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Lake Wind Advisory 23, NWS Birmingham, AL

October 18, 200718 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this lake wind advisory at Oct 18, 2007, 4:25 AM CDT for 18 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Oct 18, 2007, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 18, 2007, 4:25 AM CDT (09:25 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 18, 2007, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 18, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

Counties Blount County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Marion County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:26 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 Oct 18, 12:30 AM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 18, 12:30 AM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 17, 11:53 PM CDT, 4 hours 32 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
Oct 18, 1:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lamar	36 min
Oct 18, 1:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marion	52 min
Oct 18, 2:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marion, Winston	39 min
Oct 18, 2:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Sumter	29 min
Oct 18, 2:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Sumter	32 min
Oct 18, 3:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Pickens, Sumter	44 min
Oct 18, 3:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Sumter	34 min
Oct 18, 3:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Pickens	32 min
Oct 18, 4:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene	34 min
Oct 18, 4:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Tuscaloosa	40 min
Oct 18, 5:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	35 min

Nearby

Lake Wind Advisories in Alabama, 2007 Every lake wind advisory in 2007

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.