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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 18, 2015Tallapoosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 18, 2015, 5:01 PM CDT for Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 2015, 5:01 PM CDT (22:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2015, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL

County Tallapoosa County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 133 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2015-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1028 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2015-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1028 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1226 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 18, 3:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 3:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 5:02 AM CDT, 11 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
502 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2015

ALZ011>015-017>050-191315-
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-
502 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL LIKELY REACH 105 DEGREES ACROSS THE FAR
SOUTHEAST COUNTIES OF CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS
INCLUDES THE CITIES OF TROY...EUFAULA...UNION
SPRINGS...TUSKEGEE...AND PHENIX CITY. IF OUTDOORS...TAKE THE
PROPER PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

A PROLONGED PERIOD OF VERY HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED NEXT WEEK
ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO
INCREASE NEAR 105 DEGREES ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 1:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
110 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015

ALZ029-038-181845-
RANDOLPH AL-CHAMBERS AL-
110 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH AND
NORTHEASTERN CHAMBERS COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM CDT...

AT 109 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
STROUD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROANOKE...STROUD...POST OAK FORKS...WELCH...STANDING ROCK...
FREDONIA...VEASEY CREEK PARK...DENSON...PARAN...ROCK MILLS...STROUD
CREEK...ROCKY POINT AND ROANOKE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3292 8528 3302 8545 3326 8532 3322 8525
      3299 8521
TIME...MOT...LOC 1809Z 214DEG 11KT 3303 8532

05/MA
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 1:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
150 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015

ALZ029-038-181915-
RANDOLPH AL-CHAMBERS AL-
150 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH AND
NORTHWESTERN CHAMBERS COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM CDT...

AT 150 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
RED LEVEL...OR NEAR ROANOKE. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROANOKE...STROUD...RED LEVEL...WELCH...ABANDA...CRYSTAL LAKE...
PENTON...DICKERT...ROCK STAND...ROCK MILLS AND ROANOKE MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3310 8524 3295 8539 3304 8559 3325 8549
      3314 8524
TIME...MOT...LOC 1850Z 208DEG 3KT 3308 8545

05/MA
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 1:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChambers35 min
Jun 18, 1:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChambers25 min
Jun 18, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers28 min
Jun 18, 2:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXClay36 min
Jun 18, 3:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXRussell28 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.