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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this wind advisory at Oct 13, 2014, 4:19 AM CDT for 39 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Oct 13, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 13, 2014, 4:19 AM CDT (09:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 13, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 14, 2014, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 11 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 09:19 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 00:00Z, 9.3 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
- 118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1701 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
768 WWUS74 KBMX 130919 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 419 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT... .STRONG WINDS...NOT ASSOCIATED WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS...WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM. WHILE THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. ALZ011>015-017>050-132300- /O.NEW.KBMX.WI.Y.0009.141013T1800Z-141014T1200Z/ 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 419 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 18 TO 22 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER TERRAIN AND ON AREA LAKES. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN WEAK 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
944 WWUS74 KBMX 132300 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 600 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS POSSIBLE TONIGHT... .STRONG WINDS...NOT ASSOCIATED WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS...WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM TONIGHT. ALZ011>015-017>050-140500- /O.EXT.KBMX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-141014T0500Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN- CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR- TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON- COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE- MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON... FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN... ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA... BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER... PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE... LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE...MARION... CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE... VALLEY...LANETT...LAFAYETTE...DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA... PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT...HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE... MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE...UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA... PHENIX CITY...TROY...EUFAULA 600 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 18 TO 22 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER TERRAIN AND ON AREA LAKES. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN WEAK LIMBS AND POWER LINES...AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 24 MPH AND HIGHER... OR WIND GUSTS OF 36 MPH AND HIGHER...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 4:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | BMX | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Coosa, Dallas and 19 more | 25 hr |
| Oct 13, 1:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lowndes | 42 min |
| Oct 13, 1:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marengo | 43 min |
| Oct 13, 1:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 52 min |
| Oct 13, 1:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bullock | 41 min |
| Oct 13, 1:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Coosa | 49 min |
| Oct 13, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore | 67 min |
| Oct 13, 2:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Perry | 47 min |
| Oct 13, 2:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Hale | 50 min |
| Oct 13, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Perry | 42 min |
| Oct 13, 2:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Greene, Sumter | 46 min |
| Oct 13, 3:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 45 min |
| Oct 13, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby, Talladega, Tuscaloosa | 58 min |
| Oct 13, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Walker | 37 min |
| Oct 13, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair | 58 min |
| Oct 13, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 54 min |
| Oct 13, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 39 min |
| Oct 13, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion | 20 min |
| Oct 13, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Pickens | 56 min |
| Oct 13, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 16 min |
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.