Alert archive / Alabama / Wind Advisories in 2020
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this wind advisory at May 7, 2020, 3:12 PM CDT for 39 counties in Alabama. It took effect at May 8, 2020, 8:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 2020, 3:12 PM CDT (20:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 8, 2020, 8:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 8, 2020, 4:42 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 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 20:17 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, 8.2 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
- 1805 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
038 WWUS74 KBMX 072012 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Birmingham AL 312 PM CDT Thu May 7 2020 ALZ037-038-041>050-081200- /O.NEW.KBMX.WI.Y.0009.200508T1700Z-200509T0000Z/ Tallapoosa-Chambers-Autauga-Lowndes-Elmore-Montgomery-Macon- Bullock-Lee-Russell-Pike-Barbour- Including the cities of Alexander City, Dadeville, Valley, Lanett, Lafayette, Prattville, Fort Deposit, Hayneville, Wetumpka, Tallassee, Montgomery, Tuskegee, Union Springs, Auburn, Opelika, Phenix City, Troy, and Eufaula 312 PM CDT Thu May 7 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... * WHAT...Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central and southeast Alabama. * WHEN...From noon to 7 PM CDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ ALZ011>015-017>036-039-040-081200- /O.NEW.KBMX.WI.Y.0009.200508T1300Z-200509T0000Z/ Marion-Lamar-Fayette-Winston-Walker-Blount-Etowah-Calhoun- Cherokee-Cleburne-Pickens-Tuscaloosa-Jefferson-Shelby-St. Clair- Talladega-Clay-Randolph-Sumter-Greene-Hale-Perry-Bibb-Chilton- Coosa-Marengo-Dallas- Including the cities of Hamilton, Sulligent, Vernon, Fayette, Double Springs, Jasper, Oneonta, Gadsden, Anniston, Centre, Heflin, Carrollton, Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, Hoover, Columbiana, Pelham, Alabaster, Pell City, Moody, Talladega, Sylacauga, Ashland, Roanoke, Livingston, Eutaw, Greensboro, Moundville, Marion, Centreville, Clanton, Rockford, Demopolis, Linden, and Selma 312 PM CDT Thu May 7 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... * WHAT...Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph expected shifting to the northwest late. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, northeast, northwest and west central Alabama. * WHEN...From 8 AM to 7 PM CDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ 08
3 follow-up statements
321 WWUS74 KBMX 080942 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Birmingham AL 442 AM CDT Fri May 8 2020 ALZ037-038-041>050-090000- /O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0009.200508T1700Z-200509T0000Z/ Tallapoosa-Chambers-Autauga-Lowndes-Elmore-Montgomery-Macon- Bullock-Lee-Russell-Pike-Barbour- Including the cities of Alexander City, Dadeville, Valley, Lanett, Lafayette, Prattville, Fort Deposit, Hayneville, Wetumpka, Tallassee, Montgomery, Tuskegee, Union Springs, Auburn, Opelika, Phenix City, Troy, and Eufaula 442 AM CDT Fri May 8 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central and southeast Alabama. * WHEN...From noon to 7 PM CDT Tonight. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ ALZ011>015-017>036-039-040-090000- /O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0009.200508T1300Z-200509T0000Z/ Marion-Lamar-Fayette-Winston-Walker-Blount-Etowah-Calhoun- Cherokee-Cleburne-Pickens-Tuscaloosa-Jefferson-Shelby-St. Clair- Talladega-Clay-Randolph-Sumter-Greene-Hale-Perry-Bibb-Chilton- Coosa-Marengo-Dallas- Including the cities of Hamilton, Sulligent, Vernon, Fayette, Double Springs, Jasper, Oneonta, Gadsden, Anniston, Centre, Heflin, Carrollton, Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, Hoover, Columbiana, Pelham, Alabaster, Pell City, Moody, Talladega, Sylacauga, Ashland, Roanoke, Livingston, Eutaw, Greensboro, Moundville, Marion, Centreville, Clanton, Rockford, Demopolis, Linden, and Selma 442 AM CDT Fri May 8 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THROUGH 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph expected shifting to the northwest late. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, northeast, northwest and west central Alabama. * WHEN...Through 7 PM CDT Tonight. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
403 WWUS74 KBMX 081735 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Birmingham AL 1235 PM CDT Fri May 8 2020 ALZ011>015-017>050-090000- /O.CON.KBMX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-200509T0000Z/ 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- Including the cities of Hamilton, Sulligent, Vernon, Fayette, Double Springs, Jasper, Oneonta, Gadsden, Anniston, Centre, Heflin, Carrollton, Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, Hoover, Columbiana, Pelham, Alabaster, Pell City, Moody, Talladega, Sylacauga, Ashland, Roanoke, Livingston, Eutaw, Greensboro, Moundville, Marion, Centreville, Clanton, Rockford, Alexander City, Dadeville, Valley, Lanett, Lafayette, Demopolis, Linden, Selma, Prattville, Fort Deposit, Hayneville, Wetumpka, Tallassee, Montgomery, Tuskegee, Union Springs, Auburn, Opelika, Phenix City, Troy, and Eufaula 1235 PM CDT Fri May 8 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph, then becoming easterly. * WHERE...all of Central Alabama. * WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
633 WWUS74 KBMX 082142 NPWBMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Birmingham AL 442 PM CDT Fri May 8 2020 ...Wind Advisory Cancelled for Central Alabama... ALZ011>015-017>050-082245- /O.CAN.KBMX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-200509T0000Z/ Marion-Lamar-Fayette-Winston-Walker-Blount-Etowah-Calhoun- Cherokee-Cleburne-Pickens-Tuscaloosa-Jefferson-Shelby-St. Clair- Talladega-Clay-Randolph-Sumter-Greene-Hale-Perry-Bibb-Chilton- Coosa-Tallapoosa-Chambers-Marengo-Dallas-Autauga-Lowndes-Elmore- Montgomery-Macon-Bullock-Lee-Russell-Pike-Barbour- Including the cities of Hamilton, Sulligent, Vernon, Fayette, Double Springs, Jasper, Oneonta, Gadsden, Anniston, Centre, Heflin, Carrollton, Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, Hoover, Columbiana, Pelham, Alabaster, Pell City, Moody, Talladega, Sylacauga, Ashland, Roanoke, Livingston, Eutaw, Greensboro, Moundville, Marion, Centreville, Clanton, Rockford, Alexander City, Dadeville, Valley, Lanett, Lafayette, Demopolis, Linden, Selma, Prattville, Fort Deposit, Hayneville, Wetumpka, Tallassee, Montgomery, Tuskegee, Union Springs, Auburn, Opelika, Phenix City, Troy, and Eufaula 442 PM CDT Fri May 8 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Birmingham has cancelled the Wind Advisory. Wind speeds, sustained and gusts, have fallen below advisory criteria; thus, the wind advisory has been cancelled. However, occasional wind gusts to around 25 MPH remain possible through this evening as a cold front moves through. $$
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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.