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Wind Chill Advisory 1, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 4, 2014, 2:51 PM CST for 39 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jan 6, 2014, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 4, 2014, 2:51 PM CST (20:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 6, 2014, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2014, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 36 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 20:53 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, 8.9 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
- 1861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
218 WWUS44 KBMX 042051 WSWBMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 251 PM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA LATE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA SUNDAY EVENING...BRINGING COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS BEHIND IT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT AND INTO MONDAY WILL COMBINE WITH FRIGID TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL WEAKEN ON MONDAY...EVEN COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED AND MANY LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE BELOW ZERO TO SINGLE DIGIT WIND CHILLS THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. ALZ011>015-017>029-034-051200- /O.NEW.KBMX.WC.Y.0001.140106T0600Z-140107T0000Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN- CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR- TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-BIBB- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON... FAYETTE...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN...ANNISTON...CENTRE... HEFLIN...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA...BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...PELHAM... ALABASTER...PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND... ROANOKE...CENTREVILLE 251 PM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...OF THE COLD AIR WILL BE AFTER OVERNIGHT SUNDAY AND INTO MONDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...BETWEEN TEN DEGREES BELOW ZERO TO ZERO DEGREES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE BELOW 0 DEGREES FOR MUCH OF THE DAY ON MONDAY...ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
7 follow-up statements
425 WWUS44 KBMX 051132 WSWBMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 532 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA AND FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... .A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS EVENING...BRINGING COLD AIR...STRONG WINDS...AND A WINTRY MIX TO THE AREA. RAINFALL WILL TRANSITION TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...WITH A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE AND LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT AND MONDAY WILL COMBINE WITH FRIGID TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR OR BELOW ZERO. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL WEAKEN ON MONDAY...EVEN COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED AND MANY LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE BELOW ZERO TO SINGLE DIGIT WIND CHILLS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. ALZ011>015-017>029-034-060000- /O.NEW.KBMX.WW.Y.0001.140106T0000Z-140106T1700Z/ /O.EXT.KBMX.WC.Y.0001.140106T0600Z-140107T1800Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN- CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR- TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-BIBB- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON... FAYETTE...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN...ANNISTON...CENTRE... HEFLIN...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA...BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...PELHAM... ALABASTER...PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND... ROANOKE...CENTREVILLE 532 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM CST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM CST MONDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...OF TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO A WINTRY MIX WILL BEGIN ACROSS NORTHWEST CENTRAL ALABAMA BY 6PM TONIGHT...WITH A WINTRY MIX POSSIBLE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA BY 12AM. PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST MONDAY MORNING. COLD AIR WILL QUICKLY SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...REMAINING IN PLACE THROUGH TUESDAY. * LOCATION...ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ALICEVILLE TO CALERA TO ROANOKE. * ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN ONE TENTH INCH OF ICE AND LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH OF SNOW. * WIND CHILL VALUES...BETWEEN TEN DEGREES BELOW ZERO TO ZERO DEGREES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ALZ030>033-035>050-060000- /O.EXB.KBMX.WC.Y.0001.140106T0600Z-140107T1800Z/ SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS- MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK- LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO... MOUNDVILLE...MARION...CLANTON...ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY... VALLEY...LANETT...DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA...PRATTVILLE... FORT DEPOSIT...HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...MONTGOMERY... TUSKEGEE...UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA...TROY...EUFAULA 532 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...COLD AIR WILL QUICKLY SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...REMAINING IN PLACE THROUGH TUESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...NEAR AND JUST BELOW ZERO DEGREES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
