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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Sep 3, 2012, 11:51 PM CDT for Sumter County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 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
- Sep 3, 2012, 11:51 PM CDT (04:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 4, 2012, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
County Sumter County, AL
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NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Sep 3, 11:45 PM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 11:45 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 3, 10:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1040 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012
ALZ022-030-031-040445-
GREENE AL-PICKENS AL-SUMTER AL-
1040 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN SUMTER...SOUTHERN
PICKENS AND GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...
AT 1038 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
PICKENSVILLE TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF ALICEVILLE TO MANTUA...AND MOVING
SOUTH AT 25 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
EUTAW...
UNION...
NEW WEST GREENE...
WEST GREENE...
PANOLA...
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 3323 8831 3312 8818 3316 8784 3302 8784
3302 8780 3290 8780 3286 8783 3279 8782
3277 8787 3277 8783 3275 8781 3271 8783
3265 8811 3279 8837
TIME...MOT...LOC 0341Z 352DEG 21KT 3314 8830 3303 8817
3305 8797
GRANTHAMLocal storm report, Sep 3, 11:19 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pike | 59 min |
| Sep 3, 7:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Perry | 39 min |
| Sep 3, 7:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Jefferson | 115 min |
| Sep 3, 7:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pickens | 52 min |
| Sep 3, 7:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 51 min |
| Sep 3, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 52 min |
| Sep 3, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Hale | 44 min |
| Sep 3, 8:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour | 42 min |
| Sep 3, 8:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Walker | 36 min |
| Sep 3, 8:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Greene | 66 min |
| Sep 3, 8:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Greene, Pickens | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 8:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pickens | 54 min |
| Sep 3, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 31 min |
| Sep 3, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene | 42 min |
| Sep 3, 9:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Hale, Perry | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 9:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Pickens | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 60 min |
| Sep 3, 9:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Greene | 41 min |
| Sep 3, 9:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Cherokee | 39 min |
| Sep 3, 9:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 10:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Greene | 65 min |
| Sep 3, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Sumter | 53 min |
| Sep 3, 10:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Sumter | 11 min |
| Sep 4, 4:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lowndes | 24 min |
| Sep 4, 6:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Lowndes | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 6:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Dallas, Lowndes | 6 hr |
| Sep 4, 6:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb, Hale, Perry, Tuscaloosa | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 6:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Dallas, Perry | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 7:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 7:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes, Perry | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 9:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Dallas, Perry | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 9:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Hale, Perry | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 9:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Dallas | 43 min |
| Sep 4, 10:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes, Perry | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 11:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Dallas | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 12:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Dallas, Lowndes | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Greene | 61 min |
| Sep 4, 3:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Greene, Hale | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 4:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Marengo | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 4:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marengo | 52 min |
| Sep 4, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marengo | 49 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.