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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 3, 2012, 1:35 PM CDT for Marion County, Alabama. It was in force for 10 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
- Jun 3, 2012, 1:35 PM CDT (18:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2012, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
County Marion County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:35 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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 1403 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 287 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Jun 3, 12:47 PM CDT, 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 12:47 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 12:50 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1250 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012 ALZ011>015-017>050-041200- 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- 1250 PM CDT SUN JUN 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. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. ACTIVITY WILL START IN THE NORTHWEST AND SLIDE EASTWARD DURING THE AFTERNOON. DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS. THE TORNADO THREAT IS VERY LOW AT THIS TIME. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS COULD CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING FOR AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. BY MONDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING...THE THREAT SHIFTS SLIGHTLY SOUTH AND WEST...WITH AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF I-20 HAVING THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL SPREAD TO ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA ON TUESDAY. DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN THREATS. THIS PATTERN OF ACTIVE WEATHER IS DEPENDENT ON A NUMBER OF FACTORS...SO TIMING AND LOCATION COULD CHANGE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAY. CHECK BACK WITH THIS PRODUCT FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE NEEDED PERIODICALLY FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:35 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
135 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012
ALZ011-031845-
MARION AL-
135 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY UNTIL
145 PM CDT...
AT 135 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF TREMONT...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF RED
BAY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS IS A HEADS UP FOR SEVERE WEATHER
THAT WILL BE MOVING INTO THE AREA.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT BEGINS TO
MOVE INTO THE AREA.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
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LAT...LON 3432 8813 3432 8803 3432 8801 3406 8807
3405 8805 3408 8821 3433 8817 3433 8814
TIME...MOT...LOC 1835Z 274DEG 26KT 3425 8812The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 1:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marion | 37 min |
| Jun 3, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 38 min |
| Jun 3, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 43 min |
| Jun 3, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker | 51 min |
| Jun 3, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 15 min |
| Jun 3, 3:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Lamar | 119 min |
| Jun 3, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Walker | 42 min |
| Jun 3, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 35 min |
| Jun 3, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 41 min |
| Jun 3, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 34 min |
| Jun 3, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 38 min |
| Jun 3, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby, Talladega | 42 min |
| Jun 3, 4:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | DeKalb | 48 min |
| Jun 3, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Coosa, Shelby, Talladega | 37 min |
| Jun 3, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa, Tallapoosa | 35 min |
Nearby
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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.