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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

December 20, 2012Walker County, Winston County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Dec 20, 2012, 7:35 AM CST for Walker County, Winston County, Alabama. It was in force for 55 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: Dec 20, 2012, 7:35 AM CST (13:35 UTC)
Expired: Dec 20, 2012, 8:30 AM CST
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

Counties Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL

The radar

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The text

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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 Dec 20, 5:40 AM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 20, 5:40 AM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 20, 4:50 AM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 20, 6:26 AM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 20, 6:46 AM CST, 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 20, 7:30 AM CST, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
730 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0701 AM     TSTM WND DMG     NNW VERNON              33.76N 88.12W
12/20/2012                   LAMAR              AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TRESS WERE REPORTED DOWN ON ABERDEEN ROAD JUST WEST OF
            VERNON AND ON MURBERRY ROAD IN SULLIGENT. A CAMPER
            TRAILER WAS ALSO OVERTURNED IN THE AREA.

&&

JTALLEY

Special weather statement, Dec 20, 7:35 AM CST, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
735 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012

ALZ013>015-201430-
FAYETTE AL-WALKER AL-WINSTON AL-
735 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WINSTON...WALKER AND EASTERN
FAYETTE COUNTIES UNTIL 830 AM CST...

AT 728 AM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
NEEDMORE TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF FAYETTE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  LYNN...
  CARBON HILL...
  ARLEY...
  JASPER...
  CORDOVA...

&&

LAT...LON 3430 8711 3399 8710 3397 8713 3390 8708
      3386 8696 3380 8696 3377 8703 3366 8706
      3362 8717 3355 8719 3352 8725 3351 8731
      3359 8732 3360 8738 3361 8763 3353 8767
      3353 8772 3390 8768 3392 8764 3431 8764
TIME...MOT...LOC 1335Z 263DEG 41KT 3432 8755 3380 8768

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 19, 9:04 PM CST	Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	23 hr
Dec 20, 6:26 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion	64 min
Dec 20, 6:46 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene, Pickens, Sumter	59 min
Dec 20, 6:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion	49 min
Dec 20, 7:03 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Pickens, Sumter	57 min
Dec 20, 7:45 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene, Hale, Tuscaloosa	45 min
Dec 20, 8:21 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Dallas	24 min
Dec 20, 8:25 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb, Blount, Jefferson, Shelby	50 min
Dec 20, 8:47 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chilton, Dallas, Perry	43 min
Dec 20, 9:09 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount, Chilton, St. Clair, Shelby	51 min
Dec 20, 9:28 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes	47 min
Dec 20, 9:57 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Calhoun, Clay, Coosa, Talladega, Tallapoosa	48 min
Dec 20, 10:13 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery	47 min
Dec 20, 10:35 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery	40 min
Dec 20, 10:43 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Tallapoosa	47 min
Dec 20, 11:13 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bullock, Lee, Macon, Montgomery	47 min
Dec 20, 11:56 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour, Bullock, Lee, Pike, Russell	64 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.