Alert archive / Alabama / Wind Advisories in 2017
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this wind advisory at Oct 7, 2017, 12:25 PM CDT for 39 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Oct 7, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 7, 2017, 12:25 PM CDT (17:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 7, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2017, 7:25 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 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 17:28 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 12:00Z, 5.4 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 611 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
949 WWUS74 KBMX 071725 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Birmingham AL 1225 PM CDT Sat Oct 7 2017 ...HURRICANE NATE TO BRING STRONG WINDS TO CENTRAL ALABAMA... .Nate will bring windy conditions to portions of northwest and southeast Central Alabama tomorrow. ALZ011>015-029-037-038-045>050-080200- /O.NEW.KBMX.WI.Y.0009.171008T0000Z-171009T0300Z/ Marion-Lamar-Fayette-Winston-Walker-Randolph-Tallapoosa-Chambers- Macon-Bullock-Lee-Russell-Pike-Barbour- Including the cities of Hamilton, Sulligent, Vernon, Fayette, Double Springs, Jasper, Roanoke, Alexander City, Dadeville, Valley, Lanett, Lafayette, Tuskegee, Union Springs, Auburn, Opelika, Phenix City, Troy, and Eufaula 1225 PM CDT Sat Oct 7 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM CDT SUNDAY... The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 7 PM this evening to 10 PM CDT Sunday. * TIMING...Winds will increase early Sunday morning, as early as 7AM. * WINDS...Sustained winds of 20-35 mph are possible with some gusts into the 35-45 mph range * IMPACTS...These wind speeds and gusts are capable of snapping some tree limbs, damaging unsecured smaller outdoor items, and may produce isolated power outages PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that wind gusts of 35 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
5 follow-up statements
154 WWUS74 KBMX 080159 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Birmingham AL 859 PM CDT Sat Oct 7 2017 ...HURRICANE NATE TO BRING STRONG WINDS TO CENTRAL ALABAMA... .Nate will bring windy conditions to portions of northwest and southeast Central Alabama tomorrow. ALZ011>015-029-037-038-045>050-081200- /O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-171009T0300Z/ Marion-Lamar-Fayette-Winston-Walker-Randolph-Tallapoosa-Chambers- Macon-Bullock-Lee-Russell-Pike-Barbour- Including the cities of Hamilton, Sulligent, Vernon, Fayette, Double Springs, Jasper, Roanoke, Alexander City, Dadeville, Valley, Lanett, Lafayette, Tuskegee, Union Springs, Auburn, Opelika, Phenix City, Troy, and Eufaula 859 PM CDT Sat Oct 7 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT SUNDAY... * TIMING...Winds will increase early Sunday morning, as early as 7AM. * WINDS...Sustained winds of 20-35 mph are possible with some gusts into the 35-45 mph range * IMPACTS...These wind speeds and gusts are capable of snapping some tree limbs, damaging unsecured smaller outdoor items, and may produce isolated power outages PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that wind gusts of 35 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
429 WWUS74 KBMX 080956 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Birmingham AL 456 AM CDT Sun Oct 8 2017 ...HURRICANE NATE TO BRING STRONG WINDS TO CENTRAL ALABAMA... .Nate will bring windy conditions to portions of northwest and southeast Central Alabama. ALZ015-081100- /O.CAN.KBMX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-171009T0300Z/ Walker- Including the city of Jasper 456 AM CDT Sun Oct 8 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Birmingham has cancelled the Wind Advisory due to the upgrade to a Tropical Storm Warning. $$ ALZ011>014-029-037-038-045>050-082100- /O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-171009T0300Z/ Marion-Lamar-Fayette-Winston-Randolph-Tallapoosa-Chambers-Macon- Bullock-Lee-Russell-Pike-Barbour- Including the cities of Hamilton, Sulligent, Vernon, Fayette, Double Springs, Roanoke, Alexander City, Dadeville, Valley, Lanett, Lafayette, Tuskegee, Union Springs, Auburn, Opelika, Phenix City, Troy, and Eufaula 456 AM CDT Sun Oct 8 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...Winds will increase early morning. * WINDS...Sustained winds of 20 to 35 mph are possible with some gusts into the 35 to 45 mph range. * IMPACTS...These wind speeds and gusts are capable of snapping some tree limbs, damaging unsecured smaller outdoor items, and may produce isolated power outages. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that wind gusts of 35 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
