A series of decaying mesoscale convective system boundaries pushed southeastward into Central Alabama on Thursday and Friday, June 27 and 28th. Thunderstorms developed as these outflow boundaries interacted with an unstable airmass characterized by dewpoints in the 70's and CAPE values up to 3000J/kg.
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The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.
A series of decaying mesoscale convective system boundaries pushed southeastward into Central Alabama on Thursday and Friday, June 27 and 28th. Thunderstorms developed as these outflow boundaries interacted with an unstable airmass characterized by dewpoints in the 70's and CAPE values up to 3000J/kg. These storms produced scattered wind damage across central and south Central Alabama.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 27, 2:08 PM CST, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 308 PM CDT THU JUN 27 2013 .DISCUSSION... CURRENTLY PLAYING THE SIT AND WAIT GAME THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES THIS MORNING LEFT SEVERAL SOUTHWARD PROPAGATING BOUNDARIES...CLEARLY DISTINGUISHABLE ON VISIBLE SATELLITE...THROUGH AN AIRMASS WHERE DEWPOINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S HAVE PUSHED SURFACE CAPE VALUES OVER 4000J/KG. AS OF 2PM CDT...A FEW SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS FAR EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA ON THE MOST NORTHERN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. AS STORMS DEVELOP AND TAP INTO THE UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR OF 30+ KTS EXPECT ACTIVITY TO BECOME ORGANIZED WITH AN INCREASED THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS. USING THE NORTHERN MOST BOUNDARY...AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WEDOWEE TO CALERA TO MILLPORT HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF SEEING THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG ANY OF THE MULTIPLE BOUNDARIES PUSHING SOUTHWARD. EXPECT POPS AND WEATHER TO BE ADJUSTED...ALONG WITH WORDING IN THE HWO...THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS STORMS GROW IN INTENSITY AND SHIFT SOUTHWARD. GIVEN THE SOUTHWARD MOVEMENT OF STORMS...WILL CARRY HIGHEST POPS ACROSS THE SOUTH...WITH SCATTERED STORMS CONTINUING AFTER SUNSET...ALTHOUGH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE IS EXPECTED. NORTHWESTERLY FLOW CONTINUES TO BE ACTIVE WITH ANOTHER MCS CURRENTLY PUSHING ACROSS MISSOURI. WILL HAVE TO KEEP OUR EYES TO THE NORTH TONIGHT...WATCHING HOW THE SYSTEM PROGRESSES. SOME DISAGREEMENT AMONG MODEL SOLUTIONS AS TO HOW IT EVOLVES...AND WHETHER WE HAVE A SIMILAR SITUATION AS THIS MORNING OR THE SYSTEM DISSIPATES NORTH OF THE AREA. IF IT WERE TO MAINTAIN ORGANIZATION OVERNIGHT AS IT PUSHES SOUTHEASTWARD...IT WOULD BEGIN TO IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AROUND SUNRISE. WITH THE UPPER TROUGH ACROSS THE EASTERN CONUS MAKING A DIG SOUTHWARD TOMORROW...A COLD FRONT WILL SHIFT SOUTHWARD INTO THE AREA...INCREASING SURFACE CONVERGENCE AND LIFT. WHETHER IT IS CONVECTION ALONG MORNING OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES...THE SURFACE FRONT...OR BOTH...EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN TOMORROW WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS. COLD FRONT SLOWLY PUSHES SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE AREA AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH REMAINS IN PLACES ACROSS THE EASTERN CONUS. FRONT SHOULD FINALLY BE SOUTH OF THE AREA BY SUNDAY MORNING. THE ADDITIONAL LIFT PROVIDED BY THE FRONT THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND UPPER LEVEL LOW ROTATING NEAR THE AREA THROUGH MIDWEEK WILL KEEP AT LEAST CHANCE POPS IN THE FORECAST FOR MOST PERIODS. WITH THE FOCUS IN THE NEAR TERM AND NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO NEXT WEEK...NOT MANY CHANGES NEEDED IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST. WITH RAIN CHANCES AND CLOUD COVER...TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO LOOK COOLER FOR NEXT WEEK WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S AND LOWS IN THE 60S. 14 && .AVIATION... 18Z TAF DISCUSSION. A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS IS DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA. CURRENTLY RADAR IS MOSTLY CLEAR WITH JUST A FEW ECHOS SOUTHEAST OF TOI. SUFFICIENT OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM MORNING CONVECTION WILL ACT AS TRIGGERS THIS AFTERNOON FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. CURRENT SATELLITE IS SHOWING A NICE CU FIELD DEVELOPING ON AN OLD OUTFLOW FROM NEAR BHM TO M40. THIS IS THE MOST LIKELY AREA OF INITIATION IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON BUT MAY VERY WELL BE PAST BHM BY THE TIME THINGS GET GOING. CONFIDENCE IS LOW IN THE TIMING OF THUNDERSTORMS AND WILL HAVE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS ONCE THINGS GET GOING. CEILINGS AND VIS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN VFR OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORM AREAS WITH WESTERLY WINDS. 