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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Birmingham, AL

October 31, 201425 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this wind advisory at Oct 31, 2014, 2:48 PM CDT for 25 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Nov 1, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 31, 2014, 2:48 PM CDT (19:48 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 1, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Nov 1, 2014, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
All 25 counties

Autauga County, AL, Barbour 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, Elmore County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 76 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 12:00Z on 2014-10-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2014-10-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1814 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 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.

078 
WWUS74 KBMX 311948
NPWBMX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
248 PM CDT FRI OCT 31 2014

...FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY MORNING ALONG AND
NORTH OF A LINE FROM LIVINGSTON TO CENTREVILLE TO WETUMPKA TO
LAFAYETTE. FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA SUNDAY MORNING. ADDITIONALLY...WIND GUSTS WILL RANGE FROM
25 TO 35 MPH WITH THE HIGHEST GUSTS OCCURRING OVER THE EASTERN
HALF OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...

ALZ017>021-024>029-035>038-043-010400-
/O.UPG.KBMX.FZ.A.0001.141102T0300Z-141102T1400Z/
/O.NEW.KBMX.FZ.W.0005.141102T0300Z-141102T1400Z/
/O.NEW.KBMX.WI.Y.0010.141101T1200Z-141101T2300Z/
/O.CON.KBMX.FZ.W.0004.141101T0600Z-141101T1500Z/
BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-
ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-
CHAMBERS-ELMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEONTA...GADSDEN...ANNISTON...CENTRE...
HEFLIN...BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER...
PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE...
CLANTON...ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE...VALLEY...
LANETT...LAFAYETTE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE
248 PM CDT FRI OCT 31 2014

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT
SATURDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM CDT SATURDAY...
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT SATURDAY TO 8 AM CST
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT SATURDAY TO 8 AM CST
SUNDAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND ADVISORY
IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM CDT SATURDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING AFTER
  1 AM AND SPREADING THROUGH THE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING HOURS. FOR
  SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING
  WILL DEVELOP BY 10 PM AND SPREAD OVERNIGHT. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 20 MPH AND GUSTS 25 TO 35 MPH AT
  TIMES.

* TEMPERATURES...LOWS 28 TO 34 DEGREES SATURDAY MORNING AND LOWS
  WILL RANGE FROM 26 TO 32 DEGREES SUNDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...THESE TEMPERATURES CAN EASILY KILL SENSITIVE
  VEGETATION AND MAY LIKELY END THE GROWING SEASON ACROSS CENTRAL
  ALABAMA. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS ESPECIALLY
  TRAVELING EAST OR WEST. SOME SMALL OR WEAK BRANCHES MAY ALSO FALL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

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>015-022-023-030>032-034-010400-
/O.UPG.KBMX.FZ.A.0001.141102T0300Z-141102T1400Z/
/O.NEW.KBMX.FZ.W.0005.141102T0300Z-141102T1400Z/
/O.CON.KBMX.FZ.W.0004.141101T0600Z-141101T1500Z/
MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-SUMTER-
GREENE-HALE-BIBB-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON...
FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA...
LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE...CENTREVILLE
248 PM CDT FRI OCT 31 2014

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT
SATURDAY...
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT SATURDAY TO 8 AM CST
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT SATURDAY TO 8 AM CST
SUNDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING AFTER
  1 AM AND SPREADING THROUGH THE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING HOURS. FOR
  SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING
  WILL DEVELOP BY 10 PM AND SPREAD OVERNIGHT.

* TEMPERATURES...LOWS EACH NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 26 TO 33
  DEGREES. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR NEAR AND BEHIND THE FRONT
  WITH THE HIGHEST WINDS DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS SATURDAY.