832 WWUS44 KBMX 052125 WSWBMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 325 PM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA AND FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... .A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA TONIGHT...BRINGING MUCH COLDER AIR...STRONG WINDS...AND A LIGHT WINTRY MIX TO THE AREA. RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO A LIGHT MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...WITH A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT AND MONDAY WILL COMBINE WITH FRIGID TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR OR BELOW ZERO. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL WEAKEN BY TUESDAY...EVEN COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED AND MANY LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE BELOW ZERO TO SINGLE DIGIT WIND CHILLS THROUGH MIDDAY ON TUESDAY. ALZ011>015-017>029-034-061200- /O.EXT.KBMX.WW.Y.0001.140106T0000Z-140106T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBMX.WC.Y.0001.140106T0600Z-140107T1800Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN- CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR- TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-BIBB- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON... FAYETTE...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN...ANNISTON...CENTRE... HEFLIN...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA...BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...PELHAM... ALABASTER...PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND... ROANOKE...CENTREVILLE 325 PM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...OF TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO A WINTRY MIX IS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHWEST CENTRAL ALABAMA BY 6PM TONIGHT...WITH A WINTRY MIX POSSIBLE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA BY 12AM. PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY MONDAY MORNING. COLD AIR WILL QUICKLY SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...REMAINING IN PLACE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATION...ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ALICEVILLE TO CALERA TO ROANOKE. * ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN ONE TENTH INCH OF ICE AND LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH OF SNOW. * WIND CHILL VALUES...BETWEEN TEN DEGREES BELOW ZERO TO ZERO DEGREES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH TUESDAY MIDDAY...ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ALZ030>033-035>050-061200- /O.CON.KBMX.WC.Y.0001.140106T0600Z-140107T1800Z/ SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS- MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK- LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO... MOUNDVILLE...MARION...CLANTON...ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY... VALLEY...LANETT...DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA...PRATTVILLE... FORT DEPOSIT...HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...MONTGOMERY... TUSKEGEE...UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA...TROY...EUFAULA 325 PM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...COLD AIR WILL QUICKLY SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT... REMAINING IN PLACE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...NEAR AND JUST BELOW ZERO DEGREES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH TUESDAY MIDDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
192 WWUS44 KBMX 060349 WSWBMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 949 PM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA AND FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... .A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA TONIGHT...BRINGING MUCH COLDER AIR...STRONG WINDS...AND A LIGHT WINTRY MIX TO THE AREA. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT AND MONDAY WILL COMBINE WITH FRIGID TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR OR BELOW ZERO. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL WEAKEN BY TUESDAY...EVEN COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED AND MANY LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE BELOW ZERO TO SINGLE DIGIT WIND CHILLS THROUGH MIDDAY ON TUESDAY. ALZ011>015-017>029-034-061200- /O.CAN.KBMX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140106T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBMX.WC.Y.0001.140106T0600Z-140107T1800Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN- CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR- TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-BIBB- 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... CENTREVILLE 949 PM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. * TIMING...COLD AIR WILL QUICKLY SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...BETWEEN TEN DEGREES BELOW ZERO TO ZERO DEGREES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH TUESDAY MIDDAY...ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ ALZ030>033-035>050-061200- /O.CON.KBMX.WC.Y.0001.140106T0600Z-140107T1800Z/ SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS- MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK- LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO... MOUNDVILLE...MARION...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 949 PM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...COLD AIR WILL QUICKLY SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...NEAR AND JUST BELOW ZERO DEGREES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH TUESDAY MIDDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
