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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

August 6, 2022Chilton County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2022, 8:49 PM CDT for Chilton 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 6, 2022, 8:49 PM CDT (01:49 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2022, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Hail: 0.50 in
Wind: 50

County Chilton County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 229 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: 1703 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1253 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 3 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 Aug 6, 6:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 6:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 7:38 AM CDT, 13 hours 11 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
738 AM CDT Sat Aug 6 2022

ALZ011>015-017>050-071545-
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-
738 AM CDT Sat Aug 6 2022

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

.DAY ONE...Outlook through Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Activation of storm spotters and emergency management is not
expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 6, 5:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 5:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 5:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 7:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 7:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 8:49 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
Aug 6, 7:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Elmore	27 min
Aug 6, 7:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga	37 min
Aug 7, 11:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	23 min
Aug 7, 12:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	40 min
Aug 7, 12:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Hale	23 min
Aug 7, 1:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	28 min
Aug 7, 1:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	44 min
Aug 7, 1:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	41 min
Aug 7, 2:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	27 min
Aug 7, 3:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	26 min
Aug 7, 3:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	24 min
Aug 7, 3:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	35 min
Aug 7, 3:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	29 min
Aug 7, 3:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	37 min
Aug 7, 3:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	25 min
Aug 7, 4:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	25 min
Aug 7, 4:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Clay	35 min
Aug 7, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	33 min
Aug 7, 4:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Tuscaloosa	3 hr
Aug 7, 5:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	25 min
Aug 7, 5:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chilton	35 min
Aug 7, 5:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	33 min
Aug 7, 5:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene	37 min
Aug 7, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton	34 min
Aug 7, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Talladega	26 min
Aug 7, 5:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lee	52 min
Aug 7, 5:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	35 min
Aug 7, 5:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bullock	30 min
Aug 7, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	30 min
Aug 7, 6:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Calhoun	33 min
Aug 7, 6:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	35 min
Aug 7, 6:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tallapoosa	30 min
Aug 7, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Coosa, Tallapoosa	26 min
Aug 7, 6:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Montgomery	38 min
Aug 7, 6:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Randolph	34 min
Aug 7, 6:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Macon	48 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Alabama, 2022 Every special weather statement in 2022

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.