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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at May 30, 2018, 6:39 PM CDT for Fayette County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 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
- May 30, 2018, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2018, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
County Fayette County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 252 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
- 159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 873 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
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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 May 30, 3:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 30, 3:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Birmingham AL 446 AM CDT Wed May 30 2018 ALZ011>015-017>050-311300- 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- 446 AM CDT Wed May 30 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the counties served by the National Weather Service office in Birmingham. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Areas of showers and thunderstorms are expected again today. Due to recent heavy rains, isolated locations may experience some flooding, especially where the grounds are already saturated or are prone to flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. A pattern favorable for organized convective systems will develop across Alabama. There is a low confidence for damaging straight line winds on Thursday afternoon across the north. Damaging winds are also possible across Central Alabama on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Heavy rain will continue to be possible with this activity which could cause localized flooding due to saturated grounds and flood prone areas. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of storm spotters and emergency management may be necessary Thursday through Sunday. 08
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Special weather statement, May 30, 4:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 29, 7:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Dallas, Perry | 2 hr |
| May 29, 8:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Tallapoosa | 2 hr |
| May 29, 8:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes, Montgomery | 2 hr |
| May 29, 9:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Dallas, Marengo, Perry | 119 min |
| May 29, 11:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Dallas | 6 hr |
| May 30, 12:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Lowndes | 6 hr |
| May 30, 12:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 6 hr |
| May 30, 1:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Dallas | 6 hr |
| May 30, 1:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Autauga | 6 hr |
| May 30, 1:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Coosa, Elmore, Montgomery, Tallapoosa | 6 hr |
| May 30, 2:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Elmore, Montgomery, Tallapoosa | 6 hr |
| May 30, 3:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Greene | 42 min |
| May 30, 3:35 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Greene, Pickens, Sumter | 3 hr |
| May 30, 3:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 42 min |
| May 30, 4:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 3 hr |
| May 30, 5:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb, Hale, Tuscaloosa | 3 hr |
| May 30, 5:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bibb | 52 min |
| May 30, 5:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 3 hr |
| May 30, 5:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | BMX | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers and 24 more | 14 hr |
| May 30, 5:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Hale | 41 min |
| May 30, 6:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Perry | 9 hr |
| May 30, 6:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Perry | 33 min |
| May 30, 6:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Sumter | 9 hr |
| May 30, 7:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Greene | 36 min |
| May 30, 7:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Elmore, Montgomery, Tallapoosa | 6 hr |
| May 30, 7:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes, Perry | 6 hr |
| May 30, 8:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Coosa, Tallapoosa | 4 hr |
| May 30, 10:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Perry | 55 min |
| May 30, 12:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pike | 58 min |
| May 30, 1:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes, Perry | 109 min |
| May 30, 3:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Perry | 3 hr |
| May 30, 3:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Autauga | 3 hr |
| May 30, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Greene | 46 min |
| May 30, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lamar | 36 min |
| May 30, 4:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Greene | 3 hr |
| May 30, 4:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marion | 35 min |
| May 30, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pickens | 35 min |
| May 30, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 42 min |
| May 30, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 28 min |
| May 30, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pickens | 30 min |
| May 30, 5:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Greene | 39 min |
| May 30, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pickens | 33 min |
| May 30, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pickens | 49 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.