* IMPACTS...THESE TEMPERATURES CAN EASILY KILL SENSITIVE 
  VEGETATION AND MAY LIKELY END THE GROWING SEASON ACROSS 
  CENTRAL ALABAMA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

ALZ041-042-044>050-010400-
/O.UPG.KBMX.FZ.A.0001.141102T0300Z-141102T1400Z/
/O.NEW.KBMX.FZ.W.0005.141102T0300Z-141102T1400Z/
/O.NEW.KBMX.WI.Y.0010.141101T1200Z-141101T2300Z/
AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT...
HAYNEVILLE...MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE...UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...
OPELIKA...PHENIX CITY...TROY...EUFAULA
248 PM CDT FRI OCT 31 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM CDT SATURDAY...
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT SATURDAY TO 8 AM CST
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT SATURDAY TO 8 AM CST
SUNDAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND ADVISORY
IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM CDT SATURDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...TEMPERATURES NEAR
  FREEZING WILL DEVELOP BY 10 PM AND SPREAD OVERNIGHT. LOWS EACH
  NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 28 TO 33 DEGREES. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL
  OCCUR NEAR AND BEHIND THE FRONT WITH THE HIGHEST WINDS DURING
  DAYLIGHT HOURS SATURDAY.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 20 MPH AND GUSTS 25 TO 35 MPH AT
  TIMES.

* TEMPERATURES...LOWS SUNDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 28 TO 33
  DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...TENDER OUTDOOR VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED BY 
  SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

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.

&&

$$

ALZ033-039-040-010400-
/O.UPG.KBMX.FZ.A.0001.141102T0300Z-141102T1400Z/
/O.NEW.KBMX.FZ.W.0005.141102T0300Z-141102T1400Z/
PERRY-MARENGO-DALLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA
248 PM CDT FRI OCT 31 2014

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT SATURDAY TO 8 AM CST
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT SATURDAY TO 8 AM CST
SUNDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TEMPERATURES...WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER 30S SATURDAY NIGHT 
  INTO SUNDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...TENDER OUTDOOR VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED BY 
  SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES.  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
023 
WWUS74 KBMX 010333
NPWBMX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1033 PM CDT FRI OCT 31 2014

...FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY MORNING ALONG AND
NORTH OF A VERNON TO FAYETTE TO OAK MOUNTAIN TO ROANOKE...
ESPECIALLY THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE NORTHEAST. FREEZING
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL ALABAMA SUNDAY
MORNING. ADDITIONALLY...WIND GUSTS WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH
WITH THE HIGHEST GUSTS OCCURRING OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA...

ALZ035>038-043-011400-
/O.CAN.KBMX.FZ.W.0004.141101T0600Z-141101T1500Z/
/O.CON.KBMX.FZ.W.0005.141102T0300Z-141102T1400Z/
/O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0010.141101T1200Z-141101T2300Z/
CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-ELMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLANTON...ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...
DADEVILLE...VALLEY...LANETT...LAFAYETTE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE
1033 PM CDT FRI OCT 31 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM CDT
SATURDAY...
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT SATURDAY TO
8 AM CST SUNDAY...
...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS CANCELLED THE
FREEZE WARNING FOR TONIGHT...HOWEVER A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.

* TIMING...TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING FOR AREAS
  SOUTH OF A LINE FROM VERNON TO FAYETTE TO OAK MOUNTAIN TO
  ROANOKE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. FOR SATURDAY
  NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING WILL
  DEVELOP BY 10 PM AND SPREAD OVERNIGHT.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 20 MPH AND GUSTS 25 TO 35 MPH AT 
  TIMES. 

* TEMPERATURES...SATURDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 33 TO 37 DEGREES AND
  LOWS WILL RANGE FROM 26 TO 32 DEGREES SUNDAY MORNING. BREEZY
  CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR NEAR AND BEHIND THE FRONT WITH THE HIGHEST
  WINDS DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS SATURDAY...BUT REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY
  CRITERIA.

* IMPACTS...THESE TEMPERATURES CAN EASILY KILL SENSITIVE 
  VEGETATION AND MAY LIKELY END THE GROWING SEASON ACROSS 
  CENTRAL ALABAMA. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS 
  ESPECIALLY TRAVELING EAST OR WEST. SOME SMALL OR WEAK BRANCHES 
  MAY ALSO FALL. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

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.

&&

$$

ALZ022-023-030>032-034-011400-
/O.CAN.KBMX.FZ.W.0004.141101T0600Z-141101T1500Z/
/O.CON.KBMX.FZ.W.0005.141102T0300Z-141102T1400Z/
PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-BIBB-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA...LIVINGSTON...
EUTAW...GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE...CENTREVILLE
1033 PM CDT FRI OCT 31 2014

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT SATURDAY TO
8 AM CST SUNDAY...
...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS CANCELLED THE
FREEZE WARNING FOR TONIGHT...HOWEVER A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.

