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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

September 25, 2024Bullock County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Sep 25, 2024, 2:08 PM CDT for Bullock County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 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: Sep 25, 2024, 2:08 PM CDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired: Sep 25, 2024, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Bullock County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 57 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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 174 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: 383 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1162 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.2

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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 Sep 25, 1:37 PM CDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 25, 1:37 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 25, 4:52 AM CDT, 9 hours 16 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
452 AM CDT Wed Sep 25 2024

ALZ011>015-017>050-261300-
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-
452 AM CDT Wed Sep 25 2024

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 storms are possible between 10 am and 4 pm today.
Damaging winds up to 60 mph and a brief tornado are possible
generally in the southeastern half of Central Alabama.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Heavy rainfall associated with an approaching tropical system may
lead to flooding for portions of the eastern half of Central Alabama
Thursday through early Friday. Gusty winds will also be possible
Thursday through early Friday with wind gusts 30-40 mph possible in
the eastern half of Central Alabama.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Activation of storm spotters and emergency management may be needed
Today through early Friday.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 25, 9:33 AM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
933 AM CDT Wed Sep 25 2024

ALZ019-021-251500-
Calhoun AL-Cleburne AL-
933 AM CDT Wed Sep 25 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN AND
SOUTHERN CLEBURNE COUNTIES THROUGH 1000 AM CDT...

At 933 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Delta, or 9 miles southeast of Oxford, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Heflin, Edwardsville, Abernathy, Lake Cleburne, Hollis Crossroads,
Chalafinnee, Choccolocco, and Camp Sequoyah.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3349 8559 3350 8577 3352 8581 3377 8566
      3366 8539
TIME...MOT...LOC 1433Z 216DEG 24KT 3353 8568

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

86/Martin

Special weather statement, Sep 25, 2:08 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
208 PM CDT Wed Sep 25 2024

ALZ046-050-251945-
Bullock AL-Barbour AL-
208 PM CDT Wed Sep 25 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN BULLOCK AND WEST
CENTRAL BARBOUR COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM CDT...

At 208 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Pickett, or 11 miles southwest of Midway, moving northeast 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...
Pickett, Mount Andrew, and Perote.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3189 8564 3192 8572 3207 8566 3201 8546
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 218DEG 13KT 3195 8565

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

40/Sizemore

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 24, 9:59 PM CDT	Flood Watch	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers and 19 more	57 hr
Sep 25, 9:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cleburne	27 min
Sep 25, 10:17 AM CDT	Tropical Storm Warning	BMX	Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Cherokee, Cleburne, Lee and 4 more	42 hr
Sep 25, 10:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Elmore, Montgomery	34 hr
Sep 25, 10:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Chambers, Randolph, Tallapoosa	34 hr
Sep 25, 10:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Elmore, Macon, Montgomery	23 hr
Sep 25, 1:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Montgomery	54 min
Sep 25, 1:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Chambers, Lee	3 hr
Sep 25, 2:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	39 min
Sep 25, 3:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Chambers, Lee	3 hr
Sep 25, 3:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Russell	52 min
Sep 25, 3:49 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers and 26 more	54 hr

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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.