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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 5, 2016Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2016, 2:11 PM CDT for Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 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: Jul 5, 2016, 2:11 PM CDT (19:11 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2016, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

County Wilcox County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 124 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.

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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: 1665 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 692 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 31 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 Jul 5, 12:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 12:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 6:46 AM CDT, 7 hours 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
646 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

ALZ011>015-017>050-061500-
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-
646 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

A COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY MAY SEND HEAT INDEX VALUES OVER
105 DEGREES EACH AFTERNOON FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...MAINLY
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 11:27 AM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:34 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:48 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:11 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
211 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

ALZ040-042-051945-
DALLAS AL-LOWNDES AL-
211 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOWNDES AND
SOUTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM CDT...

AT 210 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES SOUTH OF BELKNAP...OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF CAMDEN...MOVING
EAST AT 10 MPH. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THIS
LOCATION FURTHER WEST ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN WILCOX COUNTY.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DANNELLY RESERVOIR...TILDEN...MINTER...COLLIRENE...CARLOWVILLE...
FOSTORIA AND FARMERSVILLE.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3205 8686 3205 8718 3208 8719 3210 8723
      3212 8724 3212 8726 3214 8725 3215 8728
      3217 8729 3216 8730 3217 8731 3220 8674
      3196 8673 3196 8686
TIME...MOT...LOC 1910Z 276DEG 11KT 3209 8703

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 9:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	33 min
Jul 4, 9:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	49 min
Jul 5, 9:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	28 min
Jul 5, 9:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	45 min
Jul 5, 10:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	26 min
Jul 5, 11:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Macon	26 min
Jul 5, 11:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Hale	33 min
Jul 5, 1:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	30 min
Jul 5, 1:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lowndes	38 min
Jul 5, 1:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga	41 min
Jul 5, 1:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Montgomery	42 min
Jul 5, 2:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tallapoosa	33 min
Jul 5, 4:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Sumter	25 min
Jul 5, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Hale	32 min
Jul 5, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene	34 min
Jul 5, 5:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	35 min
Jul 5, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Tuscaloosa	31 min
Jul 5, 6:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	26 min
Jul 5, 6:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	31 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.