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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

August 8, 2019Lowndes County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2019, 5:06 PM CDT for Lowndes County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Aug 8, 2019, 5:06 PM CDT (22:06 UTC)
Expired: Aug 8, 2019, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

County Lowndes County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 100 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: 354 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -101 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1332 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.6

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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 Aug 8, 3:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 3:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 1:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
120 PM CDT Thu Aug 8 2019

ALZ011>015-017>050-092130-
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-
120 PM CDT Thu Aug 8 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the counties served by the
National Weather Service office in Birmingham.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Isolated severe storms are possible through 9 PM this evening,
mainly along and south of a line from Haleyville to Birmingham to
Phenix City. Damaging winds up to 60 mph will be the main threat.

Heat indices of 105 to 107 degrees are expected today along and
south of a Birmingham to Wetumpka to Phenix City line.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Isolated severe storms are possible on Friday from noon to 9 PM
across all of Central Alabama. Damaging winds up to 60 mph will be
the main threat.

Hot and humid conditions with heat indices reaching or exceeding 105
degrees are possible on Friday and again Monday through Wednesday of
next week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Activation of storm spotters and emergency management may be needed
through this evening and again on Friday afternoon and evening.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 2:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
239 PM CDT Thu Aug 8 2019

ALZ044-082015-
Montgomery AL-
239 PM CDT Thu Aug 8 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
UNTIL 315 PM CDT...

At 238 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
southeastern Montgomery, moving southeast at 15 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Southeastern Montgomery, Pike Road, Mount Meigs, Auburn University In
Montgomery, Pinedale, Waugh, Carters Hill, Cecil and Barachias.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3231 8626 3242 8610 3234 8599 3233 8599
      3233 8597 3232 8596 3230 8595 3228 8592
      3227 8598 3225 8599 3225 8600 3223 8600
      3216 8612
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 324DEG 13KT 3233 8616

89^GSatterwhite

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 2:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
255 PM CDT Thu Aug 8 2019

ALZ023-032-034-082045-
Hale AL-Bibb AL-Tuscaloosa AL-
255 PM CDT Thu Aug 8 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN TUSCALOOSA...
NORTHEASTERN HALE AND WEST CENTRAL BIBB COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT...

At 254 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Shelton State Community College, or 7 miles south of Tuscaloosa,
moving southeast at 40 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Southwestern Tuscaloosa, Northport, Moundville, McFarland Mall,
Shelton State Community College, Tuscaloosa Amphitheater, Tuscaloosa
Regional Airport, Low Gap, Mertz, Englewood, Little Sandy, Maxwell,
Moundville Airport, Fosters Boat Landing, Hull, Mound State Park,
Stillman College, Elliots Creek, Harper Hill and Havana.

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 3313 8778 3324 8761 3301 8731 3287 8738
      3288 8742 3287 8742 3285 8762
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 319DEG 33KT 3310 8758

89^GSatterwhite

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 3:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 3:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 4:23 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 5:06 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 7, 7:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	40 min
Aug 7, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bullock, Macon, Russell	19 min
Aug 8, 3:53 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BMX	Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Etowah, Fayette, Jefferson and 5 more	5 hr
Aug 8, 3:53 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chilton, Dallas and 20 more	60 hr
Aug 8, 12:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Elmore	28 min
Aug 8, 12:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Elmore, Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa	24 min
Aug 8, 1:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lee	27 min
Aug 8, 1:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lee	54 min
Aug 8, 1:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Russell	32 min
Aug 8, 1:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene	38 min
Aug 8, 2:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Russell	34 min
Aug 8, 2:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	37 min
Aug 8, 2:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Montgomery	36 min
Aug 8, 2:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	50 min
Aug 8, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Hale, Perry, Tuscaloosa	39 min
Aug 8, 3:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga	23 min
Aug 8, 3:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Perry	35 min
Aug 8, 4:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	37 min
Aug 8, 5:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Dallas	116 min
Aug 8, 5:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	38 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Alabama, 2019 Every special weather statement in 2019

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.