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Areal Flood Warning 13, NWS Birmingham, AL

November 10, 200913 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this areal flood warning at Nov 10, 2009, 3:29 PM CST for 13 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 10, 2009, 3:29 PM CST (21:29 UTC)
Expired: Nov 10, 2009, 6:30 PM CST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Perry County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Talladega County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 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 areal flood warning 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 areal flood warning went out at Nov 10, 2:30 PM CST, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 10, 2:30 PM CST, 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 10, 1:00 PM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 10, 2:50 PM CST, 39 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
Nov 10, 4:41 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Lamar	3 hr
Nov 10, 7:32 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Lowndes	4 hr
Nov 10, 8:13 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Lamar	6 hr
Nov 10, 8:49 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Chambers, Chilton, Clay, Coosa, Jefferson, Lee and 5 more	3 hr
Nov 10, 12:42 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Bibb, Blount, Fayette, Hale, Jefferson, St. Clair and 4 more	4 hr
Nov 10, 2:59 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Barbour, Bullock, Lee, Macon, Russell	3 hr
Nov 10, 5:06 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah	6 hr
Nov 10, 5:10 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Chambers, Chilton, Clay, Coosa, Randolph, Talladega and 1 more	6 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2009 Every areal flood warning in 2009

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.