Alert archive / Alabama / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this wind advisory at Apr 22, 2012, 3:43 AM CDT for 33 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Apr 22, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 22, 2012, 3:43 AM CDT (08:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 22, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
All 33 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, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry 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
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 787 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
843 WWUS74 KBMX 220843 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 343 AM CDT SUN APR 22 2012 ...BREEZY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... ALZ017>021-023>050-221645- /O.NEW.KBMX.WI.Y.0007.120422T1500Z-120423T0000Z/ BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-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...ONEONTA...GADSDEN...ANNISTON...CENTRE... HEFLIN...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 343 AM CDT SUN APR 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WILL BE LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WILL BE SUSTAINED UP TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. THE HIGHEST WINDS WILL BE SEEN ON OPEN WATERWAYS...OPEN LAND AREAS...AND IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS...OF THE STRONGER WINDS MAY INCLUDE BROKEN WEAKER TREE LIMBS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
079 WWUS74 KBMX 221512 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1012 AM CDT SUN APR 22 2012 ...BREEZY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... ALZ017>021-023>050-230000- /O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120423T0000Z/ BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON- SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY- BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA- LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEONTA...GADSDEN...ANNISTON...CENTRE... HEFLIN...TUSCALOOSA...BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM... ALABASTER...PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND... ROANOKE...LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE...MARION... CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE... VALLEY...LANETT...LAFAYETTE...DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA... PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT...HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE... MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE...UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA... PHENIX CITY...TROY...EUFAULA 1012 AM CDT SUN APR 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WILL BE SUSTAINED UP TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. THE HIGHEST WINDS WILL BE SEEN ON OPEN WATERWAYS...OPEN LAND AREAS...AND IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS...THE WINDS COULD CAUSE WEAKER TREE LIMBS TO BREAK. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 24 MPH AND HIGHER... OR WIND GUSTS OF 36 MPH AND HIGHER...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2:57 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 12 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.