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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 17, 2024Calhoun County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 17, 2024, 2:08 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Alabama. It was in force for 52 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: Jul 17, 2024, 2:08 PM CDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired: Jul 17, 2024, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Calhoun County, AL

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 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, 7.1 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.

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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: 784 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 785 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -54 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 Jul 17, 12:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 12:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 3:52 AM CDT, 10 hours 16 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
352 AM CDT Wed Jul 17 2024

ALZ011>015-017>050-181200-
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-
352 AM CDT Wed Jul 17 2024

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...Thursday through Tuesday.

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

Special weather statement, Jul 17, 1:23 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 17, 1:34 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 17, 1:39 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 17, 1:44 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
144 PM CDT Wed Jul 17 2024

ALZ024-025-034-035-041-171930-
Chilton AL-Autauga AL-Bibb AL-Jefferson AL-Shelby AL-
144 PM CDT Wed Jul 17 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN AUTAUGA...CHILTON...
SHELBY...EASTERN BIBB AND SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 230
PM CDT...

At 144 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Hueytown to Parnell. Movement was east at 25
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Birmingham, Hoover, Vestavia Hills, Alabaster, Bessemer, Homewood,
Pelham, Mountain Brook, Helena, Hueytown, Irondale, Calera,
Fairfield, Chelsea, Clanton, Montevallo, Columbiana, Jemison,
Pleasant Grove, and Midfield.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3258 8690 3259 8691 3263 8691 3264 8692
      3266 8692 3266 8693 3349 8707 3354 8660
      3257 8654
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 268DEG 22KT 3346 8698 3267 8691

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

32/Davis

Special weather statement, Jul 17, 1:59 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
159 PM CDT Wed Jul 17 2024

ALZ037-038-171930-
Tallapoosa AL-Chambers AL-
159 PM CDT Wed Jul 17 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL TALLAPOOSA AND
SOUTHWESTERN CHAMBERS COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM CDT...

At 159 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Camp Hill, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Camp Hill, Ridge Grove, and West Chambers.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3275 8569 3292 8567 3291 8548 3274 8549
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 271DEG 13KT 3284 8561

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

32/Davis

Special weather statement, Jul 17, 2:08 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
208 PM CDT Wed Jul 17 2024

ALZ019-021-027-172000-
Calhoun AL-Talladega AL-Cleburne AL-
208 PM CDT Wed Jul 17 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN TALLADEGA...CALHOUN
AND CENTRAL CLEBURNE COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM CDT...

At 208 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Jacksonville State University to near
Grant Town. Movement was east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Anniston, Oxford, Jacksonville, Piedmont, Heflin, Cobb Town, West
End-Cobb Town, Fort McClellan, Saks, Weaver, Munford, Hobson City,
Edwardsville, Anniston Regional Airport, Blue Mountain, Alexandria,
Jacksonville State University, Grant Town, Oxford Lake, and Bynum.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3349 8558 3350 8576 3348 8577 3349 8586
      3350 8585 3350 8600 3393 8584 3395 8553
      3394 8553 3394 8550 3396 8549 3396 8543
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 263DEG 23KT 3387 8579 3357 8591

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

32/Davis

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 17, 1:13 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marengo, Pickens and 2 more	16 hr
Jul 17, 1:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Montgomery	25 min
Jul 17, 1:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb	37 min
Jul 17, 1:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chilton	26 min
Jul 17, 1:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	St. Clair	36 min
Jul 17, 1:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chilton, Shelby	46 min
Jul 17, 1:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers	31 min
Jul 17, 2:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	45 min
Jul 17, 2:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers	35 min
Jul 17, 2:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cleburne	25 min
Jul 17, 2:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Clay, Coosa, Talladega	47 min
Jul 17, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Coosa, Tallapoosa	46 min
Jul 17, 3:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tallapoosa	24 min
Jul 17, 4:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount	28 min
Jul 17, 5:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Etowah	29 min
Jul 17, 5:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee	29 min
Jul 17, 6:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	38 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.