Alert archive / Alabama / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this wind advisory at Feb 27, 2011, 3:59 PM CST for 39 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Feb 28, 2011, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 27, 2011, 3:59 PM CST (21:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 28, 2011, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 12 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 22:04 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, 10.0 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
- 653 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
843 WWUS74 KBMX 272159 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 359 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA ON MONDAY... .VERY STRONG WINDS AHEAD OF A POTENT STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL TRACK ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY...WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT CENTRAL ALABAMA DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON MONDAY. GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING AND THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF ACROSS ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA BY THE LATE EVENING HOURS. WINDS WILL BEGIN AS SOUTHERLY DURING THE MORNING...THEN SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND TO THE NORTHWEST DURING THE EVENING BEHIND THE SURFACE COLD FRONT. ALZ011>015-017>050-281200- /O.NEW.KBMX.WI.Y.0009.110228T1200Z-110301T0000Z/ 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 359 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY FOR STRONG WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...AHEAD OF AND BEHIND THE SURFACE COLD FRONT. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
271 WWUS74 KBMX 281122 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 522 AM CST MON FEB 28 2011 ...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY... .VERY STRONG WINDS AHEAD OF A POTENT STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL TRACK ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY...WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS MORNING. GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING AND THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF ACROSS ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA BY THE LATE EVENING HOURS. WINDS WILL BEGIN AS SOUTHERLY DURING THE MORNING...THEN SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND TO THE NORTHWEST DURING THE EVENING BEHIND THE SURFACE COLD FRONT. ALZ011>015-017>050-010000- /O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0009.110228T1200Z-110301T0000Z/ 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 522 AM CST MON FEB 28 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 OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AHEAD OF AND BEHIND THE SURFACE COLD FRONT. 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.