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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 2, 2016Elmore County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at May 2, 2016, 2:06 PM CDT for Elmore County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 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: May 2, 2016, 2:06 PM CDT (19:06 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2016, 2:30 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

County Elmore County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 94 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: 249 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 771 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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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 May 2, 1:38 PM CDT, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 1:38 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 9:38 AM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
938 AM CDT MON MAY 2 2016

ALZ011>015-017>050-031745-
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-
938 AM CDT MON MAY 2 2016

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

.DAY ONE...OUTLOOK THROUGH TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 2, 2:06 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
206 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2016

ALZ043-021930-
ELMORE AL-
206 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN ELMORE COUNTY UNTIL 230
PM CDT...

AT 206 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
SANTUCK...OR NEAR WETUMPKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...ECLECTIC...EMERALD MOUNTAIN...KOWALIGA BRIDGE...
DEXTER...SANTUCK...MARTIN DAM...WESTERN LAKE MARTIN...BLUE RIDGE...
CENTRAL...YATES RESERVOIR...CLAUD...WALLSBORO...WARE AND YATES DAM.

LAT...LON 3243 8609 3257 8623 3275 8604 3276 8602
      3275 8597 3277 8597 3277 8596 3275 8595
      3275 8592 3273 8589 3271 8589 3270 8591
      3268 8591 3265 8589 3255 8589
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 229DEG 18KT 3255 8610

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 2:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene	59 min
May 2, 4:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount	39 min
May 2, 4:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Etowah	47 min
May 2, 4:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga	38 min
May 2, 6:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery	3 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Alabama, 2016 Every special weather statement in 2016

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.