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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Birmingham, AL

October 13, 201439 counties in Alabama

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2014-10-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 118 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2014-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 13, 4:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchBMXAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Coosa, Dallas and 19 more25 hr
Oct 13, 1:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLowndes42 min
Oct 13, 1:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMarengo43 min
Oct 13, 1:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo52 min
Oct 13, 1:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBullock41 min
Oct 13, 1:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXAutauga, Chilton, Coosa49 min
Oct 13, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore67 min
Oct 13, 2:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPerry47 min
Oct 13, 2:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXHale50 min
Oct 13, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Perry42 min
Oct 13, 2:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXGreene, Sumter46 min
Oct 13, 3:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXJefferson, Shelby45 min
Oct 13, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Jefferson, Shelby, Talladega, Tuscaloosa58 min
Oct 13, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson, Walker37 min
Oct 13, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount, Jefferson, St. Clair58 min
Oct 13, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston54 min
Oct 13, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion39 min
Oct 13, 4:43 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMarion20 min
Oct 13, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar, Pickens56 min
Oct 13, 6:51 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLamar, Marion16 min

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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.