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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 27, 2021, 3:43 PM CDT for Lowndes 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
- Jun 27, 2021, 3:43 PM CDT (20:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2021, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
County Lowndes County, AL
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 322 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 790 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 27, 3:34 PM CDT, 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 3:34 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Birmingham AL 411 AM CDT Sun Jun 27 2021 ALZ011>015-017>050-281215- 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- 411 AM CDT Sun Jun 27 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...Monday through Saturday. 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 27, 3:43 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
343 PM CDT Sun Jun 27 2021
ALZ041-042-272115-
Autauga AL-Lowndes AL-
343 PM CDT Sun Jun 27 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AUTAUGA AND LOWNDES
COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CDT...
At 342 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Hayneville to Fort Deposit. Movement was
northwest at 30 mph.
Wind gusts around 40 mph will be possible with these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Fort Deposit, Mosses, Hayneville, White Hall, Gordonville,
Lowndesboro, Benton, Lowndes County Airport, Beechwood, Calhoun,
Robert F. Henry Lock And Dam, Mount Willing, Collirene, Clover Hill,
Farmersville and Fostoria.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
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.
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LAT...LON 3205 8686 3205 8691 3222 8691 3223 8681
3224 8681 3224 8683 3227 8686 3230 8683
3231 8685 3233 8685 3235 8681 3237 8681
3243 8674 3226 8646 3196 8653 3196 8686
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 126DEG 24KT 3223 8654 3199 8660
89^GSatterwhiteThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Russell | 44 min |
| Jun 27, 6:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bullock, Macon | 47 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.