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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 29, 2012Lowndes County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 29, 2012, 2:41 PM CDT for Lowndes County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 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 29, 2012, 2:41 PM CDT (19:41 UTC)
Expired: Jul 29, 2012, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

County Lowndes County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 101 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: 2374 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 812 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 140 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 29, 12:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 12:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 12:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1245 PM CDT SUN JUL 29 2012

ALZ011>015-017>050-301800-
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-
1245 PM CDT SUN JUL 29 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF
A TUSCALOOSA...TO JEMISON...TO LAFAYETTE LINE...MAINLY BETWEEN 2 PM
AND 8 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

08/MK

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 29, 1:48 PM CDT, 53 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
148 PM CDT SUN JUL 29 2012

ALZ043>045-291930-
ELMORE AL-MACON AL-MONTGOMERY AL-
148 PM CDT SUN JUL 29 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY...WESTERN
MACON AND SOUTHEASTERN ELMORE COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM CDT...

AT 148 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR TYSONVILLE...OR 7 MILES WEST OF MILSTEAD...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  MILSTEAD...
  WAUGH...
  TYSONVILLE...
  VICTORYLAND...
  SHORTER...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3241 8578 3232 8587 3226 8600 3243 8613
      3250 8605
TIME...MOT...LOC 1849Z 307DEG 10KT 3241 8601

77/GLEASON

Special weather statement, Jul 29, 2:41 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
241 PM CDT SUN JUL 29 2012

ALZ040>042-292015-
AUTAUGA AL-DALLAS AL-LOWNDES AL-
241 PM CDT SUN JUL 29 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN AUTAUGA...
NORTHWESTERN LOWNDES AND EASTERN DALLAS COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM CDT...

AT 242 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR BENTON...OR 10 MILES EAST OF SELMONT-WEST
SELMONT...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  TYLER...
  BENTON...
  ROBERT F. HENRY LOCK AND DAM...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3220 8671 3218 8682 3219 8695 3242 8690
      3242 8677
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 352DEG 16KT 3236 8684

77/GLEASON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 29, 1:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Macon	42 min
Jul 29, 3:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	26 min
Jul 29, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour	45 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.