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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Mar 9, 2011, 1:37 AM CST for Dallas County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 9, 2011, 1:37 AM CST (07:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2011, 2:15 AM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
County Dallas County, AL
The radar
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The text
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Mar 8, 11:52 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 11:52 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 8, 11:55 PM CST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Mar 8, 6:21 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lamar | 24 min |
| Mar 8, 7:06 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Lamar | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 8:42 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 9:00 PM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 4 days |
| Mar 8, 9:49 PM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby | 36 hr |
| Mar 8, 9:49 PM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb, Dallas, Perry | 61 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:33 PM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 9 days |
| Mar 8, 10:38 PM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo | 8 days |
| Mar 8, 11:21 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:55 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Dallas, Perry | 50 min |
| Mar 9, 1:02 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Fayette, Jefferson, Marion, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Winston | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 1:15 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marengo | 30 min |
| Mar 9, 2:29 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Walker and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 2:47 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Perry | 43 min |
| Mar 9, 3:32 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Sumter | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:56 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Bibb, Blount, Jefferson, Shelby, Tuscaloosa | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 4:21 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Sumter and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 4:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo, Sumter | 37 min |
| Mar 9, 4:59 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bibb, Hale, Jefferson, Perry, Tuscaloosa | 46 min |
| Mar 9, 5:24 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Dallas, Jefferson, Perry and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 5:27 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 16 hr |
| Mar 9, 5:48 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Autauga, Blount, Calhoun, Chilton, Coosa, Dallas and 5 more | 57 min |
| Mar 9, 6:00 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Etowah, St. Clair, Shelby and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 9, 6:46 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Clay, Coosa, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery, Talladega and 1 more | 59 min |
| Mar 9, 6:53 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Clay, Coosa, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery, Talladega and 1 more | 52 min |
| Mar 9, 7:38 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bullock, Chambers, Lee, Macon, Montgomery, Pike and 1 more | 67 min |
| Mar 9, 8:25 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Lamar | 24 hr |
| Mar 9, 8:34 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Lee, Macon, Russell | 56 min |
| Mar 9, 8:53 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Talladega | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 9:25 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 59 hr |
| Mar 9, 9:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pike | 29 min |
| Mar 9, 10:00 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Talladega | 12 hr |
| Mar 9, 10:03 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour, Pike | 42 min |
| Mar 9, 10:40 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Chambers, Randolph, Tallapoosa | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 10:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 29 min |
| Mar 9, 10:59 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Tuscaloosa | 33 hr |
| Mar 9, 10:59 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter, Tuscaloosa | 68 hr |
| Mar 9, 11:18 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 12:04 PM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa, Elmore, Shelby, Talladega | 45 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:56 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marion | 34 min |
| Mar 9, 4:00 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lamar | 30 min |
| Mar 9, 4:04 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pickens | 26 min |
| Mar 9, 4:24 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Fayette | 36 min |
| Mar 9, 4:45 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pickens | 30 min |
| Mar 9, 4:56 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Winston | 34 min |
| Mar 9, 5:00 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Fayette | 30 min |
| Mar 9, 5:14 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Fayette | 31 min |
| Mar 9, 5:31 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Winston | 29 min |
| Mar 9, 5:36 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Walker | 39 min |
| Mar 9, 5:46 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 44 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.