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Fire Weather Watch 5, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 28, 201239 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this fire weather watch at Jan 28, 2012, 5:45 AM CST for 39 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jan 29, 2012, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 28, 2012, 5:45 AM CST (11:45 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 29, 2012, 11:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 28, 2012, 2:55 PM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
All 39 counties

Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Bullock 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, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell 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), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 28, 2:55 PM CSTRed Flag WarningBMXAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more27 hr

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.