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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 8, 2021, 2:21 PM CDT for Autauga County, Dallas County, Perry County, Alabama. It was in force for 54 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 8, 2021, 2:21 PM CDT (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2021, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
Counties Autauga County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Perry County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 422 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 555 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
037
WWUS84 KBMX 081921
SPSBMX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
221 PM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021
ALZ033-035-039>044-082015-
Chilton AL-Autauga AL-Lowndes AL-Montgomery AL-Marengo AL-Dallas AL-
Perry AL-Elmore AL-
221 PM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AUTAUGA...SOUTHWESTERN ELMORE...
SOUTHWESTERN CHILTON...NORTHEASTERN MARENGO...PERRY...CENTRAL
LOWNDES...CENTRAL DALLAS AND WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM
CDT...
At 221 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Uniontown to near Benton to near Pintlala.
Movement was northeast at 40 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Montgomery, Prattville, Selma, Millbrook, Valley Grande, Marion,
Uniontown, Mosses, Hayneville, Selmont-West Selmont, Elmore, Coosada,
Deatsville, Autaugaville, White Hall, Maplesville, Orrville,
Billingsley, Lowndesboro and Dayton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3230 8686 3230 8766 3248 8757 3248 8752
3258 8752 3273 8745 3278 8657 3249 8621
3202 8641
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 211DEG 37KT 3238 8753 3237 8681 3214 8643
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Jefferson | 34 min |
| Jun 7, 7:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Jefferson, Shelby | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 8:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Jefferson, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 8:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb, Dallas, Hale, Marengo, Perry | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 8:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Etowah, St. Clair | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 11:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Hale, Perry | 4 hr |
| Jun 7, 11:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tallapoosa | 43 min |
| Jun 7, 11:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Lamar | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lamar | 55 min |
| Jun 8, 11:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens, Sumter | 8 days |
| Jun 8, 1:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Dallas, Lowndes | 52 min |
| Jun 8, 2:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Montgomery | 28 min |
| Jun 8, 2:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marengo, Sumter | 64 min |
| Jun 8, 3:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore | 65 min |
| Jun 8, 3:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Shelby | 60 min |
| Jun 8, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Macon | 65 min |
| Jun 8, 3:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Greene, Hale | 62 min |
| Jun 8, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Macon | 27 min |
| Jun 8, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | St. Clair, Talladega | 56 min |
| Jun 8, 4:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Chambers, Lee | 67 min |
| Jun 8, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers | 25 min |
| Jun 8, 4:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Winston | 64 min |
| Jun 8, 5:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pickens | 54 min |
| Jun 8, 5:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Chambers | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion, Walker, Winston | 27 min |
| Jun 8, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Fayette, Walker, Winston | 63 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.