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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 21, 2018Russell County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 21, 2018, 1:49 PM CDT for Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 41 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: Jul 21, 2018, 1:49 PM CDT (18:49 UTC)
Expired: Jul 21, 2018, 2:30 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

County Russell County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 174 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

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The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2831 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 906 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 245 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 283 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.6
Supercell composite: 24.7

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What forecasters said that day

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 Jul 21, 12:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 12:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 10:48 AM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 21, 8:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 8:16 AM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 1:49 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
149 PM CDT SAT JUL 21 2018

ALZ045-048-211930-
Macon AL-Russell AL-
149 PM CDT SAT JUL 21 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MACON AND
SOUTHWESTERN RUSSELL COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM CDT...

At 148 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Hurtsboro, moving southeast at 25 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Hurtsboro, Uchee, Creek Stand, Rutherford and Hatchechubbe.

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 3206 8518 3215 8526 3215 8531 3222 8543
      3223 8544 3223 8545 3229 8553 3240 8542
      3221 8507
TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 303DEG 24KT 3229 8540

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 21, 4:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee	54 min
Jul 21, 5:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee	37 min
Jul 21, 6:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee	42 min
Jul 21, 6:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cleburne, Randolph	49 min
Jul 21, 7:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene	44 min
Jul 21, 8:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Hale	30 min
Jul 21, 8:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	44 min
Jul 21, 3:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cleburne	26 min
Jul 21, 3:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Calhoun	33 min
Jul 21, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph	44 min
Jul 21, 4:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cleburne	42 min
Jul 21, 4:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Clay	37 min
Jul 21, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cleburne	34 min
Jul 21, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cleburne	29 min
Jul 21, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers	41 min
Jul 21, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Randolph	49 min
Jul 21, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Clay, Randolph, Tallapoosa	46 min
Jul 21, 4:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cleburne	36 min
Jul 21, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cleburne, Randolph	60 min
Jul 21, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Lee, Randolph	62 min
Jul 21, 5:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lee	27 min
Jul 21, 5:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	BMX	Lee	16 min
Jul 21, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lee, Russell	64 min
Jul 21, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lee, Russell	54 min

Nearby

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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.