Alert archive / Alabama / Wind Advisories in 2005
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this wind advisory at Nov 28, 2005, 4:05 AM CST for 39 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 28, 2005, 4:05 AM CST (10:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 28, 2005, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
All 39 counties
Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Marion County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 689 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 311 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 281005 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 405 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...SURFACE AND ALOFT...LOCATED IN THE MIDWEST WILL SWING A COLD FRONT INTO WESTERN ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON. THE INCREASED SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND VERY STRONG WINDS JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL LEAD TO WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY. SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS COULD REACH AS HIGH AS 25 MPH AT TIMES AND WIND GUSTS WILL APPROACH THE 35 TO 40 MPH RANGE...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND ON OPEN WATERWAYS. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BY SUNSET IN MOST LOCATIONS. ALZ011>015-017>050-281800- /O.CAN.KBMX.LW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-051129T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBMX.WI.Y.0002.051128T1005Z-051129T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON... FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN... ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA... BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER... PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE... LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE...MARION... CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE... VALLEY...LANETT...LAFAYETTE...DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA... PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT...HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE... MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE...UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA... PHENIX CITY...TROY...EUFAULA 405 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS COULD REACH AS HIGH AS 25 MPH AT TIMES AND WIND GUSTS WILL APPROACH 35 MPH...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND ON OPEN WATERWAYS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY. THE GREATEST IMPACT TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL OCCUR WHILE TRAVELING IN AN EAST TO WEST OR WEST TO EAST DIRECTION...SUCH AS INTERSTATE 59...INTERSTATE 20...OR INTERSTATE 85. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS MORE THAN 23 MPH...OR WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 32 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION TODAY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 9:26 PM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 7 hr |
| Nov 28, 9:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 36 min |
| Nov 28, 10:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 30 min |
| Nov 28, 11:04 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga | 26 min |
| Nov 28, 11:30 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga | 45 min |
| Nov 28, 11:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 42 min |
| Nov 28, 11:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore | 24 min |
| Nov 28, 12:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa | 40 min |
| Nov 28, 12:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga | 35 min |
| Nov 28, 1:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 42 min |
| Nov 28, 1:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson | 38 min |
| Nov 28, 2:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 43 min |
| Nov 28, 3:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 16 min |
| Nov 28, 3:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb | 43 min |
| Nov 28, 3:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton, Shelby | 51 min |
| Nov 28, 3:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 22 min |
| Nov 28, 4:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas, Perry | 31 min |
| Nov 28, 4:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb | 4 min |
| Nov 28, 4:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 37 min |
| Nov 28, 4:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Perry | 23 min |
| Nov 28, 4:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton | 48 min |
| Nov 28, 4:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 16 min |
| Nov 28, 5:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga | 12 min |
| Nov 28, 5:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton | 18 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.