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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 21, 2012Walker County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at May 21, 2012, 11:15 PM CDT for Walker County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 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: May 21, 2012, 11:15 PM CDT (04:15 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2012, 12:00 AM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

County Walker County, AL

The radar

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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 May 21, 6:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 6:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 21, 11:37 AM CDT, 11 hours 38 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 21, 5:31 PM CDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 21, 5:42 PM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 21, 5:52 PM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 21, 6:34 PM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
634 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012

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

0545 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 S SAND ROCK           34.23N 85.77W
05/21/2012                   CHEROKEE           AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE LIMBS /NOT FULL TREES/ WERE KNOCKED DOWN ONTO POWER
            LINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. DIME SIZED HAIL WAS ALSO
            REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTION OF CR 68 AND CR 36.

&&

SUNGER

Special weather statement, May 21, 6:36 PM CDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
636 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012

ALZ018-220000-
ETOWAH AL-
636 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN ETOWAH COUNTY UNTIL
700 PM CDT...

AT 635 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANDERSON...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF
GADSDEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  HOKES BLUFF...
  TABOR ROAD...
  ANDERSON...
  BALLPLAY...
  BLACK CREEK...

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3420 8585 3411 8584 3413 8581 3412 8579
      3409 8580 3400 8574 3394 8574 3395 8581
      3410 8605 3419 8598
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 299DEG 15KT 3414 8596

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 21, 8:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	50 min
May 21, 9:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	48 min
May 21, 10:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar, Marion	49 min
May 21, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar	30 min
May 21, 11:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Pickens	49 min
May 21, 11:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Tuscaloosa	28 min
May 21, 11:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	36 min
May 21, 11:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens, Tuscaloosa	38 min
May 22, 12:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	50 min
May 22, 12:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker	46 min
May 22, 12:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	66 min
May 22, 12:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson	40 min
May 22, 12:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	38 min
May 22, 1:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Tuscaloosa	26 min
May 22, 1:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	47 min
May 22, 1:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Hale	43 min
May 22, 1:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chilton	45 min
May 22, 1:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Perry	31 min
May 22, 2:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	51 min
May 22, 5:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	49 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.