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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this wind advisory at Jan 20, 2014, 2:30 PM CST for 39 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jan 21, 2014, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 20, 2014, 2:30 PM CST (20:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 21, 2014, 8:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 10 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 20:36 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, 8.5 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
- 2572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
397 WWUS74 KBMX 202030 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 230 PM CST MON JAN 20 2014 ...GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA ON TUESDAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT... ALZ011>015-017>050-211200- /O.NEW.KBMX.WI.Y.0002.140121T1400Z-140122T0000Z/ 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 230 PM CST MON JAN 20 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY AND WILL REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA BY LATE MORNING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 36 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
924 WWUS74 KBMX 211111 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 511 AM CST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...A COLD FRONT WILL CREATE BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY... ALZ011>015-017>050-220000- /O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0002.140121T1400Z-140122T0000Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN- CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR- TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON- COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE- MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON... FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN... ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA... BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER... PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE... LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE...MARION... CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE... VALLEY...LANETT...LAFAYETTE...DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA... PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT...HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE... MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE...UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA... PHENIX CITY...TROY...EUFAULA 511 AM CST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE MORNING HOURS TODAY AND REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA BY LATE MORNING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 24 MPH AND HIGHER... OR WIND GUSTS OF 36 MPH AND HIGHER...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
195 WWUS74 KBMX 212124 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 324 PM CST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...A COLD FRONT WILL CREATE BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY AND BRING COLD TEMPERATURES TONIGHT... ALZ011>015-017>021-024>029-220100- /O.NEW.KBMX.HZ.W.0002.140122T0900Z-140122T1300Z/ /O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140122T0000Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN- CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-CLAY- RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON... FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN... ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN...BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...COLUMBIANA... PELHAM...ALABASTER...PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA... ASHLAND...ROANOKE 324 PM CST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...WHILE TEMPERATURES FALL TO 15 DEGREES OR BELOW AFTER 3AM. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...WILL FALL INTO THE MID TO LOW TEENS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. * IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS MAY CAUSE WATER PIPES TO RUPTURE...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. && $$ ALZ022-023-030>050-220000- /O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140122T0000Z/ PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA- TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE- MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA...LIVINGSTON... EUTAW...GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE...MARION...CENTREVILLE... CLANTON...ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE...VALLEY... LANETT...LAFAYETTE...DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA...PRATTVILLE... FORT DEPOSIT...HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...MONTGOMERY... TUSKEGEE...UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA...PHENIX CITY... TROY...EUFAULA 324 PM CST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 24 MPH AND HIGHER... OR WIND GUSTS OF 36 MPH AND HIGHER...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
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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.