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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 24, 2022Dallas County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at May 24, 2022, 2:25 PM CDT for Dallas County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 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: May 24, 2022, 2:25 PM CDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2022, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Dallas County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 115 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: 339 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 738 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 24, 1:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 1:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 4:07 AM CDT, 10 hours 18 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
407 AM CDT Tue May 24 2022

ALZ011>015-017>050-251215-
Marion-Lamar-Fayette-Winston-Walker-Blount-Etowah-Calhoun-Cherokee-
Cleburne-Pickens-Tuscaloosa-Jefferson-Shelby-St. Clair-Talladega-
Clay-Randolph-Sumter-Greene-Hale-Perry-Bibb-Chilton-Coosa-Tallapoosa-
Chambers-Marengo-Dallas-Autauga-Lowndes-Elmore-Montgomery-Macon-
Bullock-Lee-Russell-Pike-Barbour-
407 AM CDT Tue May 24 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the counties served by the
National Weather Service office in Birmingham.

.DAY ONE...Outlook through Tonight.

Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across much of Central
Alabama this afternoon through 9 PM. Primary threats include
damaging wind gusts and large hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across much of Central
Alabama Wednesday afternoon into Wednesday evening. Primary threats
include damaging wind gusts and large hail.

Strong to severe thunderstorms are also possible across Central
Alabama on Thursday. Primary threats include damaging wind gusts,
large hail, and perhaps a tornado.

Locally heavy rainfall could occur on Wednesday and Thursday. This
could lead to flooding of low lying or poor drainage areas.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Activation of storm spotters and emergency management may be needed
today, as well as on Wednesday and Thursday.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 24, 1:40 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 24, 2:25 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 1:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	35 min
May 24, 2:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Hale, Perry	30 min
May 24, 2:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lowndes	34 min
May 24, 3:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Perry	30 min
May 24, 3:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga	29 min
May 24, 3:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	36 min
May 24, 3:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb	30 min
May 24, 3:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lowndes	34 min
May 24, 4:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chilton	30 min
May 24, 4:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	28 min
May 24, 4:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	28 min
May 24, 4:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa, Jefferson, Shelby	30 min
May 24, 4:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette, Pickens	27 min
May 24, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson, Talladega, Walker	30 min
May 24, 5:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette, Lamar	25 min
May 24, 5:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion, Winston	28 min
May 24, 5:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Talladega	27 min
May 24, 5:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Russell	25 min
May 24, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Russell	34 min
May 24, 5:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount, Calhoun, St. Clair	33 min
May 24, 6:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	27 min
May 24, 6:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	36 min
May 24, 6:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Etowah	51 min
May 24, 6:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Russell	30 min
May 24, 6:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee	37 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.