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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2016, 3:39 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 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 6, 2016, 3:39 PM CDT (20:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2016, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 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 20:40 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 1847 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 741 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 6, 2:46 PM CDT, 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 2:46 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1001 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016 ALZ011>015-017>050-071815- 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- 1001 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. MAIN THREATS INCLUDE GUSTY WINDS UP TO 60 MPH THAT COULD BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES...AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY MAY SEND HEAT INDEX VALUES OVER 105 DEGREES EACH AFTERNOON FROM THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...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.
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Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 7:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Walker | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 8:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Etowah | 23 min |
| Jul 6, 10:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Cleburne | 27 min |
| Jul 6, 10:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Randolph | 49 min |
| Jul 6, 11:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Chambers, Tallapoosa | 56 min |
| Jul 6, 12:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bullock | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 12:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bullock | 39 min |
| Jul 6, 12:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Autauga | 40 min |
| Jul 6, 12:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 1:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour, Russell | 28 min |
| Jul 6, 1:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pike | 42 min |
| Jul 6, 1:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lee | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 1:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pike | 25 min |
| Jul 6, 2:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Dallas | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 2:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lowndes | 49 min |
| Jul 6, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes, Montgomery | 41 min |
| Jul 6, 2:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Macon | 43 min |
| Jul 6, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Lowndes | 40 min |
| Jul 6, 2:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Autauga | 44 min |
| Jul 6, 2:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lee, Macon | 54 min |
| Jul 6, 3:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Montgomery | 55 min |
| Jul 6, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee | 20 min |
| Jul 6, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lowndes | 49 min |
| Jul 6, 4:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Chambers | 25 min |
| Jul 6, 4:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Randolph | 20 min |
| Jul 6, 4:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Elmore | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 4:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Randolph | 28 min |
| Jul 6, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Calhoun | 50 min |
| Jul 6, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Coosa | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Coosa | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bibb | 37 min |
| Jul 6, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Coosa | 15 min |
| Jul 6, 5:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Randolph | 18 min |
| Jul 6, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Chilton | 44 min |
| Jul 6, 5:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Randolph | 15 min |
| Jul 6, 6:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bibb | 39 min |
| Jul 6, 6:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Sumter | 35 min |
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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.