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Flash Flood Warning 54, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 4, 2010, 8:07 PM CDT for Pickens County, Alabama. It was in force for 113 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 4, 2010, 8:07 PM CDT (01:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2010, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Pickens County, AL
The radar
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Aug 4, 6:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 6:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 100 PM CDT WED AUG 4 2010 ALZ011>015-017>050-051200- AUTAUGA-BARBOUR-BIBB-BLOUNT-BULLOCK-CALHOUN-CHAMBERS-CHEROKEE- CHILTON-CLAY-CLEBURNE-COOSA-DALLAS-ELMORE-ETOWAH-FAYETTE-GREENE-HALE- JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY- PICKENS-PIKE-RANDOLPH-RUSSELL-SHELBY-ST CLAIR-SUMTER-TALLADEGA- TALLAPOOSA-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON- 100 PM CDT WED AUG 4 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE IN THE UPPER 90S TO LOWER 100S...WITH HEAT INDICES OF 108 TO 115 DEGREES. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL ONLY FALL INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S ONCE AGAIN...PROVIDING LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT. STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY. HEAT INDICES OF 108 TO 115 DEGREES WILL BE LIKELY AGAIN ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL ONLY DROP INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE A COUPLE OF DEGREES COOLER ON FRIDAY...BUT STILL HOT...SO A HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FRIDAY AND MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED INTO THE WEEKEND. HEAT INDICES WILL BE IN THE 105 TO 112 DEGREE RANGE IN MANY LOCATIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 4, 7:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Pickens | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne | 49 min |
| Aug 4, 8:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 2:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Marion | 119 min |
| Aug 5, 4:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Lamar | 2 hr |
| Aug 5, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 41 min |
| Aug 5, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo, Perry | 26 min |
| Aug 5, 6:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Jefferson | 67 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.