* TIMING...TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING FOR AREAS
  SOUTH OF A LINE FROM VERNON TO FAYETTE TO OAK MOUNTAIN TO
  ROANOKE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. FOR SATURDAY
  NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING WILL
  DEVELOP BY 10 PM AND SPREAD OVERNIGHT.

* TEMPERATURES...SATURDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 33 TO 37 DEGREES AND
  LOWS WILL RANGE FROM 26 TO 32 DEGREES SUNDAY MORNING. BREEZY
  CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR NEAR AND BEHIND THE FRONT WITH THE HIGHEST
  WINDS DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS SATURDAY...BUT REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY
  CRITERIA.

* IMPACTS...THESE TEMPERATURES CAN EASILY KILL SENSITIVE 
  VEGETATION AND MAY LIKELY END THE GROWING SEASON ACROSS 
  CENTRAL ALABAMA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

ALZ017>021-024>029-011400-
/O.EXT.KBMX.FZ.W.0004.141101T0800Z-141101T1300Z/
/O.CON.KBMX.FZ.W.0005.141102T0300Z-141102T1400Z/
/O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0010.141101T1200Z-141101T2300Z/
BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-
ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEONTA...GADSDEN...ANNISTON...CENTRE...
HEFLIN...BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER...
PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE
1033 PM CDT FRI OCT 31 2014

...FREEZE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT SATURDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM CDT
SATURDAY...
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT SATURDAY TO
8 AM CST SUNDAY...

* TIMING...TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING AFTER
  3 AM AND SPREADING THROUGH THE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING HOURS. THE
  HIGHEST ELEVATIONS WILL SEE THE MORE PROLONGED PERIOD OF
  FREEZING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT. FOR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY
  MORNING...TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING WILL DEVELOP BY 10 PM AND
  SPREAD OVERNIGHT.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 20 MPH AND GUSTS 25 TO 35 MPH AT 
  TIMES. 

* TEMPERATURES...SATURDAY MORNING LOWS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 29 TO 34
  DEGREES AND LOWS WILL RANGE FROM 26 TO 32 DEGREES SUNDAY
  MORNING.

* IMPACTS...THESE TEMPERATURES CAN EASILY KILL SENSITIVE 
  VEGETATION AND MAY LIKELY END THE GROWING SEASON ACROSS 
  CENTRAL ALABAMA. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS 
  ESPECIALLY TRAVELING EAST OR WEST. SOME SMALL OR WEAK BRANCHES 
  MAY ALSO FALL. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

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>015-011400-
/O.EXT.KBMX.FZ.W.0004.141101T0800Z-141101T1300Z/
/O.CON.KBMX.FZ.W.0005.141102T0300Z-141102T1400Z/
MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON...
FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER
1033 PM CDT FRI OCT 31 2014

...FREEZE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT SATURDAY...
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT SATURDAY TO
8 AM CST SUNDAY...

* TIMING...TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING 
  AFTER 1 AM AND SPREADING THROUGH THE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING 
  HOURS. FOR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...TEMPERATURES 
  NEAR FREEZING WILL DEVELOP BY 10 PM AND SPREAD OVERNIGHT. 

* TEMPERATURES...LOWS EACH NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 28 TO 33 DEGREES.
  BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR NEAR AND BEHIND THE FRONT WITH THE
  HIGHEST WINDS DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS SATURDAY...BUT REMAIN BELOW
  ADVISORY CRITERIA.

* IMPACTS...THESE TEMPERATURES CAN EASILY KILL SENSITIVE 
  VEGETATION AND MAY LIKELY END THE GROWING SEASON ACROSS 
  CENTRAL ALABAMA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

ALZ041-042-044>050-011400-
/O.CON.KBMX.FZ.W.0005.141102T0300Z-141102T1400Z/
/O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0010.141101T1200Z-141101T2300Z/
AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT...
HAYNEVILLE...MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE...UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...
OPELIKA...PHENIX CITY...TROY...EUFAULA
1033 PM CDT FRI OCT 31 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM CDT
SATURDAY...
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT SATURDAY TO
8 AM CST SUNDAY...

