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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this wind advisory at Mar 3, 2008, 6:03 PM CST for 39 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 3, 2008, 6:03 PM CST (00:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2008, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 12 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 00:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 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
- 1699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 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 040003 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 603 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT... ALZ011>015-017>050-040815- /O.CAN.KBMX.LW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080304T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBMX.WI.Y.0003.080304T0003Z-080304T1200Z/ 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 603 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE WEAKENED TREES OR BREAK OFF BRANCHES. DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST OR WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. $$ 75
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS74 KBMX 040609 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1209 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT... ALZ011>015-017>050-041200- /O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080304T1200Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN- CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR- TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON- COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE- MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON... FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN... ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA... BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER... PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE... LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE...MARION... CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE... VALLEY...LANETT...LAFAYETTE...DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA... PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT...HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE... MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE...UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA... PHENIX CITY...TROY...EUFAULA 1209 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS OF 35 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE WEAKENED TREES OR BREAK OFF BRANCHES. DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS... ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST OR WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. $$
000 WWUS74 KBMX 041150 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 550 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...BREEZY CONDITIONS EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY... .WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AND BECOME WESTERLY TODAY BEHIND A PASSING COLD FRONT. BY MID MORNING...WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...AND WILL CONTINUE TO WORK EASTWARD ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON. ALZ011>015-017>050-050000- /O.EXP.KBMX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080304T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBMX.LW.Y.0014.080304T1200Z-080305T0000Z/ 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 550 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... 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. BEHIND A PASSING COLD FRONT...WINDS WILL BECOME WESTERLY AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH ON AREA LAKES AND WATERWAYS. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ JD/81
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 10:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens, Sumter | 39 min |
| Mar 4, 12:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 39 min |
| Mar 4, 12:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 34 min |
| Mar 4, 12:49 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 41 min |
| Mar 4, 1:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas, Hale, Marengo, Perry | 48 min |
| Mar 4, 1:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker, Winston | 40 min |
| Mar 4, 1:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Perry | 44 min |
| Mar 4, 2:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby, Tuscaloosa | 52 min |
| Mar 4, 2:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Coosa, Shelby, Talladega | 44 min |
| Mar 4, 3:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes | 42 min |
| Mar 4, 3:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Clay, St. Clair, Talladega | 47 min |
| Mar 4, 3:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa | 44 min |
| Mar 4, 4:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery | 45 min |
| Mar 4, 5:50 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 4, 6:09 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 2 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.