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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 16, 2011Autauga County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 16, 2011, 8:29 AM CDT for Autauga County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 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: Jun 16, 2011, 8:29 AM CDT (13:29 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2011, 9:15 AM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

County Autauga County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

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 Jun 16, 6:26 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 6:26 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 5:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 8:29 AM CDT, 0 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
Jun 15, 8:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion, Winston	47 min
Jun 15, 8:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cleburne	26 min
Jun 15, 8:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee	50 min
Jun 15, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne	46 min
Jun 15, 9:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	DeKalb	37 min
Jun 15, 10:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	St. Clair	36 min
Jun 15, 10:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne	32 min
Jun 15, 10:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega	29 min
Jun 15, 10:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	St. Clair	46 min
Jun 15, 10:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	40 min
Jun 15, 10:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers	46 min
Jun 15, 11:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Russell	47 min
Jun 16, 9:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Elmore	48 min
Jun 16, 9:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Coosa, Elmore	38 min
Jun 16, 10:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Elmore	43 min
Jun 16, 10:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lee	49 min
Jun 16, 10:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa	47 min
Jun 16, 11:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lee, Russell	41 min
Jun 16, 11:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Russell	50 min
Jun 16, 12:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Choctaw	35 min
Jun 16, 1:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Sumter	38 min
Jun 16, 2:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marengo, Sumter	48 min
Jun 16, 5:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	48 min
Jun 16, 6:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pike	40 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Alabama, 2011 Every special weather statement in 2011

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.