Alert archive / Alabama / Wind Advisories in 2005
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this wind advisory at Oct 24, 2005, 3:57 AM CDT for 22 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Oct 24, 2005, 8:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 24, 2005, 3:57 AM CDT (08:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 24, 2005, 8:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 24, 2005, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
All 22 counties
Barbour County, AL, Blount County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lee County, AL, Macon County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1682 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS74 KBMX 240857 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 357 AM CDT MON OCT 24 2005 ...GUSTY WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY... .WIND GUSTS OVER 20 MPH WILL BE COMMON ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY. THE COMBINATION OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING TO ALABAMAS WEST...AND HURRICANE WILMA MOVING TO ALABAMAS EAST... WILL HELP TO CREATE GUSTY CONDITIONS THAT WILL LAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ALZ017>021-024>029-036>038-043>050-242300- /X.NEW.KBMX.WI.Y.0001.051024T1300Z-051024T2300Z/ BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-JEFFERSON-SHELBY- ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS- ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEONTA...GADSDEN...ANNISTON...CENTRE... HEFLIN...BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER... PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE... ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE...VALLEY...LANETT... LAFAYETTE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE... UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA...PHENIX CITY...TROY...EUFAULA 357 AM CDT MON OCT 24 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...WITH OCCASONAL GUSTS ABOVE 30 MPH. THE WINDS WILL BE AT THEIR STRONGEST BETWEEN NOON AND 4 PM. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON INTERSTATES 20...59...AND 85. $$ ALZ011>015-022-023-030>035-039>042-242300- /X.NEW.KBMX.LW.Y.0001.051024T1300Z-051024T2300Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-SUMTER- GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON... FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA... LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE...MARION... CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA...PRATTVILLE... FORT DEPOSIT...HAYNEVILLE 357 AM CDT MON OCT 24 2005 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 20 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...WITH OCCASONAL GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. THE WINDS WILL BE AT THEIR STRONGEST BETWEEN NOON AND 4 PM. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS74 KBMX 242303 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 603 PM CDT MON OCT 24 2005 ...WINDS GRADUALLY DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT... .NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE GUSTING TO AROUND 25 MPH THROUGH MID EVENING. THEN...THESE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ALZ017>021-024>029-036>038-043>050-250015- /X.EXP.KBMX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051024T2300Z/ BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-JEFFERSON-SHELBY- ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS- ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEONTA...GADSDEN...ANNISTON...CENTRE... HEFLIN...BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER... PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE... ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE...VALLEY...LANETT... LAFAYETTE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE... UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA...PHENIX CITY...TROY...EUFAULA 603 PM CDT MON OCT 24 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. $$ ALZ011>015-022-023-030>035-039>042-250015- /X.EXP.KBMX.LW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051024T2300Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-SUMTER- GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON... FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA... LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE...MARION... CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA...PRATTVILLE... FORT DEPOSIT...HAYNEVILLE 603 PM CDT MON OCT 24 2005 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 3:57 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Fayette, Greene and 11 more | 14 hr |
Nearby
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.