Alert archive / Alabama / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 2, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this high wind warning at Dec 11, 2008, 8:04 AM CST for 5 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 116 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 11, 2008, 8:04 AM CST (14:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 11, 2008, 10:00 AM CST
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
Counties Fayette County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Marion County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 9:00 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Natural Bridge, AL | SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF WINSTON COUNTY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 462 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 420 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 389 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 111404 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 804 AM CST THU DEC 11 2008 ...GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA... .STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING BREEZY CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AN APPARENT GRAVITY WAVE ON THE BACK EDGE OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA IS CAUSING WINDS OF UP TO 60 MPH. ALZ011>015-112215- /O.NEW.KBMX.HW.W.0002.081211T1404Z-081211T1600Z/ /O.EXT.KBMX.LW.Y.0043.081211T1600Z-081212T0000Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON... FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER 804 AM CST THU DEC 11 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS ON THE BACK EDGE OF RAINFALL MAY GUST UP TO 60 MPH THROUGH 10 AM. OTHERWISE...BREEZY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ON OPEN WATERS. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ ALZ017>050-112215- /O.CON.KBMX.LW.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-081212T0000Z/ BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA- JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE- HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS- AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE- BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEONTA...GADSDEN...ANNISTON...CENTRE... HEFLIN...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA...BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER... COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER...PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA... SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE...LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO... MOUNDVILLE...MARION...CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...ROCKFORD... ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE...VALLEY...LANETT...LAFAYETTE... DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA...PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT... HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE... UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA...PHENIX CITY...TROY...EUFAULA 804 AM CST THU DEC 11 2008 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. BREEZY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY SUNRISE THURSDAY AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ON OPEN WATERS. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 4:01 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | BMX | Blount, Cherokee, Etowah, Fayette, Greene, Jefferson and 8 more | 17 hr |
| Dec 11, 9:34 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 4 days |
| Dec 11, 9:38 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Sumter | 24 hr |
| Dec 11, 12:18 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lamar | 6 hr |
| Dec 11, 12:31 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion, Winston | 7 hr |
| Dec 11, 5:52 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Lamar | 12 hr |
Nearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.