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Flash Flood Watch 6, NWS Birmingham, AL

December 22, 201320 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood watch at Dec 22, 2013, 7:04 AM CST for 20 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 22, 2013, 7:04 AM CST (13:04 UTC)
Expired: Dec 23, 2013, 6:00 AM CST
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Flood severity: None

Counties Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:08 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 flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Dec 22, 6:28 AM CST, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 6:28 AM CST, 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 22, 5:36 AM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 22, 3:15 AM CST, 3 hours 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 22, 3:41 AM CST, 3 hours 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 22, 4:25 AM CST, 2 hours 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 22, 4:44 AM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 22, 5:11 AM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 22, 5:43 AM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
543 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013

ALZ041-043-044-221230-
AUTAUGA AL-ELMORE AL-MONTGOMERY AL-
543 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN AUTAUGA...
NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY AND ELMORE COUNTIES UNTIL 630 AM CST...

AT 540 AM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR HUNTER...OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF PRATTVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  MILLBROOK...
  WETUMPKA...
  MONTGOMERY RIVERWALK STADIUM...
  ALABAMA STATE CAPITOL...
  MONTGOMERY ZOO...

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 3228 8647 3230 8649 3233 8648 3234 8653
      3241 8658 3276 8619 3275 8598 3277 8596
      3275 8595 3274 8588 3270 8591 3267 8591
      3226 8643
TIME...MOT...LOC 1144Z 225DEG 47KT 3243 8639

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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 21, 9:23 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	67 min
Dec 21, 10:10 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	65 min
Dec 21, 10:14 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	61 min
Dec 21, 11:14 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Winston	61 min
Dec 22, 12:16 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette, Pickens	59 min
Dec 22, 12:18 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	57 min
Dec 22, 12:56 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson, Walker	49 min
Dec 22, 12:58 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	47 min
Dec 22, 1:29 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Tuscaloosa, Walker	3 hr
Dec 22, 1:43 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount, Jefferson	47 min
Dec 22, 1:46 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb, Hale	44 min
Dec 22, 2:27 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Etowah, St. Clair, Shelby	48 min
Dec 22, 2:28 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb, Perry	47 min
Dec 22, 2:39 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Jefferson	3 hr
Dec 22, 3:15 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee	45 min
Dec 22, 3:41 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	49 min
Dec 22, 4:25 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Calhoun	50 min
Dec 22, 4:44 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo, Perry	46 min
Dec 22, 5:11 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	49 min
Dec 22, 5:43 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Elmore	47 min
Dec 22, 6:11 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery	3 hr
Dec 22, 7:08 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Elmore	52 min
Dec 22, 7:14 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Perry	3 hr
Dec 22, 7:24 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers	36 min
Dec 22, 8:38 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Macon	52 min
Dec 22, 9:20 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Dallas and 4 more	115 min
Dec 22, 11:49 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Clay, Cleburne, Randolph	116 min
Dec 22, 1:32 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery, Tallapoosa	3 hr
Dec 22, 2:02 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Randolph, Tallapoosa	3 hr
Dec 22, 4:30 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery	6 hr
Dec 22, 5:02 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Clay, Cleburne, Randolph	6 hr

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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.