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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 9, 2016Cherokee County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2016, 11:06 AM CDT for Cherokee County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 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 9, 2016, 11:06 AM CDT (16:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2016, 11:30 AM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL

County Cherokee County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:09 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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 137 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2016-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1465 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2016-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 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
1465 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1164 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
11 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 9, 6:35 AM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 6:35 AM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 10:07 AM CDT, 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1007 AM CDT SAT JUL 9 2016

ALZ011>015-017>050-101815-
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-
1007 AM CDT SAT JUL 9 2016

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

.DAY ONE...OUTLOOK THROUGH TONIGHT.

HEAT INDEX VALUES OVER 105 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED TODAY FOR A LARGE
PORTION OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON
TO 9 THIS EVENING FOR THE AFFECTED AREAS.

ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.
THE THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING WITH THE
LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

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, Jul 9, 11:06 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 4:16 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryBMXAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Calhoun, Chilton and 22 more15 hr
Jul 9, 11:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChambers43 min
Jul 9, 12:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXDallas30 min
Jul 9, 12:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCherokee, Etowah46 min
Jul 9, 12:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMarengo53 min
Jul 9, 12:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLee47 min
Jul 9, 12:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPike46 min
Jul 9, 12:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXGreene33 min
Jul 9, 12:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLee28 min
Jul 9, 12:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCherokee48 min
Jul 9, 1:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa24 min
Jul 9, 1:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPike47 min
Jul 9, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee, Russell41 min
Jul 9, 1:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXAutauga37 min
Jul 9, 1:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga42 min
Jul 9, 1:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXHale, Perry39 min
Jul 9, 1:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPickens48 min
Jul 9, 1:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene, Pickens, Sumter25 min
Jul 9, 1:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChilton51 min
Jul 9, 1:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXEtowah33 min
Jul 9, 1:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXAutauga32 min
Jul 9, 2:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBullock25 min
Jul 9, 2:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPickens44 min
Jul 9, 2:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCoosa41 min
Jul 9, 2:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBibb38 min
Jul 9, 2:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChilton50 min
Jul 9, 2:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMontgomery30 min
Jul 9, 2:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTallapoosa43 min
Jul 9, 2:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLowndes, Montgomery24 min
Jul 9, 2:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXRussell33 min
Jul 9, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers, Tallapoosa27 min
Jul 9, 2:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChilton40 min
Jul 9, 3:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXWalker26 min
Jul 9, 3:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBullock, Montgomery46 min
Jul 9, 3:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXWalker28 min
Jul 9, 3:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTallapoosa23 min
Jul 9, 3:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXSt. Clair33 min
Jul 9, 3:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXJefferson31 min
Jul 9, 3:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXShelby28 min
Jul 9, 3:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBlount37 min
Jul 9, 3:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXRandolph32 min
Jul 9, 3:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXShelby, Talladega42 min
Jul 9, 3:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXFayette41 min
Jul 9, 3:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXJefferson38 min
Jul 9, 3:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTallapoosa50 min
Jul 9, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa19 min
Jul 9, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXJefferson32 min
Jul 9, 4:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXFayette, Lamar28 min
Jul 9, 4:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXWalker32 min
Jul 9, 5:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXFayette, Lamar28 min
Jul 9, 6:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXWalker58 min
Jul 9, 6:59 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXWalker61 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.