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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 26, 2021Russell County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 26, 2021, 10:05 PM CDT for Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 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 26, 2021, 10:05 PM CDT (03:05 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2021, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

County Russell County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 156 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: 895 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1455 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 10 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 26, 7:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 7:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 2:33 AM CDT, 19 hours 32 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
233 AM CDT Mon Jul 26 2021

ALZ011>015-017>050-271045-
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-
233 AM CDT Mon Jul 26 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the counties served by the
National Weather Service office in Birmingham.

.DAY ONE...Outlook through Tonight.

Warm temperatures with high humidity values will lead to heat
indices approaching 105 degrees for portions of southern and western
Central Alabama this afternoon.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Warm temperatures with high humidity values will lead to heat
indices approaching or exceeding 105 degrees for portions of Central
Alabama each afternoon through the weekend.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Activation of storm spotters and emergency management is not
expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 10:05 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
1005 PM CDT Mon Jul 26 2021

ALZ048-050-270345-
Russell AL-Barbour AL-
1005 PM CDT Mon Jul 26 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL BARBOUR AND
SOUTHWESTERN RUSSELL COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 PM CDT...

At 1005 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles east of Hurtsboro, moving west at 10 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Hurtsboro, Rutherford 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 3210 8517 3209 8543 3214 8543 3214 8541
      3215 8543 3228 8543 3229 8524
TIME...MOT...LOC 0305Z 075DEG 9KT 3220 8530

32/Davis

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 8:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Pickens	100 min
Jul 27, 4:04 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	6 days
Jul 27, 12:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Montgomery	45 min
Jul 27, 12:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tallapoosa	38 min
Jul 27, 1:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tallapoosa	35 min
Jul 27, 1:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	38 min
Jul 27, 2:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Shelby	117 min
Jul 27, 2:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Jefferson, Shelby	111 min
Jul 27, 2:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Clay	3 hr
Jul 27, 3:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Shelby	3 hr
Jul 27, 3:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Calhoun, Cleburne, Talladega	3 hr
Jul 27, 3:32 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Shelby	3 hr
Jul 27, 3:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Jefferson	2 hr
Jul 27, 4:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bibb	2 hr
Jul 27, 5:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Etowah	2 hr
Jul 27, 5:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Tuscaloosa	2 hr
Jul 27, 6:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	43 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.