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Flood Watch 2, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 16, 201314 counties in Alabama

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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 16, 12:58 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningBMXLamar24 hr
Jan 16, 3:43 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchBMXBibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 21 more6 hr
Jan 16, 3:53 PM CSTWind AdvisoryBMXAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more26 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Alabama, 2013Every flood watch in 2013

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.