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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this wind advisory at Mar 8, 2011, 3:08 PM CST for 39 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Mar 8, 2011, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2011, 3:08 PM CST (21:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 8, 2011, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2011, 1:14 PM CST
- In force
- 16 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 21:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 9.1 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
- 1010 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 289 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 358 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
122 WWUS74 KBMX 082108 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 308 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 ...BREEZY CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WINDS MAY ALSO BE BREEZY BEHIND THE FRONT ON THURSDAY. ALZ011>015-017>050-091200- /O.NEW.KBMX.WI.Y.0012.110309T0300Z-110310T0000Z/ 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 308 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WINDS MAY ALSO BE BREEZY BEHIND THE FRONT ON THURSDAY.. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 MPH AND HIGHER... OR WIND GUSTS OF 30 MPH AND HIGHER...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
3 follow-up statements
262 WWUS74 KBMX 090257 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 857 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 ...BREEZY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ALZ011>015-017>050-091200- /O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0012.110309T0300Z-110310T0000Z/ 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 857 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH ITH HIGHER GUSTS. WINDS WILL PREDOMINATELY BE OUT OF THE SOUTH AND MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT VEHICLES DRIVING IN AND EAST OR WEST DIRECTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 MPH AND HIGHER... OR WIND GUSTS OF 30 MPH AND HIGHER...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
208 WWUS74 KBMX 091136 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 536 AM CST WED MAR 9 2011 ...BREEZY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT FOR TODAY AND THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE. ALZ011>015-017>050-100000- /O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-110310T0000Z/ 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 536 AM CST WED MAR 9 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT TODAY AND THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 17 MPH AND HIGHER... OR WIND GUSTS OF 29 MPH AND HIGHER...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 08/MNK
814 WWUS74 KBMX 091914 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 114 PM CST WED MAR 9 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ALZ011>015-017>050-092015- /O.CAN.KBMX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-110310T0000Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN- CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR- TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON- COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE- MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON... FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN... ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA... BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER... PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE... LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE...MARION... CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE... VALLEY...LANETT...LAFAYETTE...DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA... PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT...HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE... MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE...UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA... PHENIX CITY...TROY...EUFAULA 114 PM CST WED MAR 9 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. STRONG WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA HAVE SUBSIDED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 3:55 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 33 hr |
| Mar 8, 8:13 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter | 5 days |
| Mar 8, 8:20 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Sumter | 4 days |
| Mar 8, 10:00 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Greene, Sumter | 30 min |
| Mar 8, 12:45 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lamar | 45 min |
| Mar 8, 1:09 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pickens | 51 min |
| Mar 8, 1:49 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lamar | 5 hr |
| Mar 8, 2:02 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Fayette, Marion, Pickens | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 2:35 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Greene | 25 min |
| Mar 8, 3:03 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Greene | 27 min |
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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.