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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 3, 2021Bullock County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at May 3, 2021, 12:13 PM CDT for Bullock County, Alabama. It was in force for 32 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: May 3, 2021, 12:13 PM CDT (17:13 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2021, 12:45 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

County Bullock County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 169 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.

Skew-T log-p

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

Hodograph

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: 1106 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 552 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 313 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 363 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.7
Supercell composite: 11.4

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The text

As transmitted.

130 
WWUS84 KBMX 031713
SPSBMX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
1213 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021
 
ALZ046-050-031745-
Bullock AL-Barbour AL-
1213 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN BULLOCK AND WEST
CENTRAL BARBOUR COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 PM CDT...

At 1213 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Pickett, or 13 miles south of Union Springs, moving northeast at 35
mph.

Pea size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Union Springs, Midway, Pickett, Aberfoil, Tanyard, Three Notch,
Perote and Mount Andrew.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
office in Birmingham.

&&

LAT...LON 3189 8579 3197 8579 3215 8570 3214 8554
      3201 8542 3188 8565 3188 8577
TIME...MOT...LOC 1713Z 218DEG 31KT 3195 8572 

$$

40/Sizemore

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 5:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Talladega	36 min
May 3, 7:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cleburne	19 min
May 3, 8:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cleburne	27 min
May 3, 12:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	33 min
May 3, 12:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Russell	45 min
May 3, 1:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	49 min
May 3, 2:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Pickens	66 min
May 3, 2:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chilton	35 min
May 3, 3:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chilton, Coosa	45 min
May 3, 3:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	30 min
May 3, 3:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Talladega	44 min
May 3, 3:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb	42 min
May 3, 3:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Hale	52 min
May 3, 4:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lee	39 min
May 3, 4:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Calhoun	50 min
May 3, 4:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb, Coosa	44 min
May 3, 4:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Calhoun	41 min
May 3, 5:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa, Tallapoosa	48 min
May 3, 5:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee	31 min
May 3, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga	52 min
May 3, 5:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tallapoosa	47 min
May 3, 6:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lee	25 min
May 3, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Elmore, Montgomery	49 min
May 3, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Lee	41 min
May 3, 6:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Elmore	31 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.