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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 1, 2016Cherokee County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 1, 2016, 1:48 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Alabama. It was in force for 27 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 1, 2016, 1:48 PM CDT (18:48 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2016, 2:15 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

County Cherokee County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:49 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 126 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: 378 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1425 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 20 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 Jun 1, 12:49 PM CDT, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 12:49 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 4:15 AM CDT, 9 hours 33 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
415 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2016

ALZ011>015-017>050-021215-
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-
415 AM CDT WED JUN 1 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

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, Jun 1, 1:30 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 1, 1:41 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 1, 1:47 PM CDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
147 PM CDT WED JUN 01 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1218 PM     TSTM WND DMG     N MANCHESTER            33.90N 87.25W
05/31/2016                   WALKER             AL   PUBLIC

            THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST 40-50 MPH, BLEW OFF THE ROOF OF A
            PARKING BAY, AND THE ROOF OFF OF A BUTLER BUILDING ALONG
            HWY 195 AND FALL CITY RD.

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GSATTERW

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 1:48 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
148 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2016

ALZ020-011915-
CHEROKEE AL-
148 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL CHEROKEE COUNTY
UNTIL 215 PM CDT...

AT 147 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
FORNEY. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORNEY...EASTERN WEISS LAKE AND WATERHOUSE.

LAT...LON 3424 8545 3414 8543 3409 8543 3408 8546
      3416 8553 3425 8546
TIME...MOT...LOC 1847Z 159DEG 3KT 3414 8547

CJB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 1:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Calhoun	45 min
Jun 1, 1:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cleburne	34 min
Jun 1, 2:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cleburne	31 min
Jun 1, 2:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee	31 min
Jun 1, 3:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Randolph	30 min
Jun 1, 3:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee	27 min
Jun 1, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Randolph	45 min

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.