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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 31, 2016, 8:34 PM CDT for Chilton County, Alabama. It was in force for 41 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 31, 2016, 8:34 PM CDT (01:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2016, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
County Chilton County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 2092 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1242 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 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 31, 7:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 7:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 853 AM CDT SUN JUL 31 2016 ALZ011>015-017>050-011700- 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- 853 AM CDT SUN JUL 31 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...OUTLOOK THROUGH TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S COMBINED WITH MOIST CONDITIONS IN PLACE, MAY LEAD TO HIGHER HEAT INDEX VALUES THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW LOCATIONS MAY REACH 105 AT TIMES GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CARROLLTON TO TUSKEGEE. CONFIDENCE REMAINS LOW AT THIS TIME, BASED ON EXPECTED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE SOUTH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT EXPECTED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 4:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
457 PM CDT SUN JUL 31 2016
ALZ045-312245-
MACON AL-
457 PM CDT SUN JUL 31 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY UNTIL
545 PM CDT...
AT 457 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
LAKE TUSKEGEE...OR 8 MILES EAST OF TUSKEGEE. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TUSKEGEE...SOCIETY HILL...DAVISVILLE...LAKE TUSKEGEE...
CREEK STAND AND WARRIORSTAND.
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 3223 8564 3223 8567 3224 8567 3243 8568
3251 8551 3242 8543 3231 8543
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 334DEG 2KT 3239 8557
56Special weather statement, Jul 31, 5:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
834 PM CDT SUN JUL 31 2016
ALZ035-010215-
CHILTON AL-
834 PM CDT SUN JUL 31 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL CHILTON COUNTY UNTIL 915
PM CDT...
AT 834 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
THORSBY...OR NEAR CLANTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLANTON...THORSBY...GAP OF THE MOUNTAIN...POOLES CROSSROADS...
MITCHELL LAKE...I 65 REST AREA AND LOMAX.
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 3270 8672 3290 8680 3299 8661 3284 8646
3282 8646
TIME...MOT...LOC 0134Z 330DEG 4KT 3289 8667
56The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 8:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | St. Clair | 112 min |
| Aug 1, 1:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Autauga | 33 min |
| Aug 1, 2:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Perry | 29 min |
| Aug 1, 2:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lee | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 3:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tallapoosa | 28 min |
| Aug 1, 4:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bullock | 38 min |
| Aug 1, 4:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Russell | 45 min |
| Aug 1, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Russell | 44 min |
| Aug 1, 4:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Macon | 113 min |
| Aug 1, 5:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Russell | 113 min |
| Aug 1, 6:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | St. Clair, Talladega | 61 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.