985 WWUS44 KBMX 060953 WSWBMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 353 AM CST MON JAN 6 2014 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA... .A STRONG ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY...BRINGING MUCH COLDER AIR AND STRONG WINDS TO THE AREA. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH FRIGID TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR OR BELOW ZERO. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL WEAKEN BY TUESDAY...EVEN COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED AND MANY LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE BELOW ZERO TO SINGLE DIGIT WIND CHILLS THROUGH MIDDAY ON TUESDAY. ALZ011>015-017>050-070000- /O.CON.KBMX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140107T1800Z/ 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...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN...ANNISTON...CENTRE... HEFLIN...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA...BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...PELHAM... ALABASTER...PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND... ROANOKE...LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE...MARION... CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...VALLEY... LANETT...DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA...PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT... HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE... UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA...TROY...EUFAULA 353 AM CST MON JAN 6 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...COLD AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...NEAR AND JUST BELOW ZERO DEGREES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH TUESDAY MIDDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
966 WWUS44 KBMX 061715 WSWBMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1115 AM CST MON JAN 6 2014 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA... .A STRONG ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY...BRINGING MUCH COLDER AIR AND STRONG WINDS TO THE AREA. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH FRIGID TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR OR BELOW ZERO. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL WEAKEN BY TUESDAY...EVEN COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED AND MANY LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE BELOW ZERO TO SINGLE DIGIT WIND CHILLS THROUGH MIDDAY ON TUESDAY. ALZ011>015-017>050-070300- /O.CON.KBMX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140107T1800Z/ 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...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN...ANNISTON...CENTRE... HEFLIN...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA...BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...PELHAM... ALABASTER...PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND... ROANOKE...LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE...MARION... CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...VALLEY... LANETT...DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA...PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT... HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE... UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA...TROY...EUFAULA 1115 AM CST MON JAN 6 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...COLD AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...NEAR AND JUST BELOW ZERO DEGREE READINGS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
761 WWUS44 KBMX 070422 WSWBMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1022 PM CST MON JAN 6 2014 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA... .AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD VERY COLD AIR INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH FRIGID TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR ZERO. ALZ011>015-017>050-071200- /O.CON.KBMX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140107T1800Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN- CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR- TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON- COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE- MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON... FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN... ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA... BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER... PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE... LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE...MARION... CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE... VALLEY...LANETT...LAFAYETTE...DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA... PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT...HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE... MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE...UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA... PHENIX CITY...TROY...EUFAULA 1022 PM CST MON JAN 6 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...COLD AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH NOON TUESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...NEAR AND JUST BELOW ZERO DEGREE READINGS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
