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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 3, 2012Bullock County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Apr 3, 2012, 2:56 PM CDT for Bullock County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 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
Apr 3, 2012, 2:56 PM CDT (19:56 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2012, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL

County Bullock County, AL

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 Apr 3, 12:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 12:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 2:08 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
208 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

ALZ011>015-017>050-041930-
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-
208 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THIS AFTERNOON...
MAINLY UNTIL THE EARLY EVENING AROUND 9 PM. AN ISOLATED SEVERE
STORM WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL BEING THE MAIN THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

SEVERE STORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE SLOWLY MOVES EAST. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL CONTAIN
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THOUGH
POSSIBLE AREA WIDE...THE BEST CHANCES OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL
GENERALLY BE WEST OF I-65.

SEVERE STORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AS THE COLD
FRONT MOVES THROUGH CENTRAL ALABAMA. AGAIN...THE MAIN THREATS WILL
BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. SEVERE
STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AREA WIDE AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH
CENTRAL ALABAMA DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY.

DURING THE ENTIRE PERIOD...THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL
BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. A SECONDARY THREAT
WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. THE THREAT OF TORNADOES APPEARS TO BE
VERY LOW AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE
NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY.

08/MNK

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 3, 1:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
134 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

ALZ044-049-031915-
MONTGOMERY AL-PIKE AL-
134 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN PIKE AND
SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM CDT...

AT 130 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR TROY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
TROY...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  MEADVILLE...
  ANSLEY...
  TROY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...
  PINE LEVEL...
  DUBLIN...

&&

LAT...LON 3180 8618 3210 8616 3206 8600 3204 8597
      3205 8596 3203 8590 3203 8589 3200 8589
      3173 8599
TIME...MOT...LOC 1834Z 199DEG 8KT 3186 8605

08
Local storm report, Apr 3, 2:09 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
209 PM CDT TUE APR 03 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0145 PM     HAIL             1 N TROY                31.82N 85.97W
04/03/2012  E0.25 INCH       PIKE               AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED JUST NORTH OF TROY.

&&

GGOGGINS
Local storm report, Apr 3, 2:12 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 3, 2:56 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 1:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPike41 min
Apr 3, 3:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBarbour25 min
Apr 3, 3:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMacon30 min
Apr 3, 3:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXRussell25 min
Apr 3, 4:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLee, Macon, Russell44 min
Apr 3, 5:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLee35 min
Apr 3, 6:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTallapoosa30 min
Apr 3, 6:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChambers26 min
Apr 3, 6:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTallapoosa27 min

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.