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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jan 1, 2021, 9:37 AM CST for Lee County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 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
- Jan 1, 2021, 9:37 AM CST (15:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 1, 2021, 10:15 AM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
County Lee County, AL
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -202 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 389 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 491 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Jan 1, 9:26 AM CST, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 9:26 AM CST, 11 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Birmingham AL 247 AM CST Fri Jan 1 2021 ALZ011>015-017>050-021200- 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- 247 AM CST Fri Jan 1 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the counties served by the National Weather Service office in Birmingham. .DAY ONE...Outlook through Tonight. There is a small risk for a brief tornado or damaging winds through 1 PM today along and south of a line from Demopolis to Alexander City. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of storm spotters and emergency management may be needed through early this afternoon.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 1, 5:09 AM CST, 4 hours 28 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Birmingham AL 509 AM CST Fri Jan 1 2021 ALZ011-012-011145- Marion AL-Lamar AL- 509 AM CST Fri Jan 1 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN MARION AND NORTHWESTERN LAMAR COUNTIES UNTIL 545 AM CST... At 508 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a line of showers extending from near Fairview to 6 miles northwest of Sulligent. Movement was northeast at 45 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with these storms. Locations impacted include... Hamilton, Detroit, Weston, Gattman, Henson Springs, Byrd, Pine Springs, Bexar, Pigeye, Shottsville and Rankin Fite Airport. LAT...LON 3432 8818 3431 8792 3411 8791 3383 8824 TIME...MOT...LOC 1108Z 222DEG 38KT 3432 8829 3394 8823 25/Owen
Special weather statement, Jan 1, 8:25 AM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 5:09 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marion | 36 min |
| Jan 1, 8:25 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pike | 35 min |
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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.