Alert archive / Alabama / Wind Advisories in 2013
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this wind advisory at Feb 18, 2013, 8:57 PM CST for 30 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 18, 2013, 8:57 PM CST (02:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 19, 2013, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
All 30 counties
Autauga County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa 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, Marion County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Randolph 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 radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:59 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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 16 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
- 2365 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 475 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
381 WWUS74 KBMX 190257 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 857 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013 ...BRISK WINDS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AHEAD OF A FRONT... ALZ017-023-024-032-191200- /O.NEW.KBMX.WI.Y.0004.130219T0257Z-130219T1200Z/ BLOUNT-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-HALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEONTA...TUSCALOOSA...BIRMINGHAM... HOOVER...GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE 857 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...OF THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE THROUGH 6 AM. * WINDS...WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH GUSTS ABOVE 35 MPH POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ ALZ011>015-022-030-031-190600- /O.NEW.KBMX.WI.Y.0004.130219T0257Z-130219T0600Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-PICKENS-SUMTER-GREENE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON... FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...CARROLLTON...LIVINGSTON... EUTAW 857 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...OF THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE THROUGH AROUND MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH GUSTS ABOVE 35 MPH POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 24 MPH AND HIGHER... OR WIND GUSTS OF 36 MPH AND HIGHER...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ALZ018>021-025>029-033>038-041-043-047-191200- /O.NEW.KBMX.WI.Y.0004.130219T0600Z-130219T1200Z/ ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-CLAY- RANDOLPH-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-AUTAUGA- ELMORE-LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GADSDEN...ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN... COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER...PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA... SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE...MARION...CENTREVILLE...CLANTON... ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE...VALLEY...LANETT... LAFAYETTE...PRATTVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...AUBURN...OPELIKA 857 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...OF THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH AROUND 6 AM. * WINDS...WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH GUSTS ABOVE 35 MPH POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ 08
1 follow-up statement
357 WWUS74 KBMX 190628 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1228 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...BRISK WINDS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AHEAD OF A FRONT... ALZ011>015-022-030-031-190730- /O.EXP.KBMX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130219T0600Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-PICKENS-SUMTER-GREENE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON... FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...CARROLLTON...LIVINGSTON... EUTAW 1228 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS HAVE DECREASED AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT BUT THE WINDS WILL PICK BACK UP BEHIND THE FRONT. WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BUT MAY GUST 20 TO 30 MPH AT TIMES. $$ ALZ017>021-023>029-032>038-041-043-047-191200- /O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130219T1200Z/ BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON- SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON- COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-AUTAUGA-ELMORE-LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEONTA...GADSDEN...ANNISTON...CENTRE... HEFLIN...TUSCALOOSA...BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM... ALABASTER...PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND... ROANOKE...GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE...MARION...CENTREVILLE... CLANTON...ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE...VALLEY... LANETT...LAFAYETTE...PRATTVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...AUBURN... OPELIKA 1228 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... * TIMING...OF THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH AROUND 6 AM. * WINDS...WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH GUSTS ABOVE 35 MPH POSSIBLE. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 2:20 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | BMX | Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne and 9 more | 27 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.