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Areal Flood Warning 13, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 4, 2013Winston County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this areal flood warning at Jul 4, 2013, 9:23 PM CDT for Winston County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 4, 2013, 9:23 PM CDT (02:23 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2013, 12:30 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Winston County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning 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 areal flood warning went out at Jul 4, 6:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 6:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 6:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 4, 4:54 PM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
454 PM CDT THU JUL 04 2013

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

0440 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 NW SARDIS             34.24N 87.14W
07/04/2013                   WINSTON            AL   PUBLIC

            PORTION OF ROAD WASHED AWAY ALONG CR 80 AT THE ROCK CREEK
            BRIDGE. TIME ESTIMATED.

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TGOGGINS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 8:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Tuscaloosa	3 hr
Jul 4, 10:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Tuscaloosa	3 hr
Jul 5, 1:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Tuscaloosa	117 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.