850 WWUS44 KBMX 070954 WSWBMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 354 AM CST TUE JAN 7 2014 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA... .AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH CONTINUING THROUGH NOON TODAY. THESE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH FRIGID TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR OR BELOW ZERO THROUGH MID DAY. ALTHOUGH WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE...WINDS WILL SUBSIDE AND WIND CHILL VALUES WILL NOT BE AS EXTREME BY THIS AFTERNOON. ALZ011>015-017>050-071800- /O.CON.KBMX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140107T1800Z/ 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...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN...ANNISTON...CENTRE... HEFLIN...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA...BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...PELHAM... ALABASTER...PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND... ROANOKE...LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE...MARION... CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...VALLEY... LANETT...DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA...PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT... HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE... UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA...TROY...EUFAULA 354 AM CST TUE JAN 7 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * TIMING...THE COMBINATION OF COLD AIR AND BREEZY WINDS WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL WIND CHILL VALUES THROUGH NOON TODAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...NEAR AND JUST BELOW ZERO DEGREE READINGS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind chill advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind chill advisory went out at Jan 4, 11:48 AM CST, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 4, 11:48 AM CST, 3 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1148 AM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 .UPDATE... FOR MORNING UPDATE AND 18Z AVIATION DISCUSSION. && .DISCUSSION... MADE SOME SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES TO THE FORECAST FOR TODAY DUE TO AN EXPANSIVE LOW CLOUD DECK OVER THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF OUR CWA... AND MORE DEVELOPING LOW CLOUDS STRETCHING FROM DEMOPOLIS...TO TUSCALOOSA...TO BIRMINGHAM. THESE CLOUDS WILL IMPACT TEMPS FOR THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY EAST...AND SO LOWERED HIGH TEMPS PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE TO TRY AND BRING THEM BACK IN LINE WITH RECENT OBS. OTHERWISE...NO PRECIP IS ANTICIPATED FOR THE REST OF TODAY WITH WINDS STARTING TO SWING AROUND TO THE SOUTHEAST. UPDATE IS OUT. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE UPCOMING ARCTIC BLAST AND ASSOCIATED WINTER HAZARDS...PLEASE SEE THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION INCLUDED BELOW. WE EXPECT TO HAVE MOST OF OUR PRODUCTS UPDATED AROUND 2-3 PM CST WITH OUR LATEST THINKING. 77/GLEASON && .AVIATION... 18Z TAF DISCUSSION. MORE LOW CLOUDS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER BHM...EET...AND TCL THIS MORNING...AND EXPECT AN MVFR TO LOW END VFR DECK TO BE MAINTAINED FOR THESE SITES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE CIGS LOWER TONIGHT. FOR ANB...MGM...AND TOI...AN LARGE AREA OF LOWER END MVFR CIGS HAVE MAINTAINED THEMSELVES THIS MORNING OVER EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA... AND EXPECT THESE CLOUDS TO STAY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH SOME POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENT BY 00Z. REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE CLOUDS DO THIS AFTERNOON...HAVE HIGH CONFIDENCE IN LOWER CIGS OVERNIGHT AS MOISTURE CONTINUES TO BE ADVECTED NORTHWARD OVER THE REGION IN ADVANCE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT TO OUR NORTHWEST. SOMEWHAT LESS CONFIDENT IN THE ARRIVAL OF IFR CIGS BY TOMORROW MORNING...BUT PUT THEM IN FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. THE MAIN IMPACTS FROM THE COLD FRONT AND WINTER WEATHER ARE BEYOND THIS TAF SET...BUT EXPECT GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND WINTRY PRECIP TO BE ADDED OVER THE NEXT FEW TAF SETS. 77/GLEASON && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 552 AM CST SAT JAN 4 2014/ OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS...WE HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN QUITE WARM IN TERMS OF AVERAGE TEMPERATURES IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY. I GUESS IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL THAT CAUGHT BACK UP WITH US...AS WE WILL BE PLUNGED INTO THE DEEP FREEZE FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF THE ARCTIC FRONT SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. FIRST OFF...THE WEATHER FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WILL BE PERFECT FOR GETTING PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY FOR THE DEEP FREEZE. GO AHEAD AND INSULATE THOSE EXPOSED PIPES AND HAVE PLANS FOR THOSE OUTDOOR PETS OR LIVESTOCK TO HAVE A GOOD SHELTER. VERY DRY AIR REMAINS IN PLACE THIS MORNING WITH DEWPOINTS OBSERVED IN THE TEENS FOR MOST LOCATIONS. SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT HAS ALREADY BEGUN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE GULF COAST BASED ON IR SATELLITE IMAGERY...WITH ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE LIFTING ENOUGH PARCELS FOR SOME MID-LEVEL CLOUDINESS ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. MEANWHILE...HERE COMES THE ARCTIC PLUNGE IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS STATES...WITH THE COLD FRONT DIVING SOUTHWARD AND TEMPERATURES QUICKLY FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TO BELOW ZERO ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA. MODERATING TEMPERATURES WILL BE EXPECTED TODAY...WITH HIGHS GENERALLY RANGING IN THE MID 40S NORTH TO THE LOWER 50S SOUTH. PLENTY OF SUNSHINE WILL BE IN