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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 17, 2012Chilton County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 17, 2012, 1:33 PM CDT for Chilton County, Alabama. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jul 17, 2012, 1:33 PM CDT (18:33 UTC)
Expired: Jul 17, 2012, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

County Chilton 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 Jul 17, 12:33 PM CDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 12:33 PM CDT, 1 hour before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 12:37 PM CDT, 56 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 17, 1:08 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 17, 1:33 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
133 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2012

ALZ035-171900-
CHILTON AL-
133 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN CHILTON COUNTY UNTIL 200
PM CDT...

AT 130 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR CLANTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  CLANTON...
  VERBENA...
  MITCHELL DAM...
  COOPER...
  ENTERPRISE...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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 3292 8671 3296 8652 3292 8651 3290 8649
      3287 8648 3287 8646 3284 8645 3282 8646
      3279 8643 3274 8641 3271 8641 3271 8667
TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 346DEG 12KT 3286 8658

77/GLEASON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 17, 1:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Elmore	37 min
Jul 17, 2:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Elmore	26 min
Jul 17, 2:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Clay	25 min
Jul 17, 2:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Randolph	38 min
Jul 17, 2:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Montgomery	31 min
Jul 17, 3:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Elmore	27 min
Jul 17, 3:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Macon	33 min
Jul 17, 3:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chilton	28 min
Jul 17, 4:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lowndes	30 min
Jul 17, 4:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Randolph	3 hr
Jul 17, 4:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bullock	43 min
Jul 17, 4:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	43 min
Jul 17, 4:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	49 min
Jul 17, 5:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Barbour, Bullock, Pike	3 hr
Jul 17, 5:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lee	31 min
Jul 17, 5:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	31 min
Jul 17, 6:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	38 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.