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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2021, 12:24 AM CDT for Hale County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 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 2, 2021, 12:24 AM CDT (05:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2021, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
County Hale County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 105 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.
846 WWUS84 KBMX 020524 SPSBMX Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Birmingham AL 1224 AM CDT Mon Aug 2 2021 ALZ031-032-020615- Greene AL-Hale AL- 1224 AM CDT Mon Aug 2 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL GREENE AND NORTHWESTERN HALE COUNTIES UNTIL 115 AM CDT... At 1224 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Walden Quarters, or near Eutaw, moving east at 15 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Eutaw, Akron, Sawyerville, Walden Quarters, Wedgeworth, Evansville, Selden Lock And Dam and Eutaw Municipal Airport. 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 3272 8790 3287 8794 3294 8773 3272 8759 TIME...MOT...LOC 0524Z 253DEG 13KT 3279 8786 $$ 32/Davis
The 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, 10:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marengo | 43 min |
| Aug 1, 11:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Sumter | 52 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 |
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.