Alert archive / Alabama / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this wind advisory at Feb 23, 2012, 10:59 AM CST for 39 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 23, 2012, 10:59 AM CST (16:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2012, 10:57 PM CST
- In force
- 12 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 12:00Z, 5.0 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
- 21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 681 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
517 WWUS74 KBMX 231659 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1059 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .BLUSTERY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE STATE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND INTO THE MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ALZ011>015-017>050-240600- /O.NEW.KBMX.WI.Y.0005.120223T1659Z-120224T0600Z/ 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 1059 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS TONIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OPEN LAND AREAS...ON OPEN WATERWAYS AND IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS...A FEW WEAKER TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK AND FALL BECAUSE OF THE WINDY CONDITIONS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
757 WWUS74 KBMX 240457 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1057 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS TO WEAKEN... .WHILE THE WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. MOST AREAS HAVE FALLEN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA...SO WILL CANCEL THE WIND ADVISORY NOW. ALZ011>015-017>050-240600- /O.CAN.KBMX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120224T0600Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN- CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR- TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON- COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE- MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON... FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN... ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA... BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER... PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE... LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE...MARION... CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE... VALLEY...LANETT...LAFAYETTE...DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA... PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT...HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE... MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE...UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA... PHENIX CITY...TROY...EUFAULA 1057 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL REMAIN AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 6:16 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Winston | 44 min |
| Feb 22, 8:20 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | DeKalb | 40 min |
Nearby
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.