STORE. AS THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN QUICKLY BEGINS TO CHANGE THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO THE DAY ON SUNDAY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST IN RESPONSE TO THE LARGE SURFACE RIDGE MOVING OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COASTLINE. RETURN FLOW FROM THE SOUTHEAST AND THE SOUTH WILL BEGIN AS EARLY AS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. WE WON'T HAVE MUCH IN THE WAY OF DEEP MOISTURE ALLOWED TO MOVE NORTHWARD DUE TO THE ARCTIC FRONT PLOWING ITS WAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY...BUT WAA WILL DEFINITELY BE IN STORE DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. LOWER 50S NORTH TO THE LOWER 60S SOUTH ARE LIKELY. BETTER ENJOY THOSE TEMPERATURES WHILE YOU CAN AND GET THOSE LAST MINUTE PREPARATIONS DONE...AS THE COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO OUR NORTHWEST COUNTIES AS EARLY AS 3PM. AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH...RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED IN A MATTER OF ONLY A FEW HOURS. FOR EXAMPLE...IN HAMILTON...THE CURRENT FORECAST REFLECTS A TEMPERATURE OF 51 AT 3PM...AND 29 AT 6PM WITH BITTERLY COLD NORTHWEST WINDS MOVING IN. THE CHANGE WILL BE QUITE DRASTIC...AND MODEL GUIDANCE IS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE TIMING OF THE FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE CWA. THE BIG CONCERN WILL BE WITH THE WINTER WEATHER THAT IS EXPECTED DUE TO THE DRASTIC CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. LOOKING AT THE LATEST MODEL SOUNDINGS...WE ARE STILL ANTICIPATING A VERY SHORT DURATION OF WINTRY PRECIP...BUT THAT PRECIP COULD STILL CAUSE SOME SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS DUE TO THE VERY COLD AIR THAT WILL BE MOVING IN. RAW GFS AND NAM SOUNDINGS IN BUFKIT ARE INDICATING A TIMEFRAME OF ABOUT 3 HOURS WHERE TEMPERATURES PLUMMET AS THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH. RAIN CHANGES OVER TO FREEZING RAIN...THEN SLEET AND SNOW AS THE COLUMN RAPIDLY COOLS OVER A THREE HOUR PERIOD. THIS IS THE CASE ALMOST EVERYWHERE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA OVERNIGHT SUNDAY AND INTO THE PRE-DAWN HOURS ON MONDAY. THE QUESTION WILL STILL BE HOW MUCH MOISTURE WILL TRULY BE AVAILABLE FOR ENOUGH PRECIP TO FALL AND IF THE COLUMN WILL BE MOIST ENOUGH FOR A GOOD AMOUNT OF MEASURABLE PRECIP TO QUICKLY FALL. THE LATEST GUIDANCE TRENDS ARE CERTAINLY POINTING TO ENOUGH MOISTURE BEING AVAILABLE. BECAUSE OF THIS AND THE "FLASH FREEZING" CONDITIONS THAT WILL BE PRESENT...ROADWAYS WILL CERTAINLY BECOME A CONCERN IN TERMS OF BECOMING SLICK AND ICY. WITH A MAJORITY OF THE HEAVIER PRECIP EXPECTED TO BE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA CLOSER TO WHERE THE BETTER DYNAMICS ARE EXPECTED FOR PRECIP DEVELOPMENT...THE BEST CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING WINTRY PRECIP WILL EXIST. DUE TO THE EXTREMELY QUICK TRANSITION TIME BEHIND THE FRONT...THE MAJORITY OF WINTRY PRECIP EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE WILL BE SNOWFALL. HOWEVER...WE WILL HAVE TO CLOSELY WATCH FOR ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WILL OCCUR AS WELL...AND MAY HAVE TO ADD IN SOME VERY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS IN THE NEXT FEW FORECAST PACKAGES AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE EVENT. UP TO ONE HALF INCH OF SNOWFALL IS CURRENTLY FORECAST GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR...AND A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE NEEDED AT LEAST FOR THESE LOCATIONS AND MAY NEED TO BE EXPANDED SOUTHWARD WITH TIME. WE WILL BE CONTINUALLY UPDATING THE FORECAST TIMES OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE THROUGH THE CWA ON THE GRAPHICASTS ON OUR HOMEPAGE...SO BE SURE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT. AS THE FRONT CONTINUES TO BLAST EASTWARD...LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE BEHIND THE FRONT AS SHALLOW MOISTURE REMAINS IN PLACE IN THE LOWEST 5K FEET. USUALLY WHEN THE MOISTURE IS THIS SHALLOW YOU AREN'T COLD ENOUGH FOR ICE CRYSTAL FORMATION TO GET SNOWFALL. HOWEVER...THE AIRMASS WILL BE SO COLD THAT THE -10C LEVEL NEEDED FOR CRYSTAL FORMATION IS EXPECTED TO BE ONLY 2-3K FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE! SO WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID...THEN COMES THE DANGEROUSLY COLD TEMPERATURES. THE RAW MODEL GUIDANCE FROM BUFKIT...WHICH TENDS TO HANDLE VERY DEEP COLD AIR ADVECTION REGIMES VERY WELL IS IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH OUR CURRENT FORECAST OF LOWER TEENS TO SINGLE DIGITS ALONG AND NORTH OF I-20 MONDAY MORNING. A HARD FREEZE WARNING WILL BE NEEDED. WITH WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 20 KNOTS AND GUSTS UP TO 30 KNOTS...WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO BE WELL BELOW ZERO ALONG AND NORTH OF I-20...AND AT LEAST A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL ALSO BE NECESSARY. THE DEEP ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL BE IN FULL FORCE DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY...AND WITH A GOOD SNOW PACK EXPECTED TO OUR NORTH WE SHOULDN'T SEE MUCH IN THE WAY OF MODIFICATION. HIGHS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MID TO UPPER TEENS ALONG AND NORTH OF I-20. IF THIS HOLDS TRUE...THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1996 THAT BOTH BIRMINGHAM AND MONTGOMERY WILL OBSERVE HIGH TEMPS LESS THAN 25 DEGREES. TEMPERATURES WILL THEN PLUMMET AFTER SUNSET TO READINGS EXPECTED TO SHATTER RECORD LOWS SET BACK IN 1970...WITH SINGLE DIGITS EASILY ACHIEVED PERHAPS AS FAR SOUTH AS ALEXANDER CITY. SLOW MODIFICATION WILL OCCUR ON TUESDAY