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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 5, 2021Cherokee County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 5, 2021, 5:10 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 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: Jun 5, 2021, 5:10 PM CDT (22:10 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2021, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

County Cherokee County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 128 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: 199 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1097 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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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 Jun 5, 3:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 3:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 2:37 AM CDT, 14 hours 33 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
237 AM CDT Sat Jun 5 2021

ALZ011>015-017>050-061045-
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-
237 AM CDT Sat Jun 5 2021

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

.DAY ONE...Outlook through Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Activation of storm spotters and emergency management is not
expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 4:34 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
434 PM CDT Sat Jun 5 2021

ALZ038-047-052200-
Lee AL-Chambers AL-
434 PM CDT Sat Jun 5 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN LEE AND SOUTHERN
CHAMBERS COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT...

At 434 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Auburn University, or near Auburn, moving northwest at 10 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Auburn, Opelika, Valley, Lanett, Notasulga, Waverly, Cusseta,
Chambers County Lake, Beulah, Beans Mill, Huguley, Auburn University,
Fairfax, River View, Oak Bowery, Loachapoka, Robert G. Pitts Airport,
Lanett Municipal Airport, I 85 Welcome Center At Lanett and Roxana.

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 3269 8512 3258 8542 3256 8564 3258 8566
      3258 8570 3270 8570 3270 8568 3271 8568
      3271 8561 3273 8561 3273 8560 3274 8559
      3290 8519 3286 8518 3284 8515 3281 8517
      3278 8512 3276 8514 3274 8511
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 153DEG 9KT 3266 8548

40/Sizemore

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 5:10 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
510 PM CDT Sat Jun 5 2021

ALZ020-052245-
Cherokee AL-
510 PM CDT Sat Jun 5 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL CHEROKEE COUNTY
UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

At 509 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Forney, moving north at 25 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Eastern Weiss Lake, Waterhouse and Fullerton.

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 3409 8542 3411 8555 3431 8551 3431 8547
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 187DEG 24KT 3414 8548

40/Sizemore

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lee	26 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.