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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 14, 2012Greene County, Hale County, Sumter County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 14, 2012, 3:06 PM CDT for Greene County, Hale County, Sumter 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 14, 2012, 3:06 PM CDT (20:06 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2012, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

Counties Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Sumter County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 113 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1034 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 750 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 44 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 Jul 14, 12:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 12:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 12:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1239 PM CDT SAT JUL 14 2012

ALZ011>015-017>050-151730-
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-
1239 PM CDT SAT JUL 14 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:06 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
306 PM CDT SAT JUL 14 2012

ALZ030>032-039-142045-
GREENE AL-HALE AL-MARENGO AL-SUMTER AL-
306 PM CDT SAT JUL 14 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SUMTER...NORTHERN MARENGO...HALE
AND GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT...

AT 302 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES WEST OF CUBA TO
THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMA TO DUG HILL...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT
60 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  EUTAW...
  BOYD...
  WEDGEWORTH...
  TISHABEE...
  THORNHILL...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3299 8835 3300 8817 3304 8814 3304 8809
      3305 8807 3304 8804 3307 8802 3304 8783
      3302 8783 3299 8743 3283 8745 3283 8747
      3265 8748 3265 8753 3229 8753 3223 8801
      3230 8801 3231 8843
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 139DEG 51KT 3241 8876 3259 8825
          3257 8799

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 7:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	28 min
Jul 13, 7:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Talladega	24 min
Jul 13, 7:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	46 min
Jul 13, 8:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Sumter	52 min
Jul 13, 10:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lowndes, Montgomery	50 min
Jul 14, 3:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	48 min
Jul 14, 4:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Pickens, Walker	51 min
Jul 14, 4:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	31 min
Jul 14, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar, Marion, Walker, Winston	64 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Alabama, 2012 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.