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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 13, 2016Perry County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 13, 2016, 7:21 PM CDT for Perry County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 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 13, 2016, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL

County Perry County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 79 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2016-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1269 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2016-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1269 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1672 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

588 
WWUS84 KBMX 140021
SPSBMX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
721 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2016
 
ALZ033-140100-
PERRY AL-
721 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM
CDT...

AT 721 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
MARION...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MARION...VAIDEN...VAIDEN FIELD AIRPORT...JUDSON COLLEGE...SPROTT...
FOLSOM...HAMBURG...MORGAN SPRINGS...RADFORD AND SUTTLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3260 8714 3249 8721 3249 8749 3265 8747
      3280 8746 3266 8711
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 136DEG 13KT 3259 8734 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 7:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXDallas37 min
Jun 14, 3:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXShelby24 min
Jun 14, 3:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXShelby52 min

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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.