* TIMING...SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...TEMPERATURES NEAR
  FREEZING WILL DEVELOP BY 10 PM AND SPREAD OVERNIGHT. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 20 MPH AND GUSTS 25 TO 35 MPH AT 
  TIMES. 

* TEMPERATURES...SUNDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 28 TO 33 DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...TENDER OUTDOOR VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED BY 
  SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

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.

&&

$$

ALZ033-039-040-011400-
/O.CON.KBMX.FZ.W.0005.141102T0300Z-141102T1400Z/
PERRY-MARENGO-DALLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA
1033 PM CDT FRI OCT 31 2014

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT SATURDAY TO
8 AM CST SUNDAY...

* TEMPERATURES...WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER 30S SATURDAY NIGHT 
  INTO SUNDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...TENDER OUTDOOR VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED BY 
  SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$
778 
WWUS74 KBMX 010846
NPWBMX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
346 AM CDT SAT NOV 1 2014

...COLD AND BRISK CONDITIONS HAVE INVADED CENTRAL ALABAMA...

ALZ017>020-024>027-011700-
/O.CAN.KBMX.WI.Y.0010.141101T1200Z-141101T2300Z/
/O.CON.KBMX.FZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-141101T1300Z/
/O.CON.KBMX.FZ.W.0005.141102T0300Z-141102T1400Z/
BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-
TALLADEGA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEONTA...GADSDEN...ANNISTON...CENTRE...
BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER...
PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA
346 AM CDT SAT NOV 1 2014

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING...
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING
TO 8 AM CST SUNDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

* TEMPERATURES...LOWS THIS MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 29 TO 34
  DEGREES. LOWS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 26 TO 32
  DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...THESE TEMPERATURES CAN EASILY KILL SENSITIVE
  VEGETATION AND MAY END THE GROWING SEASON ACROSS CENTRAL
  ALABAMA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

ALZ035-011700-
/O.CAN.KBMX.WI.Y.0010.141101T1200Z-141101T2300Z/
/O.CON.KBMX.FZ.W.0005.141102T0300Z-141102T1400Z/
CHILTON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CLANTON
346 AM CDT SAT NOV 1 2014

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING
TO 8 AM CST SUNDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

* TEMPERATURES...LOWS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 26 TO
  32 DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...THESE TEMPERATURES CAN EASILY KILL SENSITIVE
  VEGETATION AND MAY END THE GROWING SEASON ACROSS CENTRAL
  ALABAMA.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

ALZ021-028-029-011700-
/O.CON.KBMX.FZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-141101T1300Z/
/O.CON.KBMX.FZ.W.0005.141102T0300Z-141102T1400Z/
/O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0010.141101T1200Z-141101T2300Z/
CLEBURNE-CLAY-RANDOLPH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HEFLIN...ASHLAND...ROANOKE
346 AM CDT SAT NOV 1 2014

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
CDT THIS EVENING...
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING
TO 8 AM CST SUNDAY...

* TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BRIEFLY DROP BELOW FREEZING EARLY
  THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE THIS
  MORNING...AND REMAIN SO UNTIL AROUND 6 PM. SUB-FREEZING
  TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.
  THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS WILL SEE THE MORE PROLONGED PERIOD OF
  FREEZING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 20 MPH AND GUSTS 25 TO 35 MPH AT 
  TIMES. 

* TEMPERATURES...LOWS THIS MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 29 TO 34
  DEGREES. LOWS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 26 TO 32
  DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...THESE TEMPERATURES CAN EASILY KILL SENSITIVE
  VEGETATION AND MAY END THE GROWING SEASON ACROSS CENTRAL
  ALABAMA. BECAUSE OF THE GUSTY WINDS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES NEED
  TO BE CAUTIOUS. SOME SMALL OR WEAK BRANCHES MAY ALSO FALL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

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>015-011700-
/O.CON.KBMX.FZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-141101T1300Z/
/O.CON.KBMX.FZ.W.0005.141102T0300Z-141102T1400Z/
MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON...
FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER
346 AM CDT SAT NOV 1 2014

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING...
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING
TO 8 AM CST SUNDAY...

