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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, 2:44 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 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, 2:44 PM CDT (19:44 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2016, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

County Cherokee County, AL

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 114 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, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 12:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 4:15 AM CDT, 10 hours 29 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, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 1, 1:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 1, 1:47 PM CDT, 57 minutes 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.

&&

GSATTERW

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 1:48 PM CDT, 56 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

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 2:14 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

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

ALZ021-011945-
CLEBURNE AL-
214 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN CLEBURNE COUNTY UNTIL 245
PM CDT...

AT 214 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM HEFLIN TO 6 MILES NORTH OF FOSTERS CROSS ROADS.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HEFLIN...FRUITHURST...EDWARDSVILLE...ABERNATHY...MARS HILLS...
SWEETWATER LAKE...TRICKEM...OAK LEVEL...
COLEMAN LAKE AND CAMPGROUND...LAKE CLEBURNE AND MICAVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3351 8541 3349 8544 3349 8563 3374 8560
      3396 8541 3396 8540 3394 8539
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 212DEG 11KT 3367 8557 3351 8560

CJB

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 2:44 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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

ALZ019>021-012015-
CALHOUN AL-CHEROKEE AL-CLEBURNE AL-
244 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHEROKEE...NORTHEASTERN CLEBURNE
AND NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM CDT...

AT 244 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR EASTERN WEISS LAKE TO 6 MILES WEST OF MARS
HILLS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PIEDMONT...CENTRE...CEDAR BLUFF...FORNEY...
CENTRE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...EDWARDSVILLE...GAYLESVILLE...MARS HILLS...
CORNWALL FURNACE PARK...PLEASANT GAP...EASTERN WEISS LAKE...MOSHAT...
WESTERN WEISS LAKE...SWEETWATER LAKE...BROOMTOWN...
HOWELLS CROSSROADS...OAK LEVEL...NEW MOON...
COLEMAN LAKE AND CAMPGROUND AND SPRING GARDEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3383 8537 3370 8549 3370 8559 3429 8569
      3442 8549
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 221DEG 14KT 3417 8556 3386 8550

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, 1:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee	27 min
Jun 1, 2:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cleburne	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.