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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 15, 20157 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 15, 2015, 6:39 PM CDT for 7 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 66 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: Jul 15, 2015, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 2015, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

Counties Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Hale County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pike County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 116 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1157 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 879 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

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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 Jul 15, 6:29 PM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 6:29 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 5:52 AM CDT, 12 hours 47 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
552 AM CDT WED JUL 15 2015

ALZ011>015-017>050-161400-
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-
552 AM CDT WED JUL 15 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THE COMBINATION OF AIR TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO
PRODUCE A HEAT INDEX OF 105 DEGREES OR MORE IN SOME AREAS OF
CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

HIGH TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH RELATIVELY HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS
WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAT INDICES NEAR OR ABOVE 105 DEGREES
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 5:51 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
551 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015

ALZ024-025-152315-
JEFFERSON AL-SHELBY AL-
551 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON AND SHELBY
COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

AT 550 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
SOUTHWESTERN BIRMINGHAM...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...VESTAVIA HILLS...ALABASTER...BESSEMER...
HOMEWOOD...PELHAM...MOUNTAIN BROOK...HELENA...IRONDALE...LEEDS...
FAIRFIELD...CHELSEA...WILSONVILLE...PLEASANT GROVE...MIDFIELD...
BRIGHTON...INDIAN SPRINGS VILLAGE...LIPSCOMB AND VINCENT.

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 3344 8638 3339 8638 3337 8635 3336 8634
      3335 8634 3334 8637 3331 8636 3312 8692
      3351 8696 3359 8664
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 348DEG 26KT 3346 8684

05/MA

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 5:53 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
553 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015

ALZ032-033-039>042-044-152330-
PERRY AL-MARENGO AL-MONTGOMERY AL-HALE AL-DALLAS AL-AUTAUGA AL-
LOWNDES AL-
553 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HALE...DALLAS...NORTHEASTERN
MARENGO...MONTGOMERY...PERRY...LOWNDES AND CENTRAL AUTAUGA COUNTIES
UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

AT 553 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR GREENSBORO TO NEAR
HEIBERGER TO 6 MILES EAST OF MARION TO 6 MILES WEST OF PAUL M GRIST
STATE PARK TO VALLEY GRANDE TO NEAR AUTAUGAVILLE TO NEAR DANNELLY
FIELD TO NEAR SNOWDOUN TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHOPTON...AND MOVING
SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONTGOMERY...PRATTVILLE...SELMA...VALLEY GRANDE...MARION...
GREENSBORO...UNIONTOWN...FORT DEPOSIT...MOSSES...HAYNEVILLE...
MEADVILLE...SELMONT-WEST SELMONT...PIKE ROAD...AUTAUGAVILLE...WHITE
HALL...GORDONVILLE...ORRVILLE...NEWBERN...LOWNDESBORO AND FAUNSDALE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3238 8739 3246 8779 3295 8766 3291 8742
      3288 8742 3287 8732 3283 8732 3283 8721
      3275 8702 3266 8702 3266 8683 3241 8641
      3234 8623 3233 8597 3197 8600 3196 8630
      3205 8631 3205 8641 3197 8641 3196 8650
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 009DEG 22KT 3276 8757 3271 8733 3264 8720 3258
8710 3251 8695 3239 8669 3228 8641 3222 8626 3218 8602

05/MA

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 6:16 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
616 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015

ALZ022-031-152345-
PICKENS AL-GREENE AL-
616 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN PICKENS AND
NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 615 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
GARDEN...OR NEAR ALICEVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALICEVILLE...PICKENSVILLE...MCMULLEN...BEVILL LOCK AND DAM...
GARDEN...WEST GREENE...GAINESVILLE LAKE CAMPGROUND...GEORGE DOWNER
AIRPORT...PLEASANT RIDGE...DILLBURG AND COCHRANE.

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 3322 8831 3323 8804 3292 8803 3293 8820
      3294 8820 3294 8817 3295 8818 3295 8819
      3296 8819 3295 8817 3296 8816 3300 8817
      3299 8834
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 007DEG 13KT 3314 8824

05/MA

Local storm report, Jul 15, 6:30 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 15, 6:36 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 15, 6:39 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 14, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Walker	65 min
Jul 14, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Jefferson	59 min
Jul 14, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	62 min
Jul 14, 8:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Etowah, St. Clair	23 min
Jul 14, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Shelby	59 min
Jul 14, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson	25 min
Jul 14, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Coosa, Talladega	50 min
Jul 14, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cleburne	44 min
Jul 14, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay	22 min
Jul 14, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Elmore	45 min
Jul 14, 9:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tallapoosa	58 min
Jul 14, 9:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers, Randolph	59 min
Jul 14, 9:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas, Perry	28 min
Jul 14, 9:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lowndes, Montgomery	67 min
Jul 15, 4:23 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	8 days
Jul 15, 3:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	29 min
Jul 15, 3:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	35 min
Jul 15, 4:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	27 min
Jul 15, 4:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chilton	37 min
Jul 15, 4:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Russell	34 min
Jul 15, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Russell	31 min
Jul 15, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Shelby	41 min
Jul 15, 4:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Elmore	51 min
Jul 15, 4:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb, Tuscaloosa	45 min
Jul 15, 4:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Macon	49 min
Jul 15, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Perry	44 min
Jul 15, 5:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga, Elmore, Montgomery	40 min
Jul 15, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga	61 min
Jul 15, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bullock	63 min
Jul 15, 5:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	24 min
Jul 15, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga, Dallas, Hale, Lowndes, Montgomery, Perry	37 min
Jul 15, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Hale	46 min
Jul 15, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	29 min
Jul 15, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Pickens, Sumter	36 min
Jul 15, 6:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Russell	24 min
Jul 15, 6:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene, Sumter	47 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.