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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2021, 10:02 PM CDT for Marengo County, Alabama. It was in force for 43 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
- Aug 1, 2021, 10:02 PM CDT (03:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2021, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
County Marengo County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 941 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1260 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
610
WWUS84 KBMX 020302
SPSBMX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
1002 PM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021
ALZ033-039-020345-
Marengo AL-Perry AL-
1002 PM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN MARENGO AND
SOUTHWESTERN PERRY COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 PM CDT...
At 1002 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Thomaston, or 12 miles east of Linden, moving east at 30 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Linden, Thomaston, Dayton, Freddie Jones Field, Chickasaw State Park,
Consul, Magnolia, Calvary and Octagon.
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 3221 8788 3246 8774 3242 8742 3231 8742
3231 8747 3227 8747 3227 8751 3225 8752
3213 8752 3213 8762 3212 8762
TIME...MOT...LOC 0302Z 291DEG 27KT 3226 8760
$$
32/DavisThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 8:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marengo | 43 min |
| Aug 1, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 49 min |
| Aug 1, 9:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Dallas | 50 min |
| Aug 1, 9:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Marengo | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 11:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Sumter | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 12:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Hale | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 1:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Montgomery | 30 min |
| Aug 2, 11:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marengo | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 1:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bullock | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 2:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Montgomery | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 3:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Montgomery | 32 min |
| Aug 2, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Macon, Montgomery | 25 min |
| Aug 2, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Russell | 27 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.