Alert archive / Alabama / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this wind advisory at Feb 9, 2016, 3:00 AM CST for 10 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 9, 2016, 3:00 AM CST (09:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 9, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
Counties Autauga County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Sumter County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1882 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
891 WWUS74 KBMX 090900 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 300 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2016 ...WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA... .AS THE UPPER LOW SWINGS THROUGH CENTRAL ALABAMA...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND REMAIN STRONG ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE SOUTHWEST...OR ALONG AND SOUTH OF AN ALICEVILLE TO MONTGOMERY LINE. WINDS ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUST UP TO 25 MPH...WHILE THE ADVISED AREAS MAY SEE WINDS UP TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ALZ022-030>033-039>042-044-100000- /O.NEW.KBMX.WI.Y.0003.160209T0900Z-160210T0000Z/ PICKENS-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES- MONTGOMERY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARROLLTON...LIVINGSTON...EUTAW... GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE...MARION...DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA... PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT...HAYNEVILLE...MONTGOMERY 300 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM. * WINDS...WILL BE STRONG AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUST UP 30 MPH IN THE ADVISED AREA. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT DUE TO STRONG WINDS. SMALL LIMBS AND BRANCHES MAY BREAK AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 24 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 9:57 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | BMX | Cherokee | 11 hr |
Nearby
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.