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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 3, 2011Tallapoosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2011, 2:52 PM CDT for Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 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: Jul 3, 2011, 2:52 PM CDT (19:52 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2011, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

County Tallapoosa County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 99 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.

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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: 1529 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1172 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 30 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 Jul 3, 12:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 12:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 11:06 AM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1106 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

ALZ011>015-017>050-041615-
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-
1106 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
BETWEEN 1 PM AND 8 PM THIS EVENING. THE AREA OF FOCUS WILL BE
ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20...WHERE THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY
DOWNPOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

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, Jul 3, 1:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
146 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

ALZ048-050-031930-
BARBOUR AL-RUSSELL AL-
146 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN RUSSELL AND NORTHEASTERN
BARBOUR COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM CDT...

AT 142 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAWKINSVILLE...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF
EUFAULA...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER 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...
  HAWKINSVILLE...
  LAKEPOINT RESORT STATE PARK...
  BATESVILLE...
  LUGO...

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 3196 8507 3195 8508 3194 8508 3190 8511
      3203 8537 3217 8517 3210 8506
TIME...MOT...LOC 1846Z 018DEG 9KT 3207 8515

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 2:35 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
235 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

ALZ046-048-050-032015-
BARBOUR AL-BULLOCK AL-RUSSELL AL-
235 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN RUSSELL...NORTHERN
BARBOUR AND EASTERN BULLOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM CDT...

AT 232 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR SPRING HILL...OR 12 MILES EAST OF MIDWAY.  THIS
STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  SPRING HILL...
  COMER...
  BARBOUR COUNTY PUBLIC LAKE DAM...
  BATESVILLE...

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 3188 8529 3202 8554 3220 8535 3210 8517
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 032DEG 2KT 3208 8532

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 2:52 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
252 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

ALZ037-032030-
TALLAPOOSA AL-
252 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN TALLAPOOSA COUNTY UNTIL
330 PM CDT...

AT 250 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR NEW SITE...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALEXANDER
CITY...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  NEW SITE...
  HILLABEE CREEK...
  JACKSONS' GAP...
  JACKSONS GAP...
  HORSESHOE BEND...

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 3289 8562 3287 8592 3311 8591 3310 8568
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 354DEG 4KT 3305 8579

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 7:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Tuscaloosa	112 min
Jul 3, 1:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	44 min
Jul 3, 2:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	40 min
Jul 3, 3:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	44 min
Jul 3, 3:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tallapoosa	43 min
Jul 3, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Elmore	37 min
Jul 3, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lee, Russell	27 min
Jul 3, 4:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Elmore	50 min
Jul 3, 4:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Randolph	49 min
Jul 3, 5:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	46 min
Jul 3, 6:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	38 min
Jul 3, 6:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Sumter	47 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.