Alert archive / Alabama / Wind Advisories in 2018
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this wind advisory at Apr 22, 2018, 3:14 AM CDT for 25 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Apr 22, 2018, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 22, 2018, 3:14 AM CDT (08:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 22, 2018, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2018, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
All 25 counties
Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lee County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marion County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:18 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 1396 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
724 WWUS74 KBMX 220814 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Birmingham AL 314 AM CDT Sun Apr 22 2018 ...WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA... ALZ017>021-024>029-222200- /O.NEW.KBMX.WI.Y.0009.180422T1800Z-180423T0900Z/ Blount-Etowah-Calhoun-Cherokee-Cleburne-Jefferson-Shelby- St. Clair-Talladega-Clay-Randolph- Including the cities of Oneonta, Gadsden, Anniston, Centre, Heflin, Birmingham, Hoover, Columbiana, Pelham, Alabaster, Pell City, Moody, Talladega, Sylacauga, Ashland, and Roanoke 314 AM CDT Sun Apr 22 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM CDT MONDAY... The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 1 PM this afternoon to 4 AM CDT Monday. * TIMING...The strongest winds will be between 1 PM this afternoon and 4 AM Monday morning. * WINDS...Will be 15 to 25 mph with gusts of 35 mph. Wind gusts above 40 mph will be possible at higher elevations. * IMPACTS...Strong winds could cause large limbs and smaller trees to fall. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
179 WWUS74 KBMX 222115 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Birmingham AL 415 PM CDT Sun Apr 22 2018 ...WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA... ALZ017>021-024>029-230515- /O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-180423T0900Z/ Blount-Etowah-Calhoun-Cherokee-Cleburne-Jefferson-Shelby- St. Clair-Talladega-Clay-Randolph- Including the cities of Oneonta, Gadsden, Anniston, Centre, Heflin, Birmingham, Hoover, Columbiana, Pelham, Alabaster, Pell City, Moody, Talladega, Sylacauga, Ashland, and Roanoke 415 PM CDT Sun Apr 22 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT MONDAY... * TIMING...The strongest winds will be possible through 4 AM Monday morning. * WINDS...Will be 15 to 25 mph with gusts of 35 mph. Wind gusts above 40 mph will be possible at higher elevations. * IMPACTS...Strong winds could cause large limbs and smaller trees to fall. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that wind gusts of 35 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
222 WWUS74 KBMX 230015 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Birmingham AL 715 PM CDT Sun Apr 22 2018 ...WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA... ALZ011>015-034>038-043-045-047-048-230900- /O.EXA.KBMX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-180423T0900Z/ Marion-Lamar-Fayette-Winston-Walker-Bibb-Chilton-Coosa-Tallapoosa- Chambers-Elmore-Macon-Lee-Russell- Including the cities of Hamilton, Sulligent, Vernon, Fayette, Double Springs, Jasper, Centreville, Clanton, Rockford, Alexander City, Dadeville, Valley, Lanett, Lafayette, Wetumpka, Tallassee, Tuskegee, Auburn, Opelika, and Phenix City 715 PM CDT Sun Apr 22 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT MONDAY... The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until 4 AM CDT Monday. * TIMING...The strongest winds will be possible through 4 AM Monday morning. * WINDS...Will be 15 to 25 mph with gusts of 35 mph. Wind gusts above 40 mph will be possible at higher elevations. * IMPACTS...Strong winds could cause large limbs and smaller trees to fall. 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. && $$ ALZ017>021-024>029-230900- /O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-180423T0900Z/ Blount-Etowah-Calhoun-Cherokee-Cleburne-Jefferson-Shelby- St. Clair-Talladega-Clay-Randolph- Including the cities of Oneonta, Gadsden, Anniston, Centre, Heflin, Birmingham, Hoover, Columbiana, Pelham, Alabaster, Pell City, Moody, Talladega, Sylacauga, Ashland, and Roanoke 715 PM CDT Sun Apr 22 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT MONDAY... * TIMING...The strongest winds will be possible through 4 AM Monday morning. * WINDS...Will be 15 to 25 mph with gusts of 35 mph. Wind gusts above 40 mph will be possible at higher elevations. * IMPACTS...Strong winds could cause large limbs and smaller trees to fall. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that wind gusts of 35 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 30 min |
| Apr 22, 3:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 27 min |
| Apr 22, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 35 min |
| Apr 22, 4:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pickens | 68 min |
| Apr 22, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 56 min |
| Apr 22, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 40 min |
| Apr 22, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Perry | 65 min |
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.