Alert archive / Alabama / Winter Storm Watches in 2011
Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this winter storm watch at Feb 8, 2011, 5:12 AM CST for 35 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Feb 9, 2011, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 8, 2011, 5:12 AM CST (11:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 9, 2011, 3:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 9, 2011, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
All 35 counties
Autauga County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Marion County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Feb 8, 4:56 AM CST, 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 8, 4:56 AM CST, 16 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 7, 11:03 PM CST, 6 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1103 PM CST MON FEB 7 2011 ALZ011>015-017>050-090515- MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN- CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR- TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON- COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE- MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- 1103 PM CST MON FEB 7 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SNOW IS LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL ALABAMA WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. SNOW MAY MIX WITH RAIN AND SLEET AT TIMES AS WELL...BUT ANY POSSIBLE IMPACTS WOULD MOST LIKELY BE FROM SNOW. CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING THAT SNOW WILL FALL OVER A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...BUT THERE CONTINUES TO BE UNCERTAINTY REGARDING POTENTIAL ACCUMULATIONS. BEHIND THIS SYSTEM...A COLD AIR MASS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHEAST WHICH COULD BRING A HARD FREEZE TO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA FRIDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BECOME NECESSARY ON WEDNESDAY DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SNOW.
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.