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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 8, 2011Shelby County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 8, 2011, 5:41 PM CDT for Shelby County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 8, 2011, 5:41 PM CDT (22:41 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2011, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

County Shelby County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 1 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 1 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1072 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1033 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 8, 3:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 3:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
326 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

.UPDATE...WITH PRELIMINARY NUMBERS.

&&

.DISCUSSION...

THE UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN OVER THE FORECAST
AREA...WHILE AN UPPER-LEVEL CYCLONIC CIRCULATION...LOW...REMAINS
OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO...THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.  WITH
THE WEAKENING UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE...EXPECT SUBSIDENCE INVERSION TO
WEAKEN AND THE LEVEL OF FREE OF CONVECTION TO LOWER WITH
TIME...ALLOWING FOR A SLIGHTLY BETTER PROBABILITY OF AFTERNOON
CONVECTION DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.  THE NAM
MODEL WAS MOST AGGRESSIVE WITH SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY...WHILE GFS AND ECMWF KEEP IT MOSTLY DRY OVER THE
FORECAST AREA.  HOWEVER...BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF SUGGEST INCREASING
COVERAGE OF PRECIPITATION THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND...AS THE
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES SUPPOSEDLY INCREASE.

SO...WILL LIKELY KEEP 10 TO 20 PERCENT POPS IN THE FORECAST FOR THIS
EVENING...AND AGAIN THURSDAY/FRIDAY AFTERNOONS/EVENINGS...WHILE
RAISING THE POPS UP TO 30 PERCENT FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

WITH HAVE TO MONITOR MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS ADVANCING TOWARD
THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST BY MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK...AS
NORTHWEST UPPER-LEVEL FLOW BECOMES THE MAIN FLOW PATTERN FOR
ALABAMA.  WITH CONTINUED DROUGHT CONDITIONS...STILL EXPECT AFTERNOON
TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD.

03

&&

.AVIATION...18Z TAF DISCUSSION.

HIGH PRESSURE SURFACE AND ALOFT CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE FORECAST
AREA BUT WITH SLIGHTLY MORE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AVAILABLE TODAY
SCATTERED CU FIELD CAN BE SEEN DEVELOPING ON MORNING SATELLITE WITH
BEST PRECIPITABLE WATER IN THE SOUTHWEST SECTIONS. ALTHOUGH AN
ISOLATED TSRA IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON COVERAGE WILL BE TOO LOW TO
MENTION IN TAFS.  WILL INDICATE CB FOR SOUTHERN AND WESTERN SITES
(TCL, MGM AND TOI) SINCE THESE ARE THE MOST LIKELY SITES TO SEE AN
AFTERNOON SHOWER. OTHERWISE GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL
THROUGH THE PERIOD EXCEPT FOR SOME PATCHY MVFR IN BR 10Z-13Z TIME
FRAME. LIGHT SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON
AVERAGING LESS THAN 10 KNOTS.

NOTICE...KEET TAF WILL HAVE (AMD LTD TO VIS WIND AND WX) AMENDED TO
THE END OF THE FORECAST UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THE CEILOMETER DATA
WILL BE GOING THROUGH NUMEROUS TESTS AND MONITORED FOR ACCURACY.

41

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GADSDEN     65  94  64  95  68 /  10  20  20  20  20
ANNISTON    67  95  67  95  70 /  10  20  20  20  20
BIRMINGHAM  71  96  71  96  71 /  10  20  20  20  20
TUSCALOOSA  68  96  67  97  70 /  20  20  20  20  20
CALERA      69  95  68  94  70 /  10  20  20  20  20
AUBURN      69  94  68  92  71 /  10  20  20  20  20
MONTGOMERY  69  96  69  95  71 /  20  20  20  20  20
TROY        67  95  66  94  70 /  20  20  20  20  20

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 2:05 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
205 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

ALZ011>015-017>050-091130-
AUTAUGA-BARBOUR-BIBB-BLOUNT-BULLOCK-CALHOUN-CHAMBERS-CHEROKEE-
CHILTON-CLAY-CLEBURNE-COOSA-DALLAS-ELMORE-ETOWAH-FAYETTE-GREENE-HALE-
JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY-
PICKENS-PIKE-RANDOLPH-RUSSELL-SHELBY-ST CLAIR-SUMTER-TALLADEGA-
TALLAPOOSA-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON-
205 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
404 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

ALZ041-043-044-082145-
AUTAUGA AL-ELMORE AL-MONTGOMERY AL-
404 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN AUTAUGA...
NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHWESTERN ELMORE COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM
CDT...

