Alert archive / Alabama / Wind Advisories in 2013
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this wind advisory at Mar 11, 2013, 1:34 AM CDT for 26 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 11, 2013, 1:34 AM CDT (06:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
All 26 counties
Autauga County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:37 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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 11 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1624 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 301 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
251 WWUS74 KBMX 110634 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 134 AM CDT MON MAR 11 2013 ...WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUE... .SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD WILL REMAIN STRONG OVERNIGHT. ALZ013>015-017>028-030>036-039>042-111200- /O.NEW.KBMX.WI.Y.0009.130311T0634Z-130311T1200Z/ FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE- PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-CLAY- SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA-MARENGO-DALLAS- AUTAUGA-LOWNDES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER... ONEONTA...GADSDEN...ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN...CARROLLTON... TUSCALOOSA...BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM... ALABASTER...PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND... LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE...MARION... CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...ROCKFORD...DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA... PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT...HAYNEVILLE 134 AM CDT MON MAR 11 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TIMING...THROUGH 7 AM. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. MAY BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 8:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 3 hr |
| Mar 11, 9:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter | 35 hr |
| Mar 11, 9:36 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Clay, Cleburne and 10 more | 5 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.