Alert archive / Alabama / Special Weather Statements in 2016
Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2016, 2:13 PM CDT for Chilton County, Alabama. It was in force for 47 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
- Aug 4, 2016, 2:13 PM CDT (19:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2016, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
County Chilton County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 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 33 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
- 1319 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1027 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
709
WWUS84 KBMX 041913
SPSBMX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
213 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016
ALZ025-035-036-042000-
CHILTON AL-COOSA AL-SHELBY AL-
213 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN CHILTON...SOUTHEASTERN
SHELBY AND WESTERN COOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM CDT...
AT 212 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER LAY LAKE...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TALLADEGA SPRINGS...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLANTON...LYLE...GAP OF THE MOUNTAIN...HIGGINS FERRY PARK...
LAY LAKE...MARBLE VALLEY...MITCHELL LAKE...LAY LAKE DAM...MORIAH...
DOLLAR...SHELBY...PAINT CREEK...SPRING CREEK...I 65 REST AREA...
WAXAHATCHEE CREEK...KELLEY BRANCH...COOPER...
MITCHELL DAM AND HIGHWAY 145 AND CR 46.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3275 8655 3306 8676 3314 8648 3312 8646
3312 8648 3310 8649 3310 8645 3286 8625
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 333DEG 12KT 3304 8654
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2:50 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chilton, Coosa and 21 more | 18 hr |
| Aug 4, 1:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Coosa | 41 min |
| Aug 4, 6:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Cleburne | 24 min |
| Aug 4, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour, Pike | 38 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.