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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 27, 2021Russell County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 27, 2021, 6:31 PM CDT for Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 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, 6:31 PM CDT (23:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL

County Russell County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 150 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2021-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 224 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2021-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
224 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
663 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 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 27, 3:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 3:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 4:11 AM CDT, 14 hours 20 minutes before
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, 2 hours 48 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.

&&

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^GSatterwhite
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:31 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
631 PM CDT Sun Jun 27 2021

ALZ045-046-048-050-280015-
Macon AL-Bullock AL-Russell AL-Barbour AL-
631 PM CDT Sun Jun 27 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN BULLOCK...
SOUTHEASTERN MACON...NORTHEASTERN BARBOUR AND SOUTHWESTERN RUSSELL
COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT...

At 631 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Spring Hill, or 8 miles southeast of Hurtsboro, moving west at 30
mph.

Wind gusts around 40 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Hurtsboro, Midway, Hawkinsville, Uchee, Spring Hill, Comer,
Guerryton, Society Hill, Batesville, Creek Stand, Rutherford, Lugo,
Three Notch and Hatchechubbe.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3195 8520 3206 8568 3244 8544 3244 8543
      3241 8543 3241 8540 3221 8511
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 110DEG 25KT 3216 8529

89^GSatterwhite

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 3:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLowndes32 min
Jun 27, 6:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBullock, Macon47 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.