077 WWUS74 KBMX 081528 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Birmingham AL 1028 AM CDT Sun Oct 8 2017 ...TROPICAL SYSTEM NATE TO BRING STRONG WINDS TO CENTRAL ALABAMA... .Nate will bring windy conditions to all of Central Alabama through early this evening. ALZ015-017>028-030>036-039>044-090300- /O.EXA.KBMX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-171009T0300Z/ Walker-Blount-Etowah-Calhoun-Cherokee-Cleburne-Pickens-Tuscaloosa- Jefferson-Shelby-St. Clair-Talladega-Clay-Sumter-Greene-Hale- Perry-Bibb-Chilton-Coosa-Marengo-Dallas-Autauga-Lowndes-Elmore- Montgomery- Including the cities of Jasper, Oneonta, Gadsden, Anniston, Centre, Heflin, Carrollton, Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, Hoover, Columbiana, Pelham, Alabaster, Pell City, Moody, Talladega, Sylacauga, Ashland, Livingston, Eutaw, Greensboro, Moundville, Marion, Centreville, Clanton, Rockford, Demopolis, Linden, Selma, Prattville, Fort Deposit, Hayneville, Wetumpka, Tallassee, and Montgomery 1028 AM CDT Sun Oct 8 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until 10 PM CDT this evening. * TIMING...Winds will continue much of the day. * WINDS...Sustained winds of 20 to 35 mph are possible with some gusts into the 35 to 45 mph range. * IMPACTS...These wind speeds and gusts are capable of knocking trees down, snapping some tree limbs, damaging unsecured smaller outdoor items, and may produce some power outages. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that wind gusts of 35 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ ALZ011>014-029-037-038-045>050-090300- /O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-171009T0300Z/ Marion-Lamar-Fayette-Winston-Randolph-Tallapoosa-Chambers-Macon- Bullock-Lee-Russell-Pike-Barbour- Including the cities of Hamilton, Sulligent, Vernon, Fayette, Double Springs, Roanoke, Alexander City, Dadeville, Valley, Lanett, Lafayette, Tuskegee, Union Springs, Auburn, Opelika, Phenix City, Troy, and Eufaula 1028 AM CDT Sun Oct 8 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...Winds will increase early morning. * WINDS...Sustained winds of 20 to 35 mph are possible with some gusts into the 35 to 45 mph range. * IMPACTS...These wind speeds and gusts are capable of knocking trees down, snapping some tree limbs, damaging unsecured smaller outdoor items, and may produce some power outages. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that wind gusts of 35 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
971 WWUS74 KBMX 082222 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Birmingham AL 522 PM CDT Sun Oct 8 2017 ...TROPICAL SYSTEM NATE TO BRING STRONG WINDS TO CENTRAL ALABAMA... .Nate will bring windy conditions to east central Alabama through early this evening. ALZ011>013-022-023-030>033-039-040-082330- /O.CAN.KBMX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-171009T0300Z/ Marion-Lamar-Fayette-Pickens-Tuscaloosa-Sumter-Greene-Hale-Perry- Marengo-Dallas- Including the cities of Hamilton, Sulligent, Vernon, Fayette, Carrollton, Tuscaloosa, Livingston, Eutaw, Greensboro, Moundville, Marion, Demopolis, Linden, and Selma 522 PM CDT Sun Oct 8 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Birmingham has cancelled the Wind Advisory. $$ ALZ014-015-017>021-024>029-034>038-041>050-090300- /O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-171009T0300Z/ Winston-Walker-Blount-Etowah-Calhoun-Cherokee-Cleburne-Jefferson- Shelby-St. Clair-Talladega-Clay-Randolph-Bibb-Chilton-Coosa- Tallapoosa-Chambers-Autauga-Lowndes-Elmore-Montgomery-Macon- Bullock-Lee-Russell-Pike-Barbour- Including the cities of Double Springs, Jasper, Oneonta, Gadsden, Anniston, Centre, Heflin, Birmingham, Hoover, Columbiana, Pelham, Alabaster, Pell City, Moody, Talladega, Sylacauga, Ashland, Roanoke, Centreville, Clanton, Rockford, Alexander City, Dadeville, Valley, Lanett, Lafayette, Prattville, Fort Deposit, Hayneville, Wetumpka, Tallassee, Montgomery, Tuskegee, Union Springs, Auburn, Opelika, Phenix City, Troy, and Eufaula 522 PM CDT Sun Oct 8 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...Winds will continue much of the day. * WINDS...Sustained winds of 20 to 35 mph are possible with some gusts into the 35 to 45 mph range. * IMPACTS...These wind speeds and gusts are capable of knocking trees down, snapping some tree limbs, damaging unsecured smaller outdoor items, and may produce some power outages. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that wind gusts of 35 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
655 WWUS74 KBMX 090025 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Birmingham AL 725 PM CDT Sun Oct 8 2017 ...Wind Advisory is cancelled for remaining Central Alabama counties... ALZ014-015-017>021-024>029-034>038-041>050-090130- /O.CAN.KBMX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-171009T0300Z/ Winston-Walker-Blount-Etowah-Calhoun-Cherokee-Cleburne-Jefferson- Shelby-St. Clair-Talladega-Clay-Randolph-Bibb-Chilton-Coosa- Tallapoosa-Chambers-Autauga-Lowndes-Elmore-Montgomery-Macon- Bullock-Lee-Russell-Pike-Barbour- Including the cities of Double Springs, Jasper, Oneonta, Gadsden, Anniston, Centre, Heflin, Birmingham, Hoover, Columbiana, Pelham, Alabaster, Pell City, Moody, Talladega, Sylacauga, Ashland, Roanoke, Centreville, Clanton, Rockford, Alexander City, Dadeville, Valley, Lanett, Lafayette, Prattville, Fort Deposit, Hayneville, Wetumpka, Tallassee, Montgomery, Tuskegee, Union Springs, Auburn, Opelika, Phenix City, Troy, and Eufaula 725 PM CDT Sun Oct 8 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Birmingham has cancelled the Wind Advisory. Winds have decreased now that Nate has moved out of the area and the wind advisory is cancelled. $$ 08
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 2:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 27 more | 35 hr |
| Oct 7, 4:27 AM CDT | Tropical Storm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton and 20 more | 30 hr |
| Oct 7, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 31 min |
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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.