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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 30, 2012, 6:09 PM CDT for Pike County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 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 30, 2012, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2012, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
County Pike County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 3159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 518 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 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 Jul 30, 3:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 3:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 3:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 345 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2012 ALZ011>015-017>050-312000- 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- 345 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A ROUND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. THIS THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OR MOVE OUT OF TENNESSEE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO MAINLY THE NORTH PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ONGOING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FROM THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WILL BRING THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS TO CENTRAL ALABAMA TUESDAY MORNING... MAINLY FOR AREAS EAST OF I-65. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE NECESSARY LATE TONIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY. 08/MK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 6:09 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
609 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2012
ALZ049-302345-
PIKE AL-
609 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM
CDT...
AT 607 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOSHEN...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING NEAR AND NORTH OF
TROY.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND 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...
TARENTUM...
HAMILTON CROSSROADS...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3161 8610 3196 8611 3196 8593 3161 8578
3161 8579
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 349DEG 12KT 3166 8602
61The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pike | 33 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.