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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this wind advisory at Mar 24, 2014, 3:27 PM CDT for 39 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Mar 25, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2014, 3:27 PM CDT (20:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 25, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 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 20:27 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
- 1866 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
564 WWUS74 KBMX 242027 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 327 PM CDT MON MAR 24 2014 ...FROST POSSIBLE FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA TONIGHT AND A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS TUESDAY AND WIDESPREAD BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES TUESDAY NIGHT... ALZ011>015-017-018-020-022>024-030-031-251100- /O.NEW.KBMX.FZ.W.0002.140326T0300Z-140326T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KBMX.FR.Y.0002.140325T0800Z-140325T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KBMX.WI.Y.0007.140325T1600Z-140326T0000Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CHEROKEE- PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SUMTER-GREENE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON... FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN...CENTRE... CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA...BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...LIVINGSTON... EUTAW 327 PM CDT MON MAR 24 2014 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CDT TUESDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TUESDAY TO 10 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 11AM TO 7PM CDT TUESDAY. A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10PM TUESDAY TO 10AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...AREAS OF FROST ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 3AM AND 9AM TUESDAY MORNING FOR WEST AND NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. STRONG WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TUESDAY MORNING LASTING THROUGH 7PM TUESDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING BETWEEN 10PM AND MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ABOVE FREEZING BY 9AM TO 10AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * TEMPERATURES...WILL RANGE BETWEEN 33 AND 35 DEGREES ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN LOCATIONS TONIGHT THROUGH 9 AM TUESDAY MORNING. FREEZING TEMPERATURES TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE LOW TO MID 20S NORTH...AND THE MID TO UPPER 20S WEST. * IMPACTS...AREAS OF FROST WILL DEVELOP ON EARLY BUDDING AND FLOWERING VEGETATION TONIGHT. GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN LARGE LIMBS AND A FEW WEAKENED TREES TUESDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED BY THE STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS. FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY DAMAGE OR KILL VEGETATION THAT HAS ALREADY BUDDED OUT FOR THE SPRING TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. 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. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ ALZ019-021-025>029-032>050-251100- /O.NEW.KBMX.FZ.W.0002.140326T0300Z-140326T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KBMX.WI.Y.0007.140325T1600Z-140326T0000Z/ CALHOUN-CLEBURNE-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-HALE- PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS- AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE- BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANNISTON...HEFLIN...COLUMBIANA... PELHAM...ALABASTER...PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA... ASHLAND...ROANOKE...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 327 PM CDT MON MAR 24 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TUESDAY TO 10 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TUESDAY TO 10 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TUESDAY MORNING LASTING THROUGH 7PM TUESDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING BETWEEN 1AM AND 2AM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ABOVE FREEZING BY 8AM TO 9AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * TEMPERATURES...WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 20S TO THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN LARGE LIMBS AND A FEW WEAKENED TREES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED BY THE STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS. THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY DAMAGE OR KILL VEGETATION THAT HAS ALREADY BUDDED OUT FOR THE SPRING. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
051 WWUS74 KBMX 251004 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 504 AM CDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...FROST POSSIBLE FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS MORNING AND A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS TUESDAY AND WIDESPREAD BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES TUESDAY NIGHT... ALZ030-031-251815- /O.CAN.KBMX.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140325T1400Z/ /O.CON.KBMX.FZ.W.0002.140326T0300Z-140326T1500Z/ /O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0007.140325T1600Z-140326T0000Z/ SUMTER-GREENE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LIVINGSTON...EUTAW 504 AM CDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... ...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS CANCELLED THE FROST ADVISORY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...AND A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING LASTING THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING BETWEEN AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ABOVE FREEZING BY 9 AM TO 10 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * TEMPERATURES...FREEZING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE LOW TO MID 20S NORTH...AND THE MID TO UPPER 20S WEST. