Alert archive / Alabama / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this wind advisory at Feb 24, 2011, 6:00 AM CST for 39 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Feb 24, 2011, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2011, 6:00 AM CST (12:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 24, 2011, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2011, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 24 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 12:02 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, 0.0 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
- 1054 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
598 WWUS74 KBMX 241200 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 600 AM CST THU FEB 24 2011 ...STRONG STORM SYSTEM USHERING IN WINDY CONDITIONS... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY AND MOVES ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE STORM SYSTEM BY THIS AFTERNOON AND REMAINING GUSTY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. ALZ011>015-017>050-242000- /O.NEW.KBMX.WI.Y.0008.110224T1800Z-110225T1800Z/ 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 600 AM CST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST FRIDAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE BY THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH FEW GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. THE HIGHEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR JUST AHEAD THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. WINDS THEN SWING AROUND TO THE WEST AND THEN NORTHWEST BEHIND THE STORMS AND GRADUALLY SUBSIDE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
070 WWUS74 KBMX 241656 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1056 AM CST THU FEB 24 2011 ...STRONG STORM SYSTEM USHERING IN WINDY CONDITIONS... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY AND MOVES ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE STORM SYSTEM AND REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. ALZ011>015-017>050-251800- /O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0008.110224T1800Z-110225T1800Z/ 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 1056 AM CST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH FEW GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. THE HIGHEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR JUST AHEAD THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. WINDS THEN SWING AROUND TO THE WEST AND THEN NORTHWEST BEHIND THE STORMS AND GRADUALLY SUBSIDE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$
477 WWUS74 KBMX 251115 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 515 AM CST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...STRONG STORM SYSTEM USHERING IN WINDY CONDITIONS... .MOST OF THE RAIN HAS PUSHED OUT OF CENTRAL ALABAMA BUT A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING. GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT. ALZ011>015-017>050-251800- /O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110225T1800Z/ 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 515 AM CST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL SWING AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST AND BECOME GUSTY. THESE GUST WILL BE 30 TO 35 MPH AT TIMES. THE WIND GUST WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON. 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. && $$
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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.