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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 22, 2012Shelby County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at May 22, 2012, 1:13 AM CDT for Shelby County, Alabama. It was in force for 47 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 22, 2012, 1:13 AM CDT (06:13 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2012, 2:00 AM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

County Shelby County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:17 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 May 21, 6:42 PM CDT, 6 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 6:42 PM CDT, 6 hours 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 21, 11:37 AM CDT, 13 hours 36 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
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, 11:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	45 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, 1:32 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

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.