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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 16, 2011Russell County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 16, 2011, 11:55 AM CDT for Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 50 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 16, 2011, 11:55 AM CDT (16:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2011, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL

County Russell County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 110 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2011-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 179 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2011-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
179 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-300 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1016 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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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

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NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 16, 6:26 AM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 6:26 AM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 16, 10:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 16, 11:29 AM CDT, 26 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 16, 11:33 AM CDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1133 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

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

1130 AM     HAIL             OPELIKA                 32.65N 85.38W
06/16/2011  E0.25 INCH       LEE                AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

MBAER
Local storm report, Jun 16, 11:40 AM CDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1140 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

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

1129 AM     HAIL             2 NE BEAUREGARD         32.56N 85.35W
06/16/2011  E1.00 INCH       LEE                AL   PUBLIC

            DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL FELL ALONG MOORES MILL ROAD.

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 11:42 AM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1142 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

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

1033 AM     HAIL             LIBERTY CITY            32.58N 85.75W
06/16/2011  E1.00 INCH       MACON              AL   PUBLIC

            DIMES TO QUARTERS REPORTED ON HWY 14 AT CR 38.

&&

LINHARES
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 11:55 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1155 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

ALZ047-048-161745-
LEE AL-RUSSELL AL-
1155 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL AND EASTERN
LEE COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 PM CDT...

AT 1155 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR LADONIA...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SMITHS...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 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...
  SMITHS...
  PHENIX CITY...
  SMITHS STATION...
  LADONIA...
  RUSSELL COUNTY SPORTS COMPLEX...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3222 8492 3229 8530 3275 8529 3275 8513
      3274 8511 3269 8511 3267 8509 3264 8509
      3261 8508 3252 8500 3246 8499 3244 8496
      3233 8500 3231 8494 3226 8489
TIME...MOT...LOC 1655Z 295DEG 18KT 3247 8515

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 8:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMarion, Winston47 min
Jun 15, 8:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCleburne26 min
Jun 15, 8:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCherokee50 min
Jun 15, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne46 min
Jun 15, 9:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXDeKalb37 min
Jun 15, 10:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXSt. Clair36 min
Jun 15, 10:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCalhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne32 min
Jun 15, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega29 min
Jun 15, 10:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXSt. Clair46 min
Jun 15, 10:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMarion40 min
Jun 15, 10:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChambers46 min
Jun 15, 11:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXRussell47 min
Jun 16, 8:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXAutauga46 min
Jun 16, 9:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXElmore48 min
Jun 16, 9:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCoosa, Elmore38 min
Jun 16, 10:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXElmore43 min
Jun 16, 10:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLee49 min
Jun 16, 10:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee, Macon, Tallapoosa47 min
Jun 16, 11:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee, Russell41 min
Jun 16, 12:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChoctaw35 min
Jun 16, 1:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXSumter38 min
Jun 16, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo, Sumter48 min
Jun 16, 5:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBarbour48 min
Jun 16, 6:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPike40 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Alabama, 2011Every 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.