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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2021, 1:52 PM CDT for Bullock County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 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, 1:52 PM CDT (18:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2021, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
County Bullock County, AL
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 211 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 936 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted.
913
WWUS84 KBMX 021852
SPSBMX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
152 PM CDT Mon Aug 2 2021
ALZ046-021930-
Bullock AL-
152 PM CDT Mon Aug 2 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL BULLOCK COUNTY UNTIL 230
PM CDT...
At 151 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Aberfoil, or 7 miles south of Union Springs, moving east at 15 mph.
Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Pickett, Aberfoil and Three Notch.
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 3197 8575 3211 8575 3213 8555 3200 8555
3200 8559 3198 8559 3197 8560
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 270DEG 11KT 3204 8570
$$
86/MartinThe 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, 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, 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.