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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

August 10, 2015Jefferson County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2015, 6:39 PM CDT for Jefferson County, 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: Aug 10, 2015, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2015, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

County Jefferson County, AL

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 10, 3:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 3:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
320 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2015

.DISCUSSION...

FIRST ITEM TO NOTE IS THAT THE MODELS APPEARED TO HAVE OVERDONE
THE POPS FOR TONIGHT IN CENTRAL ALABAMA. PERHAPS THEY WERE
EXPECTING MORE DEVELOPMENT MORE UPSTREAM FROM US...WHICH WOULD GET
INTO (OR REMAIN WITHIN) OUR AREA AFTER 00Z. BUT BASED ON LATEST
RADAR TRENDS AND VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY...THE AREA NORTH AND
WEST OF A LINE FROM HSV TO CBM JUST HAS A MORE STABLE LOOK TO IT.
THE ONGOING (AT 20Z) CONVECTION IN THE NORTHEAST SHOULD BE WELL
INTO GEORGIA BY 00Z...SO I THINK GOING WITH LIKELY POPS ANYWHERE
TONIGHT IS TOO MUCH. I WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS IN FOR THE EVENING
HOURS...ANTICIPATING A FEW MORE STORMS TO DEVELOP. BUT I CAN'T SEE
THERE BEING MORE THAN 50 PERCENT COVERAGE AFTER 00Z.

THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST WILL BE DOMINATED BY THE EBBING AND
FLOWING OF THE POSITION AND AMPLIFICATION OF THE UPPER LEVEL
RIDGE. THAT RIDGE IS FORECAST TO SLIDE A BIT TO THE WEST AND
BECOME MORE AMPLIFIED THROUGH THE REST OF THIS WEEK...CAUSING A
DEEPER TROUGH TO DEVELOP IN THE EASTERN STATES DOWNSTREAM FROM IT.
THIS WILL IN TURN BRING TEMPS BACK DOWN TO A MORE NORMAL KIND OF
HEAT LEVEL. IT WILL ALSO (AT LEAST TEMPORARILY) FORCE THE HIGHER
DEWPOINTS DOWN TO THE COAST...AND ALLOW SOME LOW LEVEL DRY AIR TO
GET IN HERE FROM THE NORTH.

BY THE TIME WE REACH THE WEEKEND...THE MODELS SHOW HINT THAT THE
EASTERN STATES TROUGH MAY ACTUALLY CLOSE OFF AN UPPER LEVEL LOW
ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST...WITH THE INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE
COLDER UPPER LEVEL TEMPS CAUSING SOME SHOWERS OR STORMS.

/61/

&&

.AVIATION...
18Z TAF DISCUSSION.
ADDED TEMPO TS FOR KANB/KASN THIS AFTERNOON AND TEMPO TS 07Z-12Z
MOST SITES WITH MCS DEVELOPMENT OVERNIGHT. OTHERWISE VFR
CONDITIONS EXPECTED WITH SOME MVFR BKN CIGS POSS WITH AFTERNOON
CU 18Z-20Z.

SNELSON

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DIMINISH
TONIGHT. LOWER DEWPOINTS WILL START TO WORK INTO THE AREA FROM THE
NORTH ON TUESDAY...WITH SEVERAL DRY DAYS INDICATED THROUGH THE
MIDDLE OF THE WEEK.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GADSDEN     74  90  69  88  64 /  40  30  10   0   0
ANNISTON    73  89  69  88  64 /  40  30  20   0   0
BIRMINGHAM  75  91  71  89  65 /  40  30  20   0   0
TUSCALOOSA  75  94  72  92  66 /  30  30  10   0   0
CALERA      75  91  72  90  66 /  40  30  20   0   0
AUBURN      74  90  72  91  67 /  50  50  40  10   0
MONTGOMERY  76  95  74  93  68 /  40  40  40  10   0
TROY        75  93  74  93  69 /  40  50  40  20  10

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR AUTAUGA-BARBOUR-
BIBB-BLOUNT-BULLOCK-CHAMBERS-CHILTON-CLAY-COOSA-DALLAS-ELMORE-
FAYETTE-GREENE-HALE-JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-
MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY-PICKENS-PIKE-RUSSELL-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-
SUMTER-TALLADEGA-TALLAPOOSA-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 4:58 AM CDT, 13 hours 41 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
458 AM CDT MON AUG 10 2015

ALZ011>015-017>050-111300-
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-
458 AM CDT MON AUG 10 2015

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

.DAY ONE...OUTLOOK THROUGH TONIGHT.

THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL LEAD TO MAXIMUM HEAT INDICES OF 105 TO
109 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...GENERALLY
ALONG AND WEST OF A ONEONTA...TALLADEGA...LINEVILLE...AND
LAFAYETTE LINE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD TO HEAT INDICES NEAR
OR ABOVE 105 DEGREES ON TUESDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH AND WEST
CENTRAL ALABAMA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 6:18 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
618 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2015

ALZ019-021-027-110015-
CALHOUN AL-TALLADEGA AL-CLEBURNE AL-
618 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN TALLADEGA...SOUTHERN
CALHOUN AND CLEBURNE COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT...

AT 618 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
EDWARDSVILLE TO NEAR ANNISTON TO OXFORD LAKE TO NEAR BYNUM TO NEAR
TALLADEGA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ANNISTON...OXFORD...HEFLIN...COBB TOWN...FORT MCCLELLAN...WEST
END-COBB TOWN...SAKS...LINCOLN...MUNFORD...HOBSON CITY...RANBURNE...
FRUITHURST...EDWARDSVILLE...TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY...OXFORD LAKE...
BLUE MOUNTAIN...MUSCADINE...ANNISTON REGIONAL AIRPORT...BYNUM AND
TALLADEGA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

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 3349 8533 3350 8535 3349 8536 3350 8576
      3347 8578 3347 8589 3350 8585 3350 8590
      3346 8590 3345 8592 3340 8592 3340 8600
      3368 8618 3366 8603 3372 8579 3389 8564
      3378 8536 3351 8531
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 310DEG 24KT 3377 8562 3365 8572 3362 8581 3362
8600 3363 8605

05/MA

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 6:25 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
625 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2015

ALZ028-029-110030-
RANDOLPH AL-CLAY AL-
625 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN CLAY AND NORTHERN
RANDOLPH COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 625 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR EDWARDSVILLE TO NEAR
HEFLIN TO NEAR OXFORD LAKE TO OXFORD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LINEVILLE...ASHLAND...WEDOWEE...LAKE WEDOWEE...WOODLAND...MORRISON
CROSS ROADS...BARFIELD...DELTA...FOSTERS CROSS ROADS...CORINTH...BIG
SPRINGS...NAPOLEON...GUNTHERTOWN...OFELIA...GRAHAM...LAKE
CHINNABEE...NEWELL AND MICAVILLE.

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 3329 8600 3330 8598 3338 8597 3338 8594
      3340 8592 3345 8592 3346 8590 3350 8590
      3350 8585 3347 8589 3347 8578 3350 8576
      3350 8535 3348 8531 3327 8527
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 303DEG 27KT 3374 8559 3360 8566 3358 8576 3358
8583

05/MA

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 6:36 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 10, 6:39 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 10, 6:39 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
639 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2015

ALZ015-017-024-110045-
WALKER AL-BLOUNT AL-JEFFERSON AL-
639 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON...
SOUTHWESTERN BLOUNT AND NORTHEASTERN WALKER COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM
CDT...

AT 639 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
SMITH DAM...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF SUMITON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TRUSSVILLE...GARDENDALE...DALLAS...CENTER POINT...CLAY...PINSON...
ARGO...WARRIOR...KIMBERLY...MORRIS...LOCUST FORK...TRAFFORD...
HAYDEN...SIPSEY...COUNTY LINE...INLAND LAKE...GRAYSON VALLEY...
CHALKVILLE...SMITH DAM AND ARKADELPHIA.

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 3392 8708 3390 8709 3390 8710 3389 8709
      3389 8701 3386 8699 3387 8693 3391 8692
      3394 8685 3385 8647 3382 8648 3380 8658
      3377 8658 3376 8654 3372 8653 3366 8653
      3359 8656 3384 8718 3395 8711
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 295DEG 17KT 3389 8706

05/MA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 10, 12:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	41 min
Aug 10, 1:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	52 min
Aug 10, 1:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee	35 min
Aug 10, 2:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Etowah	43 min
Aug 10, 3:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marshall	36 min
Aug 10, 4:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	DeKalb	50 min
Aug 10, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Etowah	56 min
Aug 10, 4:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Blount	3 hr
Aug 10, 5:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee	61 min
Aug 10, 5:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount	53 min
Aug 10, 5:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	56 min
Aug 10, 6:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	30 min
Aug 10, 6:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cleburne	57 min
Aug 10, 6:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Randolph	65 min
Aug 10, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Cleburne, Randolph	60 min
Aug 10, 6:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	39 min

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