.66W
01/12/2023 AUTAUGA AL TRAINED SPOTTER
MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE REPORTED ALONG US
82.
&&Local storm report, Jan 12, 1:04 PM CST, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
104 PM CST THU JAN 12 2023
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1250 PM TORNADO 4 ENE VIDA JUNCTION 32.59N 86.61W
01/12/2023 AUTAUGA AL EMERGENCY MNGR
HEAVY DAMAGE ALONG NUMEROUS ROADWAYS IN THE
JOFFRE AND OLD KINGSTON COMMUNITIES.
&&Local storm report, Jan 12, 1:05 PM CST, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
105 PM CST THU JAN 12 2023
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1250 PM TORNADO 4 ENE VIDA JUNCTION 32.59N 86.61W
01/12/2023 AUTAUGA AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
HEAVY DAMAGE ALONG NUMEROUS ROADWAYS IN THE
JOFFRE AND OLD KINGSTON COMMUNITIES.
CORRECTS SOURCE OF REPORT.
&&Local storm report, Jan 12, 1:10 PM CST, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
110 PM CST THU JAN 12 2023
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0106 PM TORNADO 4 W TITUS 32.71N 86.38W
01/12/2023 ELMORE AL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TORNADO OBSERVED CROSSING LIGHTWOOD ROAD.
TDS OBSERVED.
&&Local storm report, Jan 12, 1:15 PM CST, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
115 PM CST THU JAN 12 2023
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1217 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 S COLUMBIANA 33.16N 86.61W
01/12/2023 SHELBY AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE DOWN ON EGG AND BUTTER ROAD.
0104 PM HAIL 3 WNW BARFIELD 33.37N 85.77W
01/12/2023 E0.25 INCH CLAY AL PUBLIC
REPORT OF PEA SIZE HAIL ALONG CR49 AT STATE
LAKE ROAD.
&&Local storm report, Jan 12, 1:23 PM CST, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
123 PM CST THU JAN 12 2023
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1258 PM TORNADO 3 E NEW PROSPECT 32.66N 86.49W
01/12/2023 AUTAUGA AL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
SEVERE DAMAGE REPORTED ALONG CR 68 IN THE
AREA OF US 31.
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 7:33 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marion | 27 min |
| Jan 12, 8:04 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Winston | 26 min |
| Jan 12, 8:07 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 24 min |
| Jan 12, 8:39 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Fayette | 36 min |
| Jan 12, 8:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Sumter | 62 min |
| Jan 12, 9:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker, Winston | 37 min |
| Jan 12, 9:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker, Winston | 3 min |
| Jan 12, 9:46 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Blount | 29 min |
| Jan 12, 9:49 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 26 min |
| Jan 12, 9:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Tuscaloosa | 54 min |
| Jan 12, 9:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 50 min |
| Jan 12, 10:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 63 min |
| Jan 12, 10:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Tuscaloosa | 32 min |
| Jan 12, 10:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 56 min |
| Jan 12, 10:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Perry | 45 min |
| Jan 12, 11:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb | 45 min |
| Jan 12, 11:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 41 min |
| Jan 12, 11:32 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas, Perry | 58 min |
| Jan 12, 11:36 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton | 54 min |
| Jan 12, 11:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair, Talladega | 52 min |
| Jan 12, 12:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cleburne | 45 min |
| Jan 12, 12:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa, Shelby, Talladega | 43 min |
| Jan 12, 12:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas | 57 min |
| Jan 12, 12:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne | 25 min |
| Jan 12, 12:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 66 min |
| Jan 12, 12:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa, Elmore | 55 min |
| Jan 12, 1:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Coosa, Elmore | 51 min |
| Jan 12, 1:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne, Randolph | 38 min |
| Jan 12, 1:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 40 min |
| Jan 12, 1:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 41 min |
| Jan 12, 1:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers | 41 min |
| Jan 12, 1:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers, Randolph | 29 min |
| Jan 12, 2:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Macon, Montgomery, Tallapoosa | 57 min |
| Jan 12, 2:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee | 54 min |
| Jan 12, 2:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes, Montgomery | 50 min |
| Jan 12, 3:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour, Pike | 64 min |
| Jan 12, 3:14 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bullock, Lee, Macon, Russell | 46 min |
| Jan 12, 3:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour, Pike | 47 min |
| Jan 12, 3:53 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Russell | 37 min |
| Jan 12, 4:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 30 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.