WITH HIGHS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING FOR ALMOST THE ENTIRE CWA. THICKNESSES CURRENTLY SUPPORT LOWER 20S NORTH TO THE UPPER 20S SOUTH FOR HIGHS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER VERY HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...BEFORE TEMPERATURES FINALLY RISE ABOVE FREEZING BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. THAT WILL BE WELL OVER 60 HOURS OF BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES. 56/GDG WAVE PATTERN QUICKLY TRANSITIONS FROM ZONAL TO SOUTHWESTERLY OVER THE DEEP SOUTH WEDNESDAY AS A SHORTWAVE CROSSES THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER THE CAROLINA COAST WITH A POTENTIAL WEDGE SETUP AROUND THE SOUTHERN EXTENT OF THE APPALACHIANS. THE SHORTWAVE WILL CROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THURSDAY WITH A SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL TEXAS ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY....JOINING A WEAK COLD FRONT EXTENDING SOUTHWARD FROM SOUTHEASTERN CANADA. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL HOLD FIRM OFF THE CAROLINA COAST...PREVENTING THE FRONT AND ASSOCIATED RAINFALL FROM PUSHING COMPLETELY INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA LATE WEDNESDAY. THERE IS SOME DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GFS AND ECWMF IN REGARDS TO JUST HOW FAR EAST AND SOUTH THE RAINFALL AXIS MAKES IT BEFORE LIFTING BACK NORTHWARD. THE ECMWF IS MORE PROGRESSIVE WITH MORE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY...AND FOR NOW WILL TAKE A BLEND OF THE TWO SOLUTIONS. AS THE AIRMASS MODIFIES UNDER WEAK WARM ADVECTION...AND DEPENDING ON HOW STRONG THE POTENTIAL WEDGE BECOMES...THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF A FROZEN PRECIPITATION AT THE ONSET THURSDAY MORNING BUT WITH NO ACCUMULATION OR IMPACTS. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE ROTATING THROUGH THE DEEPENING TROUGH WILL TRACK CLOSE TO THE AREA FRIDAY...ALLOWING SOUTHERLY WINDS TO INCREASE AND MORE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA. WITH THE MORE PRONOUNCED TROUGH AXIS STILL TO OUR WEST THOUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND...INCREASED RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE AS THE AIRMASS WARMS BACK TO NORMAL VALUES. 14 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 46 31 53 13 16 / 0 10 60 100 0 ANNISTON 45 34 55 14 19 / 0 10 50 100 0 BIRMINGHAM 48 34 55 11 19 / 0 10 60 100 0 TUSCALOOSA 49 36 58 15 23 / 0 10 60 70 0 CALERA 48 36 55 15 21 / 0 10 50 100 0 AUBURN 42 37 59 19 25 / 0 10 20 60 0 MONTGOMERY 47 37 62 23 28 / 0 10 40 70 0 TROY 42 37 63 24 30 / 0 10 20 60 0 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HARD FREEZE WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. && 77/56/14
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 4, 2:10 PM CST, 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 210 PM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 ALZ011>015-017>050-052015- AUTAUGA-BARBOUR-BIBB-BLOUNT-BULLOCK-CALHOUN-CHAMBERS-CHEROKEE- CHILTON-CLAY-CLEBURNE-COOSA-DALLAS-ELMORE-ETOWAH-FAYETTE-GREENE-HALE- JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY- PICKENS-PIKE-RANDOLPH-RUSSELL-SHELBY-ST CLAIR-SUMTER-TALLADEGA- TALLAPOOSA-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON- 210 PM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A BRIEF MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT BEHIND AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT. THE WINDOW FOR WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BE SMALL BUT MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTH OF A LINE FROM CARROLLTON...TO TUSCALOOSA...TO CALERA...TO WEDOWEE. THIS AREA IS ESSENTIALLY THE NORTHERN HALF OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION SHOULD TAPER OFF TO MOSTLY FLURRIES AROUND MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS SITUATION CONTINUES TO EVOLVE...SO PLEASE CHECK BACK OFTEN FOR UPDATES. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL ALABAMA SUNDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH BEHIND THE FRONT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. A HARD FREEZE WILL OCCUR MONDAY AND TUESDAY MORNINGS...AND POSSIBLY AGAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING. MONDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM UPPER SINGLE DIGITS NORTHWEST TO MID 20S SOUTHEAST. TUESDAY MORNING LOWS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 15 DEGREES AREAWIDE... WITH THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. WEDNESDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE SOME WITH LOWS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER TEENS. IN ADDITION TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES...WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE NORTHERN COUNTIES AND SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND WILL REMAIN NEAR THOSE VALUES THROUGH MID DAY TUESDAY. THE AREAS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THAT COULD SEE WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE...BUT WE ARE CERTAIN OF THE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND FRIGID WIND CHILLS BEGINNING SUNDAY EVENING. MAKE YOUR PREPARATIONS NOW FOR THE COLD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE NECESSARY SUNDAY NIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 6:53 AM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 4 days |
| Jan 4, 2:38 PM CST | Wind Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 51 hr |
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Wind Chill Advisories in Alabama, 2014Every wind chill advisory in 2014
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.