Alert archive / Alabama / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this wind advisory at May 5, 2016, 6:06 AM CDT for 30 counties in Alabama. It took effect at May 5, 2016, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2016, 6:06 AM CDT (11:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 5, 2016, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 5, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
All 30 counties
Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1803 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
176 WWUS74 KBMX 051106 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 606 AM CDT THU MAY 5 2016 ...BREEZY CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL ALABAMA... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE TO SLIDE THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TODAY AND WILL PROVIDE GUSTY WINDS AT TIMES TO CENTRAL ALABAMA. CONFIDENCE IS HIGHEST IN THE EAST OF MEETING CRITERIA BUT AREAS IN THE WEST WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR AN INCLUSION LATER THIS MORNING. ALZ017>021-023>029-032>038-040>050-060000- /O.NEW.KBMX.WI.Y.0007.160505T1400Z-160506T0000Z/ BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON- SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON- COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE- MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEONTA...GADSDEN...ANNISTON...CENTRE... HEFLIN...TUSCALOOSA...BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM... ALABASTER...PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND... ROANOKE...GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE...MARION...CENTREVILLE... CLANTON...ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE...VALLEY... LANETT...LAFAYETTE...SELMA...PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT... HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE... UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA...PHENIX CITY...TROY...EUFAULA 606 AM CDT THU MAY 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...OF THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FROM 10 AM THROUGH 7 PM. * WINDS...WILL BE STRONG AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...OF THE STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY WITH THE STRONGER GUSTS. SMALL LIMBS AND WEAK TREES MAY ALSO FALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 7:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Shelby, Talladega | 41 min |
| May 4, 8:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Clay, Coosa, Tallapoosa | 66 min |
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.