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Flash Flood Watch 10, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 9, 200918 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood watch at May 9, 2009, 7:01 PM CDT for 18 counties in Alabama. It took effect at May 10, 2009, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 9, 2009, 7:01 PM CDT (00:01 UTC)
In effect from: May 10, 2009, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 10, 2009, 4:53 PM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Flood severity: None

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 00:04 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 flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at May 9, 6:45 PM CDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 6:45 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 1:21 PM CDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 9, 5:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 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
May 10, 10:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Walker, Winston	3 hr
May 10, 11:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Tuscaloosa	3 hr
May 10, 2:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Chilton, Coosa	3 hr
May 10, 2:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Elmore, Tallapoosa	3 hr
May 10, 2:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Chambers, Lee, Tallapoosa	3 hr
May 10, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Lee	30 min
May 10, 3:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Lee, Macon	3 hr
May 10, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour	19 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.