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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 5, 2012Tallapoosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2012, 3:21 PM CDT for Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 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
Jul 5, 2012, 3:21 PM CDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2012, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL

County Tallapoosa County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 75 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2012-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1129 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2012-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 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
1129 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1533 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 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.

154 
WWUS84 KBMX 052021
SPSBMX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
321 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012

ALZ036-037-052100-
COOSA AL-TALLAPOOSA AL-
321 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN TALLAPOOSA AND
NORTHEASTERN COOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

AT 319 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
GOODWATER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  KELLYTON...
  HILLABEE CREEK...
  HACKNEYVILLE...


&&

LAT...LON 3296 8606 3310 8606 3310 8602 3309 8598
      3311 8597 3311 8590 3296 8583
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 330DEG 5KT 3305 8598

$$

MA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 1:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCleburne38 min
Jul 5, 1:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCherokee51 min
Jul 5, 2:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCleburne45 min
Jul 5, 2:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXEtowah28 min
Jul 5, 2:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCalhoun31 min
Jul 5, 3:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCoosa33 min
Jul 5, 4:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXRussell51 min
Jul 5, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRussell24 min
Jul 5, 4:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCoosa49 min
Jul 5, 4:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLee44 min
Jul 5, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRussell33 min
Jul 5, 4:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBlount47 min
Jul 5, 5:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLee, Russell49 min
Jul 5, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount25 min
Jul 5, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee, Russell18 min
Jul 5, 5:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTalladega52 min
Jul 5, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee47 min
Jul 5, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount24 min
Jul 5, 5:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChilton50 min
Jul 5, 5:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXSt. Clair46 min
Jul 5, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair27 min
Jul 5, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount, St. Clair38 min
Jul 5, 6:20 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningBMXLee3 hr
Jul 5, 6:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCherokee53 min
Jul 5, 6:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMacon49 min
Jul 5, 6:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXSt. Clair46 min
Jul 5, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair29 min
Jul 5, 6:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLee28 min
Jul 5, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton, Shelby35 min
Jul 5, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount, St. Clair16 min
Jul 5, 6:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTalladega38 min
Jul 5, 6:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChilton52 min
Jul 5, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby, Talladega35 min
Jul 5, 6:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXEtowah48 min
Jul 5, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMacon, Tallapoosa35 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.