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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 9, 20144 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 9, 2014, 10:41 PM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2014, 10:41 PM CDT (03:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2014, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL

Counties Calhoun County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Etowah County, AL

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 120 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2014-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 742 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2014-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
742 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1374 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 9, 6:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 6:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
657 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014

.UPDATE...
FOR 00Z AVIATION.

&&

.DISCUSSION...

AND THE BEAT GOES ON. WEST TO NORTHWEST UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL
CONTINUE TO KEEP A FREQUENTLY STORMY WEATHER PATTERN FOR CENTRAL
ALABAMA THROUGH AT LEAST ANOTHER DAY OR TWO. YET ANOTHER QUASI-
LINEAR MCS WAS TRYING TO GET ORGANIZED NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IF IT HOLDS TOGETHER AND REMAINS IN ROUGHLY
THE SAME CONFIGURATION...IT WOULD REACH OUR WESTERN COUNTIES
AROUND 9 OR 10 PM. THAT LEAVES A BIT OF TIME FOR THE SYSTEM TO
CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AND ORGANIZE. WE COULD VERY WELL HAVE
ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMY WEATHER ON TUESDAY...AS A LARGER SCALE
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH FINALLY SWINGS THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST STATES.
WILL INCLUDE SEVERAL PERIODS OF AT LEAST LIKELY POPS...PROBABLY
UNTIL THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS FINALLY GETS TO OUR EAST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR THURSDAY. WILL HAVE TO WATCH PRECIP AMOUNTS
WITH EACH SUCCESSIVE ROUND OF STORMS...AS FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE
VALUES ARE BOUND TO DROP WITH EACH AREA OF RAIN THAT COMES
THROUGH.

WE SHOULD FINALLY GET BACK INTO A MORE TYPICAL OR CLIMATOLOGICAL
PATTERN BY THE END OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND...AS THE UPPER
FLOW WEAKENS FOR OUR AREA AND A RIDGE TRIES TO BECOME ESTABLISHED.

/61/

&&

.AVIATION...
00Z TAF DISCUSSION.

MAIN STORY FOR THE SHORT TERM IS THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
CURRENTLY IN FAR EASTERN MISSISSIPPI FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. THIS
LINE CONTAINS SOME STRONG TO SEVERE TSRA. GO EVEN GUSTIER WINDS
THEN I CURRENTLY HAVE TEMPOED IN ARE POSSIBLE GENERALLY FOR
TCL/BHM/EET WITH LESSER CHANCES AT REMAINING TERMINALS. SO MAIN
ISSUE IS TRYING TO TIME THE LINE. HOWEVER...THERE ARE SOME CELLS
THAT ARE AHEAD OF THIS LINE AS WELL. ALSO...ANOTHER ROUND IS
POSSIBLE FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON FOR PLANNING PURPOSES...A VERY WET
STORMY PATTERN THIS WEEK IS EXPECTED.

08/MK

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GADSDEN     67  85  67  79  62 /  60  70  50  60  40
ANNISTON    70  85  69  79  65 /  60  60  50  60  40
BIRMINGHAM  71  84  70  80  65 /  60  70  50  60  30
TUSCALOOSA  72  85  71  82  65 /  70  70  50  40  20
CALERA      71  85  69  80  66 /  60  60  50  60  30
AUBURN      69  87  68  81  65 /  40  40  30  60  40
MONTGOMERY  71  89  70  83  67 /  40  60  40  60  30
TROY        69  89  71  83  67 /  20  30  30  60  30

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

61/08
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 10:15 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 9:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 10:11 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1011 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014

ALZ026-100400-
ST. CLAIR AL-
1011 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ST. CLAIR COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM
CDT...

AT 1010 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SPRINGVILLE TO VANDIVER...
AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  ODENVILLE...
  PELL CITY...
  BRANCHVILLE...
  BALD ROCK...
  COOSA ISLAND...

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3386 8606 3377 8605 3371 8614 3367 8615
      3369 8621 3363 8616 3359 8622 3354 8619
      3349 8624 3352 8627 3345 8631 3344 8637
      3350 8638 3350 8648 3355 8648 3356 8655
      3380 8653 3382 8643 3391 8635 3394 8617
TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 257DEG 38KT 3381 8642 3350 8648

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Local storm report, Jun 9, 10:24 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1024 PM CDT MON JUN 09 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0955 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NNE IRONDALE          33.61N 86.69W
06/09/2014                   JEFFERSON          AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN ALONG HUFFMAN ROAD NEAR 5 MILE CREEK.

&&

LINHARES
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 10:41 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1041 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014

ALZ018>021-026-027-100445-
CALHOUN AL-CHEROKEE AL-CLEBURNE AL-ETOWAH AL-ST. CLAIR AL-TALLADEGA
AL-
1041 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN TALLADEGA...EASTERN ST.
CLAIR...ETOWAH...CLEBURNE...CHEROKEE AND CALHOUN COUNTIES UNTIL 1145
PM CDT...

AT 1040 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SARDIS CITY TO 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF OHATCHEE TO ALPINE BAY RESORT...AND MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  RAINBOW CITY...
  GADSDEN...
  TALLADEGA...
  HOKES BLUFF...
  SAKS...

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3351 8531 3350 8576 3347 8579 3347 8589
      3350 8585 3350 8590 3342 8593 3336 8634
      3385 8618 3419 8619 3421 8610 3421 8585
      3425 8584 3426 8578 3438 8563 3443 8559
      3449 8558 3453 8551
TIME...MOT...LOC 0341Z 266DEG 38KT 3420 8607 3385 8607
          3344 8621

GRANTHAM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar56 min
Jun 9, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens58 min
Jun 9, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion56 min
Jun 9, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette62 min
Jun 9, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston55 min
Jun 9, 8:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXSumter66 min
Jun 9, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa49 min
Jun 9, 8:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXWalker55 min
Jun 9, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker61 min
Jun 9, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene, Sumter43 min
Jun 9, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa70 min
Jun 9, 8:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPickens51 min
Jun 9, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXHale54 min
Jun 9, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson64 min
Jun 9, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb54 min
Jun 9, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount, Walker45 min
Jun 9, 9:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXShelby67 min
Jun 9, 10:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXSt. Clair49 min
Jun 9, 11:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXClay, Cleburne, Randolph48 min
Jun 10, 3:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchBMXBlount, Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, Marion, Pickens and 3 more27 hr
Jun 10, 7:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXWinston37 min
Jun 10, 12:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBlount, Jefferson60 min
Jun 10, 12:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXDallas44 min
Jun 10, 12:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXShelby56 min
Jun 10, 12:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXSt. Clair52 min
Jun 10, 12:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChilton52 min
Jun 10, 1:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Chilton55 min
Jun 10, 1:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCalhoun, Cherokee50 min
Jun 10, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore36 min
Jun 10, 2:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCleburne27 min
Jun 10, 2:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMacon, Tallapoosa55 min
Jun 10, 3:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLee66 min
Jun 10, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPike46 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.