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Lake Wind Advisory 7, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 4, 200639 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this lake wind advisory at Feb 4, 2006, 4:04 AM CST for 39 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 4, 2006, 4:04 AM CST (10:04 UTC)
Expired: Feb 4, 2006, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

All 39 counties

Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Marion County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this lake wind advisory 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 lake wind advisory went out at Feb 3, 10:05 PM CST, 5 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 10:05 PM CST, 5 hours 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 3, 8:04 PM CST, 8 hours 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
Feb 3, 6:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Tuscaloosa	40 min
Feb 3, 6:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Sumter	34 min
Feb 3, 6:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Sumter	16 min
Feb 3, 6:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Hale	38 min
Feb 3, 7:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Perry	36 min
Feb 3, 7:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson	45 min
Feb 4, 3:39 AM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	21 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.