Alert archive / Alabama / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this wind advisory at Apr 15, 2007, 1:47 AM CDT for 39 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2007, 1:47 AM CDT (06:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 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 06:50 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, 6.8 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
- 277 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 460 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS74 KBMX 150647 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 147 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2007 ...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO BE FELT ACROSS THE AREA TODAY... .IN THE WAKE OF SATURDAYS COLD FRONT...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...MORE SO ACROSS THE CAPITAL AREA...WILL MAKE FOR A RAW AND BLUSTERY DAY. ALZ011>015-017>050-151500- /O.NEW.KBMX.WI.Y.0002.070415T0647Z-070416T0000Z/ 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 147 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN THE WAKE OF SATURDAYS COLD FRONT. 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 WHILE DRIVING. ALSO BE CAREFUL IN CARRYING OR OPENING LARGE FLAT OBJECTS SUCH AS CAR DOORS...DOORS TO BUILDINGS...AND BUILDING MATERIALS. THESE ITEMS CAN ACT LIKE SAILS AND CAN CAUSE PHYSICAL INJURY IF HOLDING WHEN THE WIND CATCHES IT. $$ JONES/90
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS74 KBMX 150700 RRA NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...DELAYED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 200 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2007 ...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO BE FELT ACROSS THE AREA TODAY... .IN THE WAKE OF SATURDAYS COLD FRONT...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...MORE SO ACROSS THE CAPITAL AREA... WILL MAKE FOR A RAW AND BLUSTERY DAY. ALZ011>015-017>050-151500- /O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070416T0000Z/ 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 200 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN THE WAKE OF SATURDAYS COLD FRONT. 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 WHILE DRIVING. ALSO BE CAREFUL IN CARRYING OR OPENING LARGE FLAT OBJECTS SUCH AS CAR DOORS...DOORS TO BUILDINGS...AND BUILDING MATERIALS. THESE ITEMS CAN ACT LIKE SAILS AND CAUSE PHYSICAL INJURY IF HOLDING WHEN THE WIND CATCHES IT. $$
000 WWUS74 KBMX 151444 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 944 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2007 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO BE FELT ACROSS THE AREA TODAY... ALZ011>015-017>050-160000- /O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070416T0000Z/ 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 944 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. 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 WHILE DRIVING. ALSO BE CAREFUL IN CARRYING OR OPENING LARGE FLAT OBJECTS SUCH AS CAR DOORS...DOORS TO BUILDINGS...AND BUILDING MATERIALS...AS THESE OBJECTS CAN BE CAUGHT IN THE WIND AND CAUSE PHYSICAL INJURY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Russell | 15 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.