Alert archive / Alabama / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this wind advisory at Feb 19, 2008, 12:26 PM CST for 39 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 19, 2008, 12:26 PM CST (18:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 19, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 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 18:29 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, 6.4 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
- 1559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 103 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 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 191826 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1226 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2008 ...WINDY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL ALABAMA... .GRADIENT WINDS CONTINUE FROM THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH....WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. ALZ011>015-017>029-034>038-200000- /O.CAN.KBMX.LW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080219T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KBMX.WI.Y.0002.080219T1826Z-080220T0000Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN- CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR- TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS- 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... CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE... VALLEY...LANETT...LAFAYETTE 1226 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... 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. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER SUNSET. 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. $$ ALZ030>033-039>050-200000- /O.NEW.KBMX.WI.Y.0002.080219T1826Z-080220T0000Z/ SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE- MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO... MOUNDVILLE...MARION...DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA...PRATTVILLE... FORT DEPOSIT...HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...MONTGOMERY... TUSKEGEE...UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA...PHENIX CITY... TROY...EUFAULA 1226 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER SUNSET. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS MORE THAN 20 MPH...OR WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 30 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 3:58 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 17 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 19, 6:19 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Lee, Macon, Montgomery, Pike and 1 more | 11 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.