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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this wind advisory at Mar 11, 2014, 2:49 PM CDT for 39 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Mar 13, 2014, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 11, 2014, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 13, 2014, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2014, 3:17 PM CDT
- In force
- 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 19:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 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
- 1145 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
139 WWUS74 KBMX 111949 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 249 PM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA ON WEDNESDAY... ALZ011>015-017>050-121000- /O.NEW.KBMX.WI.Y.0005.140313T1500Z-140314T0100Z/ 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 249 PM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...WILL BE FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH 8 PM WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...OF THE GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN LARGE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
661 WWUS74 KBMX 112017 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 317 PM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA ON WEDNESDAY... ALZ011>015-017>050-120200- /O.CAN.KBMX.WI.Y.0005.140313T1500Z-140314T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KBMX.WI.Y.0006.140312T1500Z-140313T0100Z/ 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 317 PM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...WILL BE FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH 8 PM WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...OF THE GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN LARGE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 3:17 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 29 hr |
Nearby
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.