Alert archive / Alabama / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this wind advisory at Dec 13, 2015, 4:05 AM CST for 35 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Dec 13, 2015, 12:31 PM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 13, 2015, 4:05 AM CST (10:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 13, 2015, 12:31 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 14, 2015, 4:00 AM CST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
All 35 counties
Autauga County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount 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, Randolph 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), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:06 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 7 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
- 1310 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
633 WWUS74 KBMX 131005 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 405 AM CST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT... ALZ011>015-017>032-034-132200- /O.NEW.KBMX.WI.Y.0008.151213T2200Z-151214T1000Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN- CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR- TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-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... LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE...CENTREVILLE 405 AM CST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...SOME TREES OR BRANCHES MAY FALL WITH THESE WIND GUSTS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL NEED TO EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY DRIVE EAST OR WEST. LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND HOLIDAY DECORATIONS WILL BE VULNERABLE TO THE STRONG WINDS AND SHOULD BE SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
1 follow-up statement
723 WWUS74 KBMX 131831 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1231 PM CST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINDY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON WITH INCREASING WINDS OVERNIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL ALABAMA... ALZ033-035>045-047-141000- /O.EXB.KBMX.WI.Y.0008.151213T1831Z-151214T1000Z/ PERRY-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA- LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...CLANTON...ROCKFORD... ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE...VALLEY...LANETT...LAFAYETTE... DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA...PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT... HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE... AUBURN...OPELIKA 1231 PM CST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...SOME TREES OR BRANCHES MAY FALL WITH THESE WIND GUSTS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL NEED TO EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY DRIVING EAST OR WEST. LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS WILL BE VULNERABLE TO THE STRONG WINDS AND SHOULD BE SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF UP TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ALZ011>015-017>032-034-141000- /O.EXT.KBMX.WI.Y.0008.151213T1831Z-151214T1000Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN- CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR- TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-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... LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE...CENTREVILLE 1231 PM CST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST MONDAY... * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...SOME TREES OR BRANCHES MAY FALL WITH THESE WIND GUSTS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL NEED TO EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY DRIVING EAST OR WEST. LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS WILL BE VULNERABLE TO THE STRONG WINDS AND SHOULD BE SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF UP TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
Nearby
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.