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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 10, 2013Greene County, Hale County, Sumter County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Feb 10, 2013, 1:48 PM CST for Greene County, Hale County, Sumter County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 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: Feb 10, 2013, 1:48 PM CST (19:48 UTC)
Expired: Feb 10, 2013, 2:30 PM CST
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

Counties Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Sumter 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 Feb 10, 11:52 AM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 11:52 AM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 10, 10:48 AM CST, 3 hours before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 10, 1:06 PM CST, 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 10, 1:48 PM CST, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
148 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

ALZ022-023-030>032-102030-
GREENE AL-HALE AL-PICKENS AL-SUMTER AL-TUSCALOOSA AL-
148 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN TUSCALOOSA...SUMTER...
SOUTHEASTERN PICKENS...HALE AND GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM CST...

AT 139 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEW WEST GREENE TO 11 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CUBA...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  LIVINGSTON...
  EUTAW...
  GREENSBORO...
  BENEVOLA...
  MANTUA...

&&

LAT...LON 3316 8809 3327 8726 3300 8735 3300 8742
      3283 8742 3283 8747 3266 8748 3265 8753
      3250 8753 3248 8773 3253 8773 3252 8782
      3255 8784 3252 8785 3253 8790 3247 8796
      3245 8801 3240 8842
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 249DEG 64KT 3303 8793 3260 8834

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 10, 6:11 AM CST	Flash Flood Watch	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	65 hr
Feb 10, 1:06 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene, Pickens	39 min
Feb 10, 2:39 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby	51 min
Feb 10, 3:21 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Calhoun, Clay, St. Clair, Talladega	39 min
Feb 10, 3:23 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chilton, Coosa	52 min
Feb 10, 5:23 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Elmore, Montgomery	112 min
Feb 10, 5:49 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bullock, Lee, Macon, Montgomery, Russell	116 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Alabama, 2013 Every special weather statement 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.