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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 11, 2021Russell County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 11, 2021, 12:24 PM CDT for Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 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: Jul 11, 2021, 12:24 PM CDT (17:24 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

County Russell County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:25 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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 127 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: 51 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 659 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 36 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 Jul 11, 9:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 9:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 3:50 AM CDT, 8 hours 34 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
350 AM CDT Sun Jul 11 2021

ALZ011>015-017>050-121200-
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-
350 AM CDT Sun Jul 11 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, Jul 11, 12:24 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
1224 PM CDT Sun Jul 11 2021

ALZ048-111800-
Russell AL-
1224 PM CDT Sun Jul 11 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY UNTIL 100
PM CDT...

At 1224 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Russell County Sports Complex to 7 miles
southeast of Seale. Movement was northeast at 15 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Phenix City, Ladonia, Russell County Sports Complex, Seale, Uchee
Creek, Fort Mitchell, Ladonia Sports Complex, Fort Mitchell Activity
Center, Phenix Drag Strip and Parkmanville.

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 3225 8492 3224 8491 3222 8493 3221 8498
      3220 8496 3217 8503 3213 8506 3211 8505
      3208 8516 3239 8519 3247 8514 3247 8506
      3251 8506 3251 8500 3246 8500 3242 8496
      3238 8499 3238 8497 3233 8501 3226 8489
TIME...MOT...LOC 1724Z 240DEG 15KT 3238 8514 3220 8510

86/Martin

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 11, 3:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bullock, Macon	27 min
Jul 11, 3:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	35 min
Jul 11, 5:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount	38 min
Jul 11, 5:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount	43 min
Jul 11, 5:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee, Etowah	40 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.