AT 402 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR HUNTER...OR NEAR PRATTVILLE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT
10 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  MILLBROOK...
  PRATTVILLE...
  AUTAUGA COUNTY AIRPORT...
  BOOTH...

&&

LAT...LON 3246 8663 3261 8647 3243 8627 3230 8641
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 130DEG 7KT 3242 8641

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:48 PM CDT, 53 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
448 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

ALZ035-041-082215-
AUTAUGA AL-CHILTON AL-
448 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN AUTAUGA AND WESTERN
CHILTON COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...

AT 443 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PLECHER...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF
VALLEY GRANDE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  PLECHER...
  PARNELL...
  MAPLESVILLE...
  STANTON...
  ISABELLA...

&&

LAT...LON 3260 8691 3266 8692 3267 8695 3280 8702
      3287 8678 3262 8669 3251 8686
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 140DEG 9KT 3263 8685

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 5:05 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
505 PM CDT WED JUN 08 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0504 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 NW NANAFALIA          32.13N 88.01W
06/08/2011  E45 MPH          MARENGO            AL   PUBLIC

            WINDS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. SMALL HAIL ALSO
            FELL IN THE AREA.

&&

LINHARES

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:11 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
511 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

ALZ030-039-082300-
MARENGO AL-SUMTER AL-
511 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN SUMTER AND MARENGO
COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...

AT 506 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR MYRTLEWOOD...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LINDEN...
MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  DEMOPOLIS...
  JEFFERSON...
  KINTERBISH...
  DEMOPOLIS LOCK AND DAM...
  DEMOPOLIS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...

&&

LAT...LON 3238 8841 3256 8821 3240 8804 3252 8792
      3252 8784 3255 8784 3252 8773 3248 8772
      3248 8753 3231 8753 3227 8748 3225 8753
      3214 8752 3213 8762 3201 8763 3199 8807
      3206 8812 3208 8805 3230 8801 3230 8830
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 134DEG 18KT 3223 8801

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:17 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
517 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

ALZ033-034-082245-
BIBB AL-PERRY AL-
517 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN PERRY AND
SOUTHWESTERN BIBB COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

AT 511 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF HARRISBURG...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF
BRENT...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS RANGING FROM 35 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BRENT...
  CENTREVILLE...
  HARRISBURG...
  WEST CENTREVILLE...
  EOLINE...

&&

LAT...LON 3300 8739 3301 8732 3303 8732 3310 8717
      3278 8705 3268 8723 3298 8742 3299 8742
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 148DEG 12KT 3281 8720

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:41 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
541 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

ALZ025-082330-
SHELBY AL-
541 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY UNTIL
630 PM CDT...

AT 538 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR CALERA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  MONTEVALLO...
  ALABASTER...
  PELHAM...
  HELENA...
  UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3333 8673 3307 8661 3307 8665 3306 8666
      3307 8682 3307 8685 3324 8699 3327 8697
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 147DEG 13KT 3310 8676

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 2:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	48 min
Jun 8, 4:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga	41 min
Jun 8, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marengo	30 min
Jun 8, 4:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chilton	27 min
Jun 8, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	49 min
Jun 8, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb	28 min
Jun 8, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Perry, Tuscaloosa	26 min
Jun 8, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Sumter	45 min
Jun 8, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker	25 min
Jun 8, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Pickens	45 min
Jun 8, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	44 min
Jun 8, 6:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	47 min
Jun 8, 6:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	49 min
Jun 8, 6:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	31 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Alabama, 2011 Every special weather statement in 2011

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.