Alert archive / Alabama / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2021, 1:15 AM CDT for Montgomery County, Alabama. It was in force for 30 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, 1:15 AM CDT (06:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2021, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
County Montgomery County, AL
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 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.
928
WWUS84 KBMX 020615
SPSBMX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
115 AM CDT Mon Aug 2 2021
ALZ044-020645-
Montgomery AL-
115 AM CDT Mon Aug 2 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
UNTIL 145 AM CDT...
At 115 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Pike Road, or 8 miles north of Meadville, moving east at 20 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Southeastern Montgomery, Pike Road and Carters Hill.
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 3211 8623 3231 8619 3229 8594 3228 8592
3227 8592 3227 8598 3225 8599 3225 8600
3206 8600
TIME...MOT...LOC 0615Z 279DEG 16KT 3219 8613
$$
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, 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, 12:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Hale | 51 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.