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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

August 9, 2021Elmore County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2021, 5:56 PM CDT for Elmore County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 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, 5:56 PM CDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 2021, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Elmore County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 106 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: 1644 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 893 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

332 
WWUS84 KBMX 092256
SPSBMX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
556 PM CDT Mon Aug 9 2021
 
ALZ043-044-092330-
Montgomery AL-Elmore AL-
556 PM CDT Mon Aug 9 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Elmore
and northeastern Montgomery Counties through 630 PM CDT...

At 556 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Bob Woodruff Lake, or near Wetumpka, moving northeast at 10 mph.

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...
Montgomery, Millbrook, Wetumpka, Pike Road, Elmore, Coosada,
Montgomery Zoo, Boylston, Santuck, Auburn University In Montgomery,
Bob Woodruff Lake, Emerald Mountain, Snowdoun, Waugh, Lagoon Park,
Alabama State University, Mount Meigs, Eastdale Mall, Montgomery
Riverwalk Stadium and Blue Ridge.

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 3253 8639 3265 8611 3243 8600 3243 8601
      3242 8602 3240 8601 3238 8601 3236 8599
      3234 8599 3233 8598 3221 8631
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 242DEG 9KT 3246 8623 

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, 3:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers	26 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

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.