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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 15, 2017, 4:26 PM CDT for Barbour County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 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 15, 2017, 4:26 PM CDT (21:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2017, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
County Barbour County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 943 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 840 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 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 Aug 15, 3:56 PM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 3:56 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Birmingham AL 406 AM CDT Tue Aug 15 2017 ALZ011>015-017>050-161215- 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- 406 AM CDT Tue Aug 15 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the counties served by the National Weather Service office in Birmingham. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Hot and humid conditions are expected Wednesday and Thursday. Heat index values may reach 105 degrees on both of those days, especially across western and southern portions of Central Alabama. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of storm spotters and emergency management is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 2:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Birmingham AL 216 PM CDT TUE AUG 15 2017 ALZ023-151945- Tuscaloosa AL- 216 PM CDT TUE AUG 15 2017 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM CDT... At 216 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Northport to 7 miles east of Jena. Movement was east at 25 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with these storms. Locations impacted include... Tuscaloosa, Northport, Holt, McFarland Mall, Shelton State Community College, Tuscaloosa Amphitheater, Bryant Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa Regional Airport, University Mall, Englewood, Cottondale, Little Sandy, Flatwoods, Maxwell, Peterson, Fosters Boat Landing, Stillman College, Oliver Lock And Dam, Fleetwood and University Of Alabama Quad. 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 3325 8736 3304 8752 3312 8778 3327 8763 TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 265DEG 21KT 3324 8758 3312 8772 89^GSatterwhite
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 3:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
302 PM CDT TUE AUG 15 2017
ALZ024-152030-
Jefferson AL-
302 PM CDT TUE AUG 15 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY
UNTIL 330 PM CDT...
At 302 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Hueytown, moving east at 20 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Southwestern Birmingham, Hoover, Bessemer, Homewood, Hueytown,
Fairfield, Midfield, Brighton, Lipscomb, North Johns, Splash
Adventure, Ross Bridge, Bluff Park, Concord, McCalla, Promenade
Tannehill, Shannon, Lake Cyrus and Bent Brook Golf Club.
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 3345 8681 3333 8686 3333 8689 3332 8689
3332 8690 3331 8690 3336 8713 3347 8709
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 280DEG 16KT 3342 8703
89^GSatterwhiteSpecial weather statement, Aug 15, 3:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 29 min |
| Aug 15, 3:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Jefferson | 28 min |
| Aug 15, 3:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Dallas | 30 min |
| Aug 15, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Shelby | 36 min |
| Aug 15, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Cullman | 22 min |
| Aug 15, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Chilton | 26 min |
| Aug 15, 4:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Coosa | 23 min |
| Aug 15, 5:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Russell | 36 min |
| Aug 15, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Coosa, Elmore | 44 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.