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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this wind advisory at Feb 11, 2012, 4:39 AM CST for 39 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Feb 11, 2012, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 11, 2012, 4:39 AM CST (10:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 11, 2012, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
All 39 counties
Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Marion County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 952 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
374 WWUS74 KBMX 111039 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 439 AM CST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...WINDY TODAY FOLLOWED BY EXTREMELY COLD TEMPERATURES TONIGHT... .A COLD ARCTIC BLAST WILL CREATE WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY. ADDITIONALLY...THE COLD BLAST WILL PRODUCE THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES THIS YEAR AND POSSIBLY FOR THE SEASON. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID TEENS TO LOWER 20S OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES THIS COLD FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS. ALZ011>015-017>050-120000- /O.NEW.KBMX.WI.Y.0004.120211T1500Z-120212T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBMX.HZ.A.0001.120212T0600Z-120212T1500Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON... FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN... ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA... BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER... PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE... LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE...MARION... CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE... VALLEY...LANETT...LAFAYETTE...DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA... PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT...HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE... MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE...UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA... PHENIX CITY...TROY...EUFAULA 439 AM CST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM CONTINUES A HARD FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL START BY THIS MORNING AND LAST UNTIL SUNSET. COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHERLY WIND OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OPEN LAN AREAS...ON OPEN WATERWAYS AND IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TEMPERATURE...TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING LOWS WILL DROP INTO THE MID TEENS AND LOWER 20S AREA WIDE. THE COLDEST LOCATIONS WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTH. * IMPACTS...A FEW WEAKER TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK FALL BECAUSE OF THE WINDY CONDITIONS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION TODAY. DUE TO THE WARMER TEMPERATURES IN THE AREA OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS...MANY PLANTS HAVE ALREADY STARTED BLOOMING AND THESE TEMPERATURES COULD HAVE DEVASTATING IMPACTS TO VEGETATION. BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY LAST AS LONG AS 24 HOURS NORTH AND 12 HOURS SOUTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH TO CAUSE EXPOSED PIPES TO FREEZE AND POSSIBLY BURST. PLEASE TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT ANY SENSITIVE PLANTS AT YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. ALSO...TAKE THE TIME TO PROTECT EXPOSED PIPES FROM THE COLD. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 24 MPH AND HIGHER... OR WIND GUSTS OF 36 MPH AND HIGHER...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
357 WWUS74 KBMX 112135 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 335 PM CST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...WINDY THIS AFTERNOON FOLLOWED BY EXTREMELY COLD TEMPERATURES TONIGHT... .A COLD ARCTIC BLAST WILL CREATE WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY. ADDITIONALLY...THE COLD BLAST WILL PRODUCE THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES THIS YEAR AND POSSIBLY FOR THE SEASON. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID TEENS TO LOWER 20S OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES THIS COLD FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. ALZ011>015-017>050-120545- /O.UPG.KBMX.HZ.A.0001.120212T0600Z-120212T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KBMX.HZ.W.0001.120212T0600Z-120212T1500Z/ /O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120212T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON... FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN... ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA... BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER... PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE... LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE...MARION... CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE... VALLEY...LANETT...LAFAYETTE...DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA... PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT...HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE... MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE...UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA... PHENIX CITY...TROY...EUFAULA 335 PM CST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY. THE HARD FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL START BY THIS MORNING AND LAST UNTIL SUNSET. COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHERLY WIND OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OPEN LAND AREAS...ON OPEN WATERWAYS AND IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TEMPERATURE...TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING LOWS WILL DROP INTO THE MID TEENS AND LOWER 20S AREA WIDE. THE COLDEST LOCATIONS WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTH. * IMPACTS...A FEW WEAKER TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK AND FALL BECAUSE OF THE WINDY CONDITIONS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION TODAY. DUE TO THE WARMER TEMPERATURES IN THE AREA OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS...MANY PLANTS HAVE ALREADY STARTED BLOOMING AND THESE TEMPERATURES COULD HAVE DEVASTATING IMPACTS TO VEGETATION. BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY LAST AS LONG AS 24 HOURS NORTH AND 12 HOURS SOUTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH TO CAUSE EXPOSED PIPES TO FREEZE AND POSSIBLY BURST. PLEASE TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT ANY SENSITIVE PLANTS AT YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. ALSO...TAKE THE TIME TO PROTECT EXPOSED PIPES FROM THE COLD. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 24 MPH AND HIGHER... OR WIND GUSTS OF 36 MPH AND HIGHER...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
732 WWUS74 KBMX 120016 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 616 PM CST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...EXTREMELY COLD TEMPERATURES TONIGHT... .A COLD ARCTIC BLAST WILL PRODUCE THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES THIS YEAR AND POSSIBLY FOR THE SEASON. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID TEENS TO LOWER 20S OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES THIS COLD FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. ALZ011>015-017>050-121200- /O.EXP.KBMX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120212T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBMX.HZ.W.0001.120212T0600Z-120212T1500Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON... FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN... ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA... BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER... PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE... LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE...MARION... CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE... VALLEY...LANETT...LAFAYETTE...DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA... PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT...HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE... MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE...UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA... PHENIX CITY...TROY...EUFAULA 616 PM CST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY. * TEMPERATURE...TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING LOWS WILL DROP INTO THE MID TEENS AND LOWER 20S AREA WIDE. THE COLDEST LOCATIONS WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTH. * IMPACTS...DUE TO THE WARMER TEMPERATURES IN THE AREA OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS...MANY PLANTS HAVE ALREADY STARTED BLOOMING AND THESE TEMPERATURES COULD HAVE DEVASTATING IMPACTS TO VEGETATION. BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY LAST AS LONG AS 24 HOURS NORTH AND 12 HOURS SOUTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH TO CAUSE EXPOSED PIPES TO FREEZE AND POSSIBLY BURST. PLEASE TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT ANY SENSITIVE PLANTS AT YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. ALSO...TAKE THE TIME TO PROTECT EXPOSED PIPES FROM THE COLD. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 5:41 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 36 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:35 PM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 17 hr |
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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.