88 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 69 92 68 89 66 / 20 50 40 30 20 ANNISTON 71 92 69 88 67 / 20 50 50 40 20 BIRMINGHAM 73 93 70 89 67 / 20 50 50 30 20 TUSCALOOSA 74 94 71 91 68 / 20 50 60 30 10 CALERA 72 92 71 88 68 / 20 50 60 40 20 AUBURN 71 93 70 88 68 / 50 50 60 50 30 MONTGOMERY 74 95 74 91 70 / 50 50 60 60 30 TROY 73 94 74 90 70 / 50 50 60 60 30 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 442 PM CDT THU JUN 27 2013 ALZ011>015-017>050-282145- 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 PM CDT THU JUN 27 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A GEIGER...TO CALERA...TO ANNISTON LINE. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A SURFACE FRONT PUSHES INTO THE FORECAST AREA. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON...EARLY TONIGHT...AND FRIDAY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
520 PM CDT THU JUN 27 2013
ALZ029-272245-
RANDOLPH AL-
520 PM CDT THU JUN 27 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY
UNTIL 545 PM CDT...
AT 517 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR CRYSTAL LAKE...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WEDOWEE...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
ROANOKE...
CRYSTAL LAKE...
ROANOKE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...
ROCK MILLS...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3311 8542 3326 8550 3332 8540 3329 8526
3311 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 327DEG 23KT 3324 8538
61SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
546 PM CDT THU JUN 27 2013
ALZ037-038-047-272315-
CHAMBERS AL-LEE AL-TALLAPOOSA AL-
546 PM CDT THU JUN 27 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHAMBERS...EASTERN
TALLAPOOSA AND NORTHWESTERN LEE COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...
AT 544 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CAMP HILL TO WAVERLY...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
AUBURN...
OPELIKA...
WAVERLY...
OAK BOWERY...
AUBURN UNIVERSITY...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3277 8574 3283 8562 3282 8539 3256 8531
3260 8570
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 328DEG 14KT 3279 8567 3273 8553
61The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 37 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:03 UTC.
25 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were uprooted along Highway 9, between Equality and Central.
Trees were uprooted in several locations across the southern part of Randolph County.
Trees and powerlines were reported down at Highway 63 and West Cotton Road.
Two trees and several powerlines were downed along Highway 229, just west of Martin Dam.
Powerlines were reported down in the roadway near the intersection of Lower Tuskegee Road and Pemberton Road.
Trees were uprooted along Shady Grove Road on the east side of Hurtsboro.
One tree was reported down near the intersection of County Road 68 and County Road 99.
One tree was uprooted along County Road 113 and one tree was uprooted along County Road 58.
Trees were uprooted in the Allison community.
Trees were uprooted near Eutaw.
Trees were uprooted around Main Street and powerlines were down along Route 25.
Several trees were uprooted across the eastern portion of Autauga County. Areas affected include County Road 40, continuing southeast along County Road 57 into Prattville. One tree caused structural damage to a home in Prattville.
Powerlines were down across Highway 14 at Ingram Road.
Several trees were reported down across the Selma area. Locations of uprooted trees include Moore's Ferry Road, Earl Goodwin Parkway, Cedar Drive, Highland Avenue, Pardue Drive in Valley Grande, as well as Hooper Drive and Kingsbend Road in Selmont. Additionally, a tree fell on a home on Medical Center Parkway in Selma.
Powerlines were down on Company Street and trees were uprooted across Tallassee Street.
Powerlines were downed near Wetumpka, at Blue Ridge and Jasmine Hill Road.
A large tree was uprooted, blocking Blount Point Drive, near Lake Martin.
A tree was uprooted in Alexander City.
Several trees were uprooted across Showdoun Chambers Road.
Trees were uprooted on Wrights Mill Road and North Wrights Mill Road.
Numerous trees were uprooted across Green County, including along Interstate 20/59 near exit 40.
A few homes sustained minor roof damage in Marion.
Several trees were uprooted near Coatopa to near Bellamy.
Several trees were uprooted between Marion and Vaiden along numerous county roads.
Phone lines were downed along County Road 45, near Vivula.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, June 2013
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 463283, 463290, 463282, 463284, 463299, 463293, 463297, 463296, 463303, 463300, 463302, 463396, 463400, 463397, 463401, 463398, 463403, 463404, 463409, 463411, 463412, 463414, 463415, 463419, 463416, 463418, 463420.