Alert archive / Alabama / Flood Watches in 2013
Flood Watch 2, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flood watch at Jan 16, 2013, 4:11 AM CST for 14 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2013, 4:11 AM CST (10:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2013, 12:42 AM CST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Blount County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Marion County, AL, Pickens County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:14 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 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 flood watch went out at Jan 16, 3:58 AM CST, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 16, 3:58 AM CST, 13 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 12:58 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Lamar | 24 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:43 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | BMX | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:53 PM CST | Wind Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 26 hr |
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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.