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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

August 9, 2026Cherokee County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2026, 1:13 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Alabama. It was in force for 32 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, 2026, 1:13 PM CDT (18:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2026, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

County Cherokee County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 130 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2026-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1450 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2026-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -23 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1450 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
794 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
18 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 9, 12:39 PM CDT, 34 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

  • Issued at 1235 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2026
  • Summer Pattern: Scattered showers and thunderstorms will persist through the weekend, with locally heavy rainfall likely under high moisture and slow-moving storms.
  • Heat: Heat indices will begin to climb by the middle of the new workweek under hot temperatures and high humidity. There is medium confidence in Heat Advisory criteria being met as early as Wednesday.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 12:39 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
1239 PM CDT Sun Aug 9 2026

...New DISCUSSION, AVIATION...

.KEY MESSAGES...
Issued at 1235 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2026

- Summer Pattern: Scattered showers and thunderstorms will persist
  through the weekend, with locally heavy rainfall likely under
  high moisture and slow-moving storms.

- Heat: Heat indices will begin to climb by the middle of the new
  workweek under hot temperatures and high humidity. There is
  medium confidence in Heat Advisory criteria being met as early
  as Wednesday.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
(This afternoon through Saturday)
Issued at 1235 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2026

Scattered afternoon showers and storms will remain in the
forecast through tomorrow, as the air mass over the region almost
remains in a "steady state." By late tomorrow, the ridge to our
east will begin to slightly weaken, sliding to the west under a
strengthening trough over New England. This weakened ridge will
remain along the Gulf Coast through midweek, keeping these
scattered afternoon showers and storms in the forecast.

Unfortunately, confidence is increasing that this ridge will
begin to strengthen closer to Thursday, and continue
strengthening into next weekend. Based on the current trends,
there's medium confidence in reaching Heat Advisory criteria as
early as Wednesday in some locations, with this ridge only
expected to grow stronger. By this time next weekend, afternoon
highs could reach into the mid and upper-90s, with an extended
period of widespread Heat headlines beginning around Thursday.

/44/

&&

.AVIATION...
(18Z TAFS)
Issued at 1235 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2026

Scattered storms are currently expanding across the region, with
this activity expected to remain past 10/01z. These storms will
be slow moving, primarily driven by outflow boundaries from other
storms. All terminals will carry PROB30 groups for TSRA during
this time, before slowly clearing back into VFR category past
10/03z.

Note: AMD NOT SKED for AUO due to a weather observation outage.

/44/

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...

Warm and humid conditions will help keep MinRH values generally
above 50% through the week. Isolated to scattered showers and
storms are expected daily. Because of this, elevated fire weather
concerns will remain low over the next seven days.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Gadsden     73  92  73  92 /  20  40  10  60
Anniston    72  90  73  90 /  20  30  10  60
Birmingham  74  91  75  90 /  20  30  10  50
Tuscaloosa  75  93  75  93 /  20  20  10  30
Calera      73  91  74  91 /  20  30  10  40
Auburn      74  88  74  88 /  20  30  10  30
Montgomery  74  93  75  94 /  20  30  10  20
Troy        73  92  73  93 /  20  30  10  20

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.
&&

DISCUSSION.../44/
AVIATION.../44/

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 7:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXShelby82 min
Aug 8, 8:00 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXShelby56 min
Aug 8, 8:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXDallas36 min
Aug 9, 12:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCoosa35 min
Aug 9, 12:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXSt. Clair32 min
Aug 9, 12:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCalhoun26 min
Aug 9, 1:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXEtowah28 min
Aug 9, 2:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXShelby27 min
Aug 9, 2:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXShelby29 min
Aug 9, 3:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXShelby25 min
Aug 9, 3:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXJefferson29 min
Aug 9, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson53 min
Aug 9, 3:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMarion36 min
Aug 9, 3:45 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXJefferson, Shelby20 min
Aug 9, 3:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLamar37 min
Aug 9, 4:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXJefferson, Shelby3 hr
Aug 9, 4:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXJefferson31 min
Aug 9, 4:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTuscaloosa28 min
Aug 9, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXFayette32 min
Aug 9, 4:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXWinston24 min
Aug 9, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion, Winston15 min
Aug 9, 4:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPickens, Tuscaloosa23 min
Aug 9, 4:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBlount50 min
Aug 9, 5:26 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXBlount, Jefferson2 hr
Aug 9, 5:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTuscaloosa, Walker60 min
Aug 9, 5:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXGreene34 min
Aug 9, 6:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXHale25 min
Aug 9, 6:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXSumter39 min
Aug 9, 6:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXGreene, Hale29 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.