Alert archive / Alabama / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this wind advisory at Feb 24, 2007, 5:01 PM CST for 39 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2007, 5:01 PM CST (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2007, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 13 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 23:01 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 12:00Z, 11.0 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
- 2492 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 437 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 588 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 242301 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 501 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... .INCREASING SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT... ALONG WITH A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT...WILL RESULT IN STRONG AND GUSTY CONDITIONS TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 59...WHERE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF UP TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY. TO THE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 59...WINDS WILL BE SLIGHTLY LOWER...GENERALLY IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE...WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. THESE WINDS ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS. ALZ011>015-017>050-250715- /O.CAN.KBMX.LW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-070225T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBMX.WI.Y.0001.070224T2301Z-070225T1200Z/ 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 501 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 25 AND 40 MPH ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS MORE THAN 20 MPH...OR WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 30 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF TRAVELING FROM EAST TO WEST. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS74 KBMX 250606 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1206 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... .INCREASING SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT... ALONG WITH A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT...WILL RESULT IN STRONG AND GUSTY CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 59...WHERE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF UP TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY. TO THE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 59...WINDS WILL BE SLIGHTLY LOWER...GENERALLY IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE...WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. THESE WINDS ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS. ALZ011>015-017>050-251000- /O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070225T1200Z/ 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 1206 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 45 MPH ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS MORE THAN 20 MPH...OR WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 30 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF TRAVELING FROM EAST TO WEST. $$
000 WWUS74 KBMX 251153 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 553 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA AGAIN TODAY... .GRADIENT WINDS IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TODAY. SUSTAINED SPEEDS AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. ALZ011>015-017>050-252000- /O.EXP.KBMX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070225T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBMX.LW.Y.0010.070225T1200Z-070226T0000Z/ 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 553 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ 12/SIRMON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 10:42 PM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 18 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.