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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this wind advisory at Jan 4, 2014, 2:38 PM CST for 39 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jan 5, 2014, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 4, 2014, 2:38 PM CST (20:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 5, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 6, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
All 39 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, Fayette County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Marion County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens 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, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 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 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 1861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
908 WWUS74 KBMX 042038 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 238 PM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...RECORD COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED AS ARCTIC AIRMASS INVADES CENTRAL ALABAMA... .AN EXTREMELY COLD AIRMASS WILL SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA BEHIND A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT SUNDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET BY AT LEAST 20 DEGREES IN ONLY A FEW HOURS WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO OCCUR BEHIND THE FRONT. THIS ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY...WITH MUCH OF THE AREA REMAINING BELOW FREEZING FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT HARD FREEZE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. ALZ011>015-017>050-051200- /O.NEW.KBMX.WI.Y.0001.140106T0000Z-140107T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBMX.HZ.W.0001.140106T0600Z-140107T1800Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN- CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-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...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON... FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN... ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN...CARROLLTON...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 238 PM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * TEMPERATURES...OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TO 20S SUNDAY NIGHT...AND SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS MONDAY NIGHT. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW FREEZING ON MONDAY. * TIMING...OF THE COLD TEMPERATURES WILL BE FROM MIDNIGHT SUNDAY THROUGH NOON CST TUESDAY. THE TIMING OF THE GUSTY WINDS WILL BE FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WILL BE SUSTAINED FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TEMPERATURES BELOW 15 DEGREES COULD CAUSE RUPTURED WATER PIPES...AND POSE A THREAT TO SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND LIVESTOCK. THESE CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TO PEOPLE AND PETS WHO ARE VULNERABLE TO THE COLD. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS74 KBMX 051137 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 537 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...RECORD COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED AS ARCTIC AIRMASS INVADES CENTRAL ALABAMA... .AN EXTREMELY COLD AIRMASS WILL SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA BEHIND A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET BY AT LEAST 20 DEGREES IN ONLY A FEW HOURS WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO OCCUR BEHIND THE FRONT. THIS ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY...WITH MUCH OF THE AREA REMAINING BELOW FREEZING FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT HARD FREEZE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. ALZ011>015-017>050-060000- /O.CON.KBMX.HZ.W.0001.140106T0600Z-140107T1800Z/ /O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0001.140106T0000Z-140107T0000Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN- CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-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...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON... FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN... ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN...CARROLLTON...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 537 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... * TEMPERATURES...OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TO 20S TONIGHT...AND SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS MONDAY NIGHT. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW FREEZING ON MONDAY. * TIMING...OF THE COLD TEMPERATURES WILL BE FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH NOON CST TUESDAY. THE TIMING OF THE GUSTY WINDS WILL BE FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WILL BE SUSTAINED FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH... WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TEMPERATURES BELOW 15 DEGREES COULD CAUSE RUPTURED WATER PIPES...AND POSE A THREAT TO SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND LIVESTOCK. THESE CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TO PEOPLE AND PETS WHO ARE VULNERABLE TO THE COLD. STRONG GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN LARGE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. 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. && $$
200 WWUS74 KBMX 052140 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 340 PM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...RECORD COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED AS ARCTIC AIRMASS INVADES CENTRAL ALABAMA... .AN EXTREMELY COLD AIRMASS WILL SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA BEHIND A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET 20 TO 40 DEGREES IN ONLY A FEW HOURS WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO OCCUR BEHIND THE FRONT. THIS ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH MUCH OF THE AREA REMAINING BELOW FREEZING FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME...POSSIBLY UP TO 64 HOURS. ALZ011>015-017>050-061200- /O.EXT.KBMX.HZ.W.0001.140106T0600Z-140108T1400Z/ /O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0001.140106T0000Z-140107T0000Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN- CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-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...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON... FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN... ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN...CARROLLTON...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 340 PM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TEMPERATURES...OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL DROP INTO THE LOWER TEENS TO 20S TONIGHT...AND SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER TEENS MONDAY NIGHT. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW FREEZING ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. * TIMING...THE COLD TEMPERATURES WILL EXTEND FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE TIMING OF THE GUSTY WINDS WILL BE FROM TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SUSTAINED FROM THE NORTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH... WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TEMPERATURES BELOW 15 DEGREES COULD CAUSE RUPTURED WATER PIPES...AND POSE A THREAT TO SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND LIVESTOCK. THESE CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TO PEOPLE AND PETS WHO ARE VULNERABLE TO THE COLD. STRONG GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN LARGE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. 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. && $$
461 WWUS74 KBMX 060959 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 359 AM CST MON JAN 6 2014 ...RECORD COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED AS ARCTIC AIRMASS INVADES CENTRAL ALABAMA... .AN EXTREMELY COLD AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA BEHIND A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT TODAY. THIS ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH MUCH OF THE AREA REMAINING BELOW FREEZING FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME...POSSIBLY UP TO 64 HOURS. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. ALZ011>015-017>050-070000- /O.CON.KBMX.HZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140108T1400Z/ /O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140107T0000Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN- CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-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...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON... FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN... ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN...CARROLLTON...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 359 AM CST MON JAN 6 2014 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TEMPERATURES...DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW FREEZING TODAY AND TUESDAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS TONIGHT WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER TEENS...AND LOWER TO MIDDLE TEENS TUESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...THE COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SUSTAINED FROM THE NORTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH... WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TEMPERATURES BELOW 15 DEGREES COULD CAUSE RUPTURED WATER PIPES...AND POSE A THREAT TO SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND LIVESTOCK. THESE CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TO PEOPLE AND PETS WHO ARE VULNERABLE TO THE COLD. STRONG GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN LARGE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. 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. && $$
629 WWUS74 KBMX 061711 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1111 AM CST MON JAN 6 2014 ...RECORD COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED AS ARCTIC AIR MASS SETTLES OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA... .AN EXTREMELY COLD AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA BEHIND A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT TODAY. THIS ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH MUCH OF THE AREA REMAINING BELOW FREEZING FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME...POSSIBLY UP TO 64 HOURS. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. ALZ011>015-017>050-070000- /O.CON.KBMX.HZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140108T1400Z/ /O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140107T0000Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN- CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-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...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON... FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN... ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN...CARROLLTON...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 1111 AM CST MON JAN 6 2014 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TEMPERATURES...DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS TONIGHT WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER TEENS...AND LOWER TO MIDDLE TEENS TUESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...THE COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SUSTAINED FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH... WITH A FEW GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TEMPERATURES BELOW 15 DEGREES COULD CAUSE RUPTURED WATER PIPES...AND POSE A THREAT TO SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND LIVESTOCK. THESE CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TO PEOPLE AND PETS WHO ARE VULNERABLE TO THE COLD. STRONG GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN LARGE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 6:53 AM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 4 days |
| Jan 4, 2:51 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 69 hr |
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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.