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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

August 9, 2014Marion County, Winston County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2014, 12:05 PM CDT for Marion County, Winston County, Alabama. It was in force for 55 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: Aug 9, 2014, 12:05 PM CDT (17:05 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

Counties Marion County, AL, Winston County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 143 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1023 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 683 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Aug 9, 10:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 10:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 11:28 AM CDT, 37 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1128 AM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014

ALZ011>015-017>050-101200-
AUTAUGA-BARBOUR-BIBB-BLOUNT-BULLOCK-CALHOUN-CHAMBERS-CHEROKEE-
CHILTON-CLAY-CLEBURNE-COOSA-DALLAS-ELMORE-ETOWAH-FAYETTE-GREENE-HALE-
JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY-
PICKENS-PIKE-RANDOLPH-RUSSELL-SHELBY-ST CLAIR-SUMTER-TALLADEGA-
TALLAPOOSA-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON-
1128 AM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 9, 12:05 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1205 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014

ALZ011-012-014-091800-
LAMAR AL-MARION AL-WINSTON AL-
1205 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN WINSTON...MARION AND
NORTHERN LAMAR COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM CDT...

AT 1201 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF NEEDMORE
TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF DETROIT...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 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...
  HAMILTON...
  HALEYVILLE...
  SULLIGENT...
  LYNN...
  WINFIELD...

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 3419 8820 3432 8789 3431 8745 3412 8734
      3392 8781 3392 8795 3386 8795 3376 8816
      3389 8824
TIME...MOT...LOC 1705Z 334DEG 14KT 3435 8759 3407 8822

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 8, 7:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Clay, Talladega	41 min
Aug 8, 7:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Jefferson	119 min
Aug 9, 12:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Walker, Winston	55 min
Aug 9, 1:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	41 min
Aug 9, 2:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson, Shelby	46 min
Aug 9, 2:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	57 min
Aug 9, 3:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene, Hale, Tuscaloosa	68 min
Aug 9, 3:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	55 min
Aug 9, 3:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb	53 min
Aug 9, 3:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga	63 min
Aug 9, 4:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cleburne, Randolph	59 min
Aug 9, 4:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lee	40 min
Aug 9, 4:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bullock	46 min

Nearby

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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.