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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 433, NWS Birmingham, AL

August 14, 2023Chambers County, Randolph County, Tallapoosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2023, 5:03 PM CDT for Chambers County, Randolph County, Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 57 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
Aug 14, 2023, 5:03 PM CDT (22:03 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2023, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Chambers County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 105 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2023-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1276 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2023-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
1276 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
957 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 7:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPike58 min
Aug 13, 7:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXShelby49 min
Aug 14, 12:48 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryBMXAutauga, Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Elmore, Lee and 6 more28 hr
Aug 14, 3:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTalladega31 min
Aug 14, 3:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXElmore27 min
Aug 14, 3:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXElmore, Tallapoosa29 min
Aug 14, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXRandolph31 min
Aug 14, 4:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXRandolph44 min
Aug 14, 5:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMontgomery32 min

Nearby

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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.