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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

August 9, 2021Chambers County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2021, 3:49 PM CDT for Chambers County, Alabama. It was in force for 26 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 9, 2021, 3:49 PM CDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 2021, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Chambers County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 107 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: 203 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1139 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

230 
WWUS84 KBMX 092049
SPSBMX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
349 PM CDT Mon Aug 9 2021
 
ALZ038-047-092115-
Lee AL-Chambers AL-
349 PM CDT Mon Aug 9 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of north central Lee
and southern Chambers Counties through 415 PM CDT...

At 349 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Sturkie, or near Lafayette. This storm was nearly stationary.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Opelika, Lafayette, La Fayette, Cusseta, Chambers County Lake,
Huguley, Sturkie, Oak Bowery, Trammel Crossroads, Ridge Grove,
Buffalo, West Chambers and Mount Jefferson.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

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 3267 8533 3277 8559 3286 8560 3300 8553
      3288 8520
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 202DEG 3KT 3281 8544 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

25/Owen

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 9, 12:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Perry	24 min
Aug 9, 12:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Clay	35 min
Aug 9, 12:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Etowah	33 min
Aug 9, 1:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb	32 min
Aug 9, 1:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	41 min
Aug 9, 1:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee	39 min
Aug 9, 2:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	DeKalb	40 min
Aug 9, 2:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Randolph	32 min
Aug 9, 2:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee	30 min
Aug 9, 2:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	41 min
Aug 9, 3:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers	28 min
Aug 9, 3:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Clay	27 min
Aug 9, 4:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Talladega	30 min
Aug 9, 4:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Talladega	24 min
Aug 9, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Talladega	31 min
Aug 9, 5:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Calhoun	39 min
Aug 9, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Elmore	34 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.