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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 13, 2012, 10:19 PM CDT for Fayette County, Alabama. It was in force for 41 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
- Aug 13, 2012, 10:19 PM CDT (03:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2012, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
County Fayette County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:19 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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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 Aug 13, 7:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 7:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 13, 9:47 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 13, 9:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lamar | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 9:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Winston | 43 min |
| Aug 13, 11:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Fayette | 56 min |
| Aug 14, 12:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Shelby | 46 min |
| Aug 14, 1:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Etowah, St. Clair | 43 min |
| Aug 14, 1:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Shelby | 49 min |
| Aug 14, 1:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Cherokee | 52 min |
| Aug 14, 1:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bibb | 39 min |
| Aug 14, 2:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Calhoun, Cleburne | 43 min |
| Aug 14, 2:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Winston | 42 min |
| Aug 14, 7:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lee | 25 min |
| Aug 14, 1:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pike | 23 min |
| Aug 14, 1:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Montgomery | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 1:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pike | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 1:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour, Pike | 48 min |
| Aug 14, 2:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bullock | 33 min |
| Aug 14, 3:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour | 30 min |
| Aug 14, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Russell | 42 min |
| Aug 14, 3:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Barbour | 116 min |
| Aug 14, 3:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour | 24 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.