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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 15, 2021, 2:14 PM CDT for Barbour County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 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 15, 2021, 2:14 PM CDT (19:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2021, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
County Barbour County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 977 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 911 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 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 Jul 15, 12:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 12:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Birmingham AL 409 AM CDT Thu Jul 15 2021 ALZ011>015-017>050-161215- 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- 409 AM CDT Thu Jul 15 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...Friday through Wednesday. 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 15, 2:14 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Birmingham AL 214 PM CDT Thu Jul 15 2021 ALZ049-050-151945- Pike AL-Barbour AL- 214 PM CDT Thu Jul 15 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN PIKE AND SOUTHWESTERN BARBOUR COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM CDT... At 213 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Clio, moving north at 5 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Clio, Louisville, Tyler Crossroads, Doster, Blue Springs State Park, Boot Hill, Monticello and Josie. 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 3162 8547 3162 8576 3186 8582 3189 8549 TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 165DEG 6KT 3171 8561 25/Owen
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 4:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Russell | 30 min |
| Jul 15, 6:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lowndes | 23 min |
| Jul 15, 6:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lowndes | 42 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.