Alert archive / Alabama / Special Weather Statements in 2016
Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 7:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Dallas | 37 min |
| Jun 14, 3:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Shelby | 24 min |
| Jun 14, 3:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Shelby | 52 min |
Nearby
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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.