* TIMING...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP NEAR FREEZING EARLY
  THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO BE BELOW FREEZING FOR
  SEVERAL HOURS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

* TEMPERATURES...LOWS EACH NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 28 TO 33 DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...THESE TEMPERATURES CAN EASILY KILL SENSITIVE
  VEGETATION AND MAY END THE GROWING SEASON ACROSS CENTRAL
  ALABAMA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

ALZ036>038-041>050-011700-
/O.CON.KBMX.FZ.W.0005.141102T0300Z-141102T1400Z/
/O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0010.141101T1200Z-141101T2300Z/
COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-
BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE...
VALLEY...LANETT...LAFAYETTE...PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT...
HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE...
UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA...PHENIX CITY...TROY...EUFAULA
346 AM CDT SAT NOV 1 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
CDT THIS EVENING...
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING
TO 8 AM CST SUNDAY...

* TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE AND
  REMAIN SO UNTIL AROUND 6 PM. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP
  BELOW FREEZING FOR SEVERAL HOURS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 20 MPH AND GUSTS 25 TO 35 MPH AT 
  TIMES. 

* TEMPERATURES...LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 26 TO 32
  DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...THESE TEMPERATURES CAN EASILY KILL SENSITIVE
  VEGETATION AND MAY END THE GROWING SEASON ACROSS CENTRAL
  ALABAMA. DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES NEED TO
  BE CAUTIOUS. SOME SMALL OR WEAK BRANCHES MAY ALSO FALL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

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.

&&

$$

ALZ022-023-030>034-039-040-011700-
/O.CON.KBMX.FZ.W.0005.141102T0300Z-141102T1400Z/
PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-MARENGO-DALLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA...LIVINGSTON...
EUTAW...GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE...MARION...CENTREVILLE...
DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA
346 AM CDT SAT NOV 1 2014

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING
TO 8 AM CST SUNDAY...

* TEMPERATURES...WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER 30S SATURDAY NIGHT 
  INTO SUNDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...TENDER OUTDOOR VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED BY 
  SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$
778 
WWUS74 KBMX 011406
NPWBMX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
906 AM CDT SAT NOV 1 2014

...COLD AND BRISK CONDITIONS HAVE INVADED CENTRAL ALABAMA...

ALZ021-028-029-036>038-041>050-012215-
/O.CON.KBMX.FZ.W.0005.141102T0300Z-141102T1400Z/
/O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-141101T2300Z/
CLEBURNE-CLAY-RANDOLPH-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-
ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HEFLIN...ASHLAND...ROANOKE...ROCKFORD...
ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE...VALLEY...LANETT...LAFAYETTE...
PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT...HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...
MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE...UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA...
PHENIX CITY...TROY...EUFAULA
906 AM CDT SAT NOV 1 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING
TO 8 AM CST SUNDAY...

* TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE AND 
  REMAIN SO UNTIL AROUND 6 PM. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP 
  BELOW FREEZING FOR SEVERAL HOURS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 20 MPH AND GUSTS 25 TO 35 MPH AT 
  TIMES. 

* TEMPERATURES...LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 26 TO 
  32 DEGREES. 

* IMPACTS...THESE TEMPERATURES CAN EASILY KILL SENSITIVE 
  VEGETATION AND MAY END THE GROWING SEASON ACROSS CENTRAL 
  ALABAMA. DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES NEED 
  TO BE CAUTIOUS. SOME SMALL OR WEAK BRANCHES MAY ALSO FALL. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

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>015-017>020-022>027-030>035-039-040-012215-
/O.CON.KBMX.FZ.W.0005.141102T0300Z-141102T1400Z/
MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-
CHEROKEE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-
SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-MARENGO-DALLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON...
FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN...
ANNISTON...CENTRE...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA...BIRMINGHAM...
HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER...PELL CITY...MOODY...
TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO...
MOUNDVILLE...MARION...CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...DEMOPOLIS...
LINDEN...SELMA
906 AM CDT SAT NOV 1 2014

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING
TO 8 AM CST SUNDAY...

* TEMPERATURES...WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER 30S SATURDAY NIGHT 
  INTO SUNDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...TENDER OUTDOOR VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED BY 
  SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$
729 
WWUS74 KBMX 011928
NPWBMX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
228 PM CDT SAT NOV 1 2014

...COLD AND BRISK CONDITIONS HAVE INVADED CENTRAL ALABAMA...

