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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 3, 2012Randolph County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Apr 3, 2012, 7:19 PM CDT for Randolph County, Alabama. It was in force for 26 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
Apr 3, 2012, 7:19 PM CDT (00:19 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2012, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL

County Randolph County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 00:00Z on 2012-04-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2012-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2484 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-2 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 Apr 3, 6:56 PM CDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 6:56 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 2:08 PM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
208 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

ALZ011>015-017>050-041930-
AUTAUGA-BARBOUR-BIBB-BLOUNT-BULLOCK-CALHOUN-CHAMBERS-CHEROKEE-
CHILTON-CLAY-CLEBURNE-COOSA-DALLAS-ELMORE-ETOWAH-FAYETTE-GREENE-HALE-
JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY-
PICKENS-PIKE-RANDOLPH-RUSSELL-SHELBY-ST CLAIR-SUMTER-TALLADEGA-
TALLAPOOSA-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON-
208 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THIS AFTERNOON...
MAINLY UNTIL THE EARLY EVENING AROUND 9 PM. AN ISOLATED SEVERE
STORM WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL BEING THE MAIN THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

SEVERE STORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE SLOWLY MOVES EAST. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL CONTAIN
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THOUGH
POSSIBLE AREA WIDE...THE BEST CHANCES OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL
GENERALLY BE WEST OF I-65.

SEVERE STORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AS THE COLD
FRONT MOVES THROUGH CENTRAL ALABAMA. AGAIN...THE MAIN THREATS WILL
BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. SEVERE
STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AREA WIDE AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH
CENTRAL ALABAMA DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY.

DURING THE ENTIRE PERIOD...THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL
BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. A SECONDARY THREAT
WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. THE THREAT OF TORNADOES APPEARS TO BE
VERY LOW AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE
NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY.

08/MNK

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 3, 5:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
525 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

ALZ047-032300-
LEE AL-
525 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL LEE COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM
CDT...

AT 524 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER
OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER LEE COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE DRIFTING
EAST AT 10 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  OPELIKA...
  BEAUREGARD...
  GRIFFEN MILL...
  BEANS MILL...
  BLEECKER...

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS POSSIBLE. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3249 8510 3250 8550 3270 8562 3273 8536
      3273 8529 3274 8529 3275 8524 3274 8518
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 253DEG 10KT 3263 8543
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 6:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
600 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

ALZ036-037-043-032330-
COOSA AL-ELMORE AL-TALLAPOOSA AL-
600 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN TALLAPOOSA...NORTHEASTERN
ELMORE AND SOUTHEASTERN COOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

AT 554 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR EQUALITY...DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE NORTH AT 5 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM...ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  EQUALITY...
  MARTIN LAKE AT KOWALIGA...
  NIXBURG...
  HIGHWAY 9 AND HIGHWAY 22...
  WIND CREEK STATE PARK...

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO POSSIBLE. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A
FLOODED ROADWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3295 8616 3287 8580 3262 8598 3270 8622
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 200DEG 4KT 3274 8604
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 6:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
604 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

ALZ038-032330-
CHAMBERS AL-
604 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN CHAMBERS COUNTY UNTIL
630 PM CDT...

AT 557 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A
DEVELOPING STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAFAYETTE...DRIFTING NORTHEAST
AT 5 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  STROUD...
  KELLAM HILL...
  BUFFALO...
  DENSON...
  FREDONIA...

&&

LAT...LON 3285 8537 3294 8550 3311 8540 3299 8520
      3297 8520
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 218DEG 6KT 3293 8541
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 6:33 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
633 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

ALZ037-040000-
TALLAPOOSA AL-
633 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

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

AT 627 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR HILLABEE CREEK...OR 8 MILES EAST OF ALEXANDER
CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  NEW SITE...
  GOLDVILLE...
  EAGLE CREEK...
  HORSESHOE BEND NATIONAL MILITARY PARK...
  HORSESHOE BEND...

&&

LAT...LON 3287 8578 3298 8590 3311 8577 3310 8575
      3299 8559
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 228DEG 8KT 3296 8579
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 7:00 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 3, 7:19 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 7:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTallapoosa30 min
Apr 3, 7:33 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXTallapoosa57 min
Apr 3, 8:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXChambers, Randolph118 min

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Special Weather Statements in Alabama, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012

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.