Alert archive / Alabama / Wind Advisories in 2017
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this wind advisory at Apr 29, 2017, 3:06 AM CDT for 39 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Apr 29, 2017, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 2017, 3:06 AM CDT (08:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 29, 2017, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
All 39 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, Fayette County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Marion County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 1203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1645 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted.
278 WWUS74 KBMX 290806 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Birmingham AL 306 AM CDT Sat Apr 29 2017 ...Strong Winds At Times Across Central Alabama... ALZ011>015-017>050-291800- /O.NEW.KBMX.WI.Y.0004.170429T1400Z-170430T0000Z/ 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- Including the cities of Hamilton, Sulligent, Vernon, Fayette, Double Springs, Jasper, Oneonta, Gadsden, Anniston, Centre, Heflin, Carrollton, Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, Hoover, Columbiana, Pelham, Alabaster, Pell City, Moody, Talladega, Sylacauga, Ashland, Roanoke, Livingston, Eutaw, Greensboro, Moundville, Marion, Centreville, Clanton, Rockford, Alexander City, Dadeville, Valley, Lanett, Lafayette, Demopolis, Linden, Selma, Prattville, Fort Deposit, Hayneville, Wetumpka, Tallassee, Montgomery, Tuskegee, Union Springs, Auburn, Opelika, Phenix City, Troy, and Eufaula 306 AM CDT Sat Apr 29 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 9 AM this morning to 7 PM CDT this evening. * TIMING...of the strongest winds will be through 7 PM this evening. * WINDS...will be sustained at 20 to 30 mph with higher gusts from a southerly direction. * IMPACTS...of the strong winds could result in large limbs and weak trees to be blown down. Travel may also be dangerous at times especially if traveling on an east to west oriented road. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that winds of 25 mph or higher are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
3 follow-up statements
990 WWUS74 KBMX 291614 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Birmingham AL 1114 AM CDT Sat Apr 29 2017 ...Strong winds will be possible at times across Central Alabama... ALZ011>015-017>050-300000- /O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-170430T0000Z/ Marion-Lamar-Fayette-Winston-Walker-Blount-Etowah-Calhoun- Cherokee-Cleburne-Pickens-Tuscaloosa-Jefferson-Shelby-St. Clair- Talladega-Clay-Randolph-Sumter-Greene-Hale-Perry-Bibb-Chilton- Coosa-Tallapoosa-Chambers-Marengo-Dallas-Autauga-Lowndes-Elmore- Montgomery-Macon-Bullock-Lee-Russell-Pike-Barbour- Including the cities of Hamilton, Sulligent, Vernon, Fayette, Double Springs, Jasper, Oneonta, Gadsden, Anniston, Centre, Heflin, Carrollton, Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, Hoover, Columbiana, Pelham, Alabaster, Pell City, Moody, Talladega, Sylacauga, Ashland, Roanoke, Livingston, Eutaw, Greensboro, Moundville, Marion, Centreville, Clanton, Rockford, Alexander City, Dadeville, Valley, Lanett, Lafayette, Demopolis, Linden, Selma, Prattville, Fort Deposit, Hayneville, Wetumpka, Tallassee, Montgomery, Tuskegee, Union Springs, Auburn, Opelika, Phenix City, Troy, and Eufaula 1114 AM CDT Sat Apr 29 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...of the strongest winds will be through 7 PM this evening. * WINDS...will be sustained at 20 to 30 mph, with higher gusts from a southeast to south direction. * IMPACTS...of the strong winds could result in large limbs and weak trees to be blown down. Travel may also be dangerous at times especially if traveling on an east to west oriented road. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that winds of 25 mph or higher are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult... especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ 08
873 WWUS74 KBMX 292133 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Birmingham AL 433 PM CDT Sat Apr 29 2017 ...Strong winds will be possible at times across Central Alabama... ALZ011>015-017>050-300600- /O.NEW.KBMX.WI.Y.0005.170430T1500Z-170501T0300Z/ /O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-170430T0000Z/ 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- Including the cities of Hamilton, Sulligent, Vernon, Fayette, Double Springs, Jasper, Oneonta, Gadsden, Anniston, Centre, Heflin, Carrollton, Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, Hoover, Columbiana, Pelham, Alabaster, Pell City, Moody, Talladega, Sylacauga, Ashland, Roanoke, Livingston, Eutaw, Greensboro, Moundville, Marion, Centreville, Clanton, Rockford, Alexander City, Dadeville, Valley, Lanett, Lafayette, Demopolis, Linden, Selma, Prattville, Fort Deposit, Hayneville, Wetumpka, Tallassee, Montgomery, Tuskegee, Union Springs, Auburn, Opelika, Phenix City, Troy, and Eufaula 433 PM CDT Sat Apr 29 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM CDT SUNDAY... The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 10 AM to 10 PM CDT Sunday. * TIMING...The strongest winds will be through 7 PM this evening and again kicking back up after 10 am Sunday morning. * WINDS...Sustained winds of 15-25 mph, with gusts 35 to 40 from a southeast to south direction. The highest gusts will be in the higher elevations. * IMPACTS...Strong winds could result in large limbs and weak trees to be blown down. Travel may also be dangerous at times especially if traveling on an east to west oriented roadway. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that winds of 25 mph or higher are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult... especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
138 WWUS74 KBMX 300016 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Birmingham AL 716 PM CDT Sat Apr 29 2017 ...Strong winds will be possible at times across Central Alabama... ALZ011>015-017>050-300830- /O.EXP.KBMX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-170430T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KBMX.WI.Y.0005.170430T1300Z-170501T0300Z/ Marion-Lamar-Fayette-Winston-Walker-Blount-Etowah-Calhoun- Cherokee-Cleburne-Pickens-Tuscaloosa-Jefferson-Shelby-St. Clair- Talladega-Clay-Randolph-Sumter-Greene-Hale-Perry-Bibb-Chilton- Coosa-Tallapoosa-Chambers-Marengo-Dallas-Autauga-Lowndes-Elmore- Montgomery-Macon-Bullock-Lee-Russell-Pike-Barbour- Including the cities of Hamilton, Sulligent, Vernon, Fayette, Double Springs, Jasper, Oneonta, Gadsden, Anniston, Centre, Heflin, Carrollton, Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, Hoover, Columbiana, Pelham, Alabaster, Pell City, Moody, Talladega, Sylacauga, Ashland, Roanoke, Livingston, Eutaw, Greensboro, Moundville, Marion, Centreville, Clanton, Rockford, Alexander City, Dadeville, Valley, Lanett, Lafayette, Demopolis, Linden, Selma, Prattville, Fort Deposit, Hayneville, Wetumpka, Tallassee, Montgomery, Tuskegee, Union Springs, Auburn, Opelika, Phenix City, Troy, and Eufaula 716 PM CDT Sat Apr 29 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 10 PM CDT SUNDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... * TIMING...The strongest winds will be kicking back up after 8 am Sunday morning. * WINDS...Sustained winds of 15-25 mph, with gusts 35 to 40 from a southeast to south direction. The highest gusts will be in the higher elevations. * IMPACTS...Strong winds could result in large limbs and weak trees to be blown down. Travel may also be dangerous at times especially if traveling on an east to west oriented roadway. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that winds of 25 mph or higher are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult... especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 4:33 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 50 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.