ALZ021-028-029-036>038-041>050-020000-
/O.CON.KBMX.FZ.W.0005.141102T0300Z-141102T1400Z/
/O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-141101T2300Z/
CLEBURNE-CLAY-RANDOLPH-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-
ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HEFLIN...ASHLAND...ROANOKE...ROCKFORD...
ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE...VALLEY...LANETT...LAFAYETTE...
PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT...HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...
MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE...UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA...
PHENIX CITY...TROY...EUFAULA
228 PM CDT SAT NOV 1 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING
TO 8 AM CST SUNDAY...

* TIMING...WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY UNTIL AROUND 6 PM.
  TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FREEZING FOR SEVERAL
  HOURS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 20 MPH AND GUSTS 25 TO 35 MPH AT 
  TIMES. 

* TEMPERATURES...LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 26 TO 
  34 DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...THESE TEMPERATURES CAN EASILY KILL SENSITIVE 
  VEGETATION AND MAY END THE GROWING SEASON ACROSS CENTRAL 
  ALABAMA. DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES NEED 
  TO BE CAUTIOUS. SOME SMALL OR WEAK BRANCHES MAY ALSO FALL. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

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>015-017>020-022>027-030>035-039-040-020000-
/O.CON.KBMX.FZ.W.0005.141102T0300Z-141102T1400Z/
MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-
CHEROKEE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-
SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-MARENGO-DALLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON...
FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN...
ANNISTON...CENTRE...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA...BIRMINGHAM...
HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER...PELL CITY...MOODY...
TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO...
MOUNDVILLE...MARION...CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...DEMOPOLIS...
LINDEN...SELMA
228 PM CDT SAT NOV 1 2014

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING
TO 8 AM CST SUNDAY...

* TEMPERATURES...WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S
  OVERNIGHT.

* IMPACTS...TENDER OUTDOOR VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED BY 
  SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Oct 31, 12:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 12:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1238 PM CDT FRI OCT 31 2014

.DISCUSSION...

COLD FRONT AND COLD ADVECTION WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA IN A
LITTLE WHILE. CLOUD COVER AND TEMPERATURE ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE
FOR THIS AFTERNOON BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS. VERY ISOLATED SHOWERS
STILL ONGOING FROM RANDOLPH TO BLOUNT. GUSTY WINDS STILL EXPECTED
THROUGH THE EVENING FOR THE HALLOWEEN ACTIVITIES. UPDATES ARE OUT.

88

&&

.AVIATION...
18Z TAF DISCUSSION.

VFR CEILINGS WILL BE SPREADING OVER THE AREA AS A COLD AIRMASS
PLUNGES SOUTHWARD. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY
OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 25
KTS POSSIBLE. LOOK FOR STEADY WINDS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT WITH
HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE AGAIN DURING THE DAY TOMORROW.

88

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FREEZE WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR
ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA.

FREEZE WARNING FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES: BIBB...BLOUNT...CALHOUN...CHAMBERS...CHEROKEE...
CHILTON...CLAY...CLEBURNE...COOSA...ELMORE...ETOWAH...FAYETTE...
GREENE...HALE...JEFFERSON...LAMAR...MARION...PICKENS...
RANDOLPH...SHELBY...ST. CLAIR...SUMTER...TALLADEGA...
TALLAPOOSA...TUSCALOOSA...WALKER...WINSTON.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 31, 1:48 PM CDT, 1 hour before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
148 PM CDT FRI OCT 31 2014

ALZ011>015-017>050-011900-
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-
148 PM CDT FRI OCT 31 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A COLD AIRMASS WILL SETTLE ACROSS THE AREA BEGINNING TONIGHT.
EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING IN LOCATIONS
ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LIVINGSTON...TO CENTREVILLE...TO
WETUMPKA...TO LAFAYETTE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA
DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND
20 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH.

A COLD AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WEEKEND WITH A WIDESPREAD
FREEZE ANTICIPATED SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 31, 5:52 AM CDTFreeze WatchBMXAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more9 hr
Oct 31, 5:52 AM CDTFreeze WarningBMXBibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 21 more26 hr
Oct 31, 2:48 PM CDTFreeze WarningBMXAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more42 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.