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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

September 3, 2012Sumter County, Alabama

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

The outline as issued.

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

The radar

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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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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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 3, 11:13 PM CDT, 38 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

GRANTHAM
Local storm report, Sep 3, 11:19 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 3, 11:24 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 3, 11:33 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 3, 11:37 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 3, 11:51 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 7:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPike59 min
Sep 3, 7:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPerry39 min
Sep 3, 7:20 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXJefferson115 min
Sep 3, 7:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPickens52 min
Sep 3, 7:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTuscaloosa51 min
Sep 3, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens52 min
Sep 3, 8:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXHale44 min
Sep 3, 8:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBarbour42 min
Sep 3, 8:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXWalker36 min
Sep 3, 8:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXGreene66 min
Sep 3, 8:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXGreene, Pickens3 hr
Sep 3, 8:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPickens54 min
Sep 3, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens31 min
Sep 3, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene42 min
Sep 3, 9:15 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningBMXHale, Perry3 hr
Sep 3, 9:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXPickens3 hr
Sep 3, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens60 min
Sep 3, 9:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXGreene41 min
Sep 3, 9:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCherokee39 min
Sep 3, 9:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXTuscaloosa3 hr
Sep 3, 10:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXGreene65 min
Sep 3, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene, Sumter53 min
Sep 3, 10:58 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXGreene, Sumter11 min
Sep 4, 4:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLowndes24 min
Sep 4, 6:08 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXAutauga, Lowndes3 hr
Sep 4, 6:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXDallas, Lowndes6 hr
Sep 4, 6:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXBibb, Hale, Perry, Tuscaloosa3 hr
Sep 4, 6:50 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXAutauga, Chilton, Dallas, Perry3 hr
Sep 4, 7:03 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXTuscaloosa3 hr
Sep 4, 7:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXAutauga, Dallas, Lowndes, Perry3 hr
Sep 4, 9:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXDallas, Perry3 hr
Sep 4, 9:28 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningBMXBibb, Chilton, Hale, Perry3 hr
Sep 4, 9:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXDallas43 min
Sep 4, 10:28 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyBMXAutauga, Dallas, Lowndes, Perry3 hr
Sep 4, 11:57 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningBMXDallas3 hr
Sep 4, 12:27 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningBMXDallas, Lowndes3 hr
Sep 4, 3:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXGreene61 min
Sep 4, 3:51 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXGreene, Hale3 hr
Sep 4, 4:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXMarengo3 hr
Sep 4, 4:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMarengo52 min
Sep 4, 5:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMarengo49 min

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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.