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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at May 29, 2012, 9:02 PM CDT for Blount County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 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 29, 2012, 9:02 PM CDT (02:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2012, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
County Blount County, AL
The radar
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The text
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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 29, 6:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 29, 6:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 849 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012 ALZ011>015-017>050-310200- 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- 849 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING A RISK OF DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. CONFIDENCE REMAINS LOW GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY OF TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THE APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BECOME NECESSARY THURSDAY OR FRIDAY.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 29, 6:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 7:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Coosa | 32 min |
| May 29, 7:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Coosa | 32 min |
| May 29, 8:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Blount | 31 min |
| May 29, 9:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Etowah, St. Clair | 38 min |
| May 29, 9:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Winston | 50 min |
| May 29, 9:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Walker | 40 min |
| May 29, 9:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Talladega | 38 min |
| May 29, 9:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah, St. Clair | 46 min |
| May 29, 10:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Jefferson | 42 min |
| May 29, 10:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Walker | 48 min |
| May 29, 10:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 46 min |
| May 29, 10:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Jefferson, Randolph and 2 more | 48 min |
| May 29, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 49 min |
| May 29, 11:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bibb, Chilton | 42 min |
| May 29, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton | 32 min |
| May 30, 12:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Autauga, Dallas | 39 min |
| May 30, 12:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Chambers | 53 min |
| May 30, 12:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lowndes, Montgomery | 52 min |
| May 30, 1:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Russell | 45 min |
| May 30, 5:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Sumter | 26 min |
| May 30, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 34 min |
| May 30, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marengo | 30 min |
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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.