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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 30, 2016Blount County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 30, 2016, 12:38 PM CDT for Blount County, Alabama. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jul 30, 2016, 12:38 PM CDT (17:38 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 2016, 1:30 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

County Blount County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 108 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: 872 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 934 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.2

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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 30, 10:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 10:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 3:59 AM CDT, 8 hours 39 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
359 AM CDT SAT JUL 30 2016

ALZ011>015-017>050-311200-
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-
359 AM CDT SAT JUL 30 2016

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

.DAY ONE...OUTLOOK THROUGH TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.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 30, 11:14 AM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 30, 11:50 AM CDT, 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1150 AM CDT SAT JUL 30 2016

ALZ015-017-024-301730-
WALKER AL-BLOUNT AL-JEFFERSON AL-
1150 AM CDT SAT JUL 30 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN BLOUNT...
NORTHEASTERN WALKER AND NORTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1230
PM CDT...

AT 1150 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER LYNNS PARK...OR NEAR CORDOVA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JASPER...GARDENDALE...SUMITON...CORDOVA...DORA...WARRIOR...
KIMBERLY...MORRIS...TRAFFORD...HAYDEN...SIPSEY...COUNTY LINE...
BLOUNT SPRINGS...ROCKY HOLLOW...BELOIT...ARKADELPHIA...LYNNS PARK...
SAYRE...POWELLVILLE AND SMOKE RISE.

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 3367 8676 3375 8724 3393 8722 3393 8710
      3392 8708 3390 8710 3389 8709 3389 8701
      3387 8700 3386 8696 3387 8696 3386 8695
      3387 8695 3387 8692 3391 8692 3392 8689
      3394 8688 3394 8673
TIME...MOT...LOC 1650Z 274DEG 19KT 3384 8715

32/DAVIS

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 12:27 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1227 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2016

ALZ024-026-301815-
JEFFERSON AL-ST. CLAIR AL-
1227 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN ST. CLAIR AND
NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 115 PM CDT...

AT 1226 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR CLAY TO BIRMINGHAM TO ENSLEY.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BIRMINGHAM...VESTAVIA HILLS...HOMEWOOD...MOUNTAIN BROOK...
TRUSSVILLE...GARDENDALE...IRONDALE...LEEDS...MOODY...FAIRFIELD...
FULTONDALE...SPRINGVILLE...ODENVILLE...CENTER POINT...
PLEASANT GROVE...CLAY...PINSON...TARRANT...MARGARET AND ARGO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3377 8665 3377 8658 3378 8657 3376 8634
      3350 8648 3355 8648 3355 8652 3353 8652
      3351 8657 3347 8661 3350 8699 3378 8667
TIME...MOT...LOC 1726Z 271DEG 22KT 3375 8665 3364 8671 3353 8690

32/DAVIS

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 12:38 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1238 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2016

ALZ017-301830-
BLOUNT AL-
1238 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN BLOUNT COUNTY UNTIL
130 PM CDT...

AT 1237 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR HOLLY POND...OR NEAR CULLMAN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BLOUNTSVILLE...ALTOONA...SNEAD...SUSAN MOORE...WALNUT GROVE...
STRAWBERRY...MCLARTY...BROOKSVILLE...CHAMBLEES MILL...
HENDRIX AND FOWLER SPRING.

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 3426 8644 3421 8641 3410 8630 3402 8633
      3404 8671 3406 8670 3405 8668 3408 8670
      3409 8669 3408 8669 3409 8666 3412 8663
      3412 8660 3415 8659 3419 8655 3420 8655
      3425 8652 3426 8649
TIME...MOT...LOC 1737Z 260DEG 16KT 3415 8673

32/DAVIS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 29, 8:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Calhoun, St. Clair	2 hr
Jul 30, 11:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	31 min
Jul 30, 11:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	40 min
Jul 30, 12:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	48 min
Jul 30, 1:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	40 min
Jul 30, 1:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Walker	3 hr
Jul 30, 1:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Talladega	48 min
Jul 30, 2:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Clay	47 min
Jul 30, 3:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cleburne	40 min
Jul 30, 3:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers	28 min
Jul 30, 3:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene	36 min
Jul 30, 5:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Hale, Marengo, Sumter	115 min
Jul 30, 5:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Macon	62 min
Jul 30, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Russell	62 min
Jul 30, 5:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Barbour, Russell	112 min
Jul 30, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	43 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.