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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Birmingham, AL

September 13, 2024Russell County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 13, 2024, 5:34 AM CDT for Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 26 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: Sep 13, 2024, 5:34 AM CDT (10:34 UTC)
Expired: Sep 13, 2024, 6:00 AM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Russell County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:38 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 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 136 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: 55 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -154 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 711 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 363 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 806 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.2

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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 Sep 13, 3:28 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 3:28 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 13, 4:55 AM CDT, 39 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
455 AM CDT Fri Sep 13 2024

ALZ011>015-017>050-141300-
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-
455 AM CDT Fri Sep 13 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the counties served by the
National Weather Service office in Birmingham.

.DAY ONE...Outlook through Tonight.

Showers and thunderstorms are forecast across Central Alabama today,
posing continued threats for locally heavy rainfall and flooding, as
well as isolated damaging wind gusts and tornadoes.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Activation of storm spotters and emergency management may be needed
today.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 13, 4:57 AM CDT, 37 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
457 AM CDT Fri Sep 13 2024

ALZ048-050-131045-
Russell AL-Barbour AL-
457 AM CDT Fri Sep 13 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN BARBOUR AND
SOUTHERN RUSSELL COUNTIES THROUGH 545 AM CDT...

At 457 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles northeast of Hawkinsville, or 16 miles southeast of Hurtsboro,
moving east at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Hawkinsville, Uchee Creek, Fort Mitchell Activity Center, Twin
Springs, and Fort Mitchell.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3225 8492 3224 8491 3222 8493 3222 8497
      3221 8498 3220 8496 3218 8501 3213 8506
      3209 8505 3206 8506 3203 8525 3221 8532
      3235 8500 3234 8501 3232 8500 3230 8494
      3226 8489
TIME...MOT...LOC 0957Z 249DEG 9KT 3215 8516

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

25/Owen

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 13, 4:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Russell	48 min
Sep 13, 5:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Russell	3 hr
Sep 13, 7:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Russell	3 hr
Sep 13, 1:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Winston	3 hr
Sep 13, 2:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Winston	3 hr
Sep 13, 4:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Blount, Jefferson, Walker	3 hr
Sep 13, 5:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Blount, Jefferson	3 hr
Sep 13, 5:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Montgomery	20 min
Sep 13, 5:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Barbour, Bullock	2 hr
Sep 13, 5:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount	31 min
Sep 13, 6:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Montgomery	104 min
Sep 13, 6:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bibb, Perry	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.