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN LARGE LIMBS AND A FEW WEAKENED TREES THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED BY THE STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS. FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY DAMAGE OR KILL VEGETATION THAT HAS ALREADY BUDDED OUT FOR THE SPRING TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. 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>015-017-018-020-022>024-251815- /O.CON.KBMX.FZ.W.0002.140326T0300Z-140326T1500Z/ /O.CON.KBMX.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140325T1400Z/ /O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0007.140325T1600Z-140326T0000Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CHEROKEE- PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON... FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN...CENTRE... CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA...BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER 504 AM CDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...AREAS OF FROST ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 9AM THIS MORNING FOR WEST AND NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. STRONG WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TUESDAY MORNING LASTING THROUGH 7 PM TUESDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING BETWEEN 10PM AND MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ABOVE FREEZING BY 9 AM TO 10AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * TEMPERATURES...WILL RANGE BETWEEN 33 AND 35 DEGREES ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN LOCATIONS TONIGHT THROUGH 9 AM TUESDAY MORNING. FREEZING TEMPERATURES TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE LOW TO MID 20S NORTH...AND THE MID TO UPPER 20S WEST. * IMPACTS...AREAS OF FROST WILL DEVELOP ON EARLY BUDDING AND FLOWERING VEGETATION TONIGHT. GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN LARGE LIMBS AND A FEW WEAKENED TREES TUESDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED BY THE STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS. FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY DAMAGE OR KILL VEGETATION THAT HAS ALREADY BUDDED OUT FOR THE SPRING TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. 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. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ ALZ019-021-025>029-032>050-251815- /O.CON.KBMX.FZ.W.0002.140326T0300Z-140326T1500Z/ /O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0007.140325T1600Z-140326T0000Z/ CALHOUN-CLEBURNE-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-HALE- PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS- AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE- BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANNISTON...HEFLIN...COLUMBIANA... PELHAM...ALABASTER...PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA... ASHLAND...ROANOKE...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 504 AM CDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TUESDAY MORNING LASTING THROUGH 7 PM TUESDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING BETWEEN 1 AM AND 2 AM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ABOVE FREEZING BY 8 AM TO 9 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * TEMPERATURES...WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 20S TO THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN LARGE LIMBS AND A FEW WEAKENED TREES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED BY THE STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS. THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY DAMAGE OR KILL VEGETATION THAT HAS ALREADY BUDDED OUT FOR THE SPRING. 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. && $$
724 WWUS74 KBMX 251443 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 943 AM CDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS TODAY AND WIDESPREAD BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT... ALZ011>015-017>050-252300- /O.CON.KBMX.FZ.W.0002.140326T0300Z-140326T1500Z/ /O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0007.140325T1600Z-140326T0000Z/ 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 943 AM CDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING BETWEEN 12 AM AND 1 AM LATE TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ABOVE FREEZING BY 8 AM TO 9 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * TEMPERATURES...WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 20S TO THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN LARGE LIMBS AND A FEW WEAKENED TREES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED BY THE STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS. THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY DAMAGE OR KILL VEGETATION THAT HAS ALREADY BUDDED OUT FOR THE SPRING. 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. && $$
592 WWUS74 KBMX 251958 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 258 PM CDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING AND WIDESPREAD BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT... ALZ011>015-017>050-260100- /O.CON.KBMX.FZ.W.0002.140326T0300Z-140326T1500Z/ /O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140326T0000Z/ 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 258 PM CDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING BETWEEN 10 PM AND 5 AM LATE TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ABOVE FREEZING BY 8 TO 10 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS GREATER THAN 35 MPH POSSIBLE. * TEMPERATURES...WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 20S TO THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN LARGE LIMBS AND A FEW WEAKENED TREES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED BY THE STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS. THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY DAMAGE OR KILL VEGETATION THAT HAS ALREADY BUDDED OUT FOR THE SPRING. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 3:27 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | BMX | Blount, Cherokee, Etowah, Fayette, Greene, Jefferson and 7 more | 18 hr |
| Mar 24, 3:27 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 43 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.