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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 19, 2013Barbour County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at May 19, 2013, 10:22 PM CDT for Barbour County, Alabama. It was in force for 53 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
May 19, 2013, 10:22 PM CDT (03:22 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2013, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL

County Barbour County, AL

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 May 19, 6:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 6:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 3:10 PM CDT, 7 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
310 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

ALZ011>015-017>050-201715-
MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-
CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-
CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-
CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-
BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR-
310 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE TODAY
ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...OR EAST OF AN ANNISTON...TO ALEXANDER
CITY...TO OPELIKA LINE. THIS COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL LOCALIZED
FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS.

AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL EXIST THROUGH 8 PM NORTH
FOR CHEROKEE...ETOWAH...CALHOUN AND CLEBURNE COUNTIES. A CLUSTER OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION.
STRAIGHT LINE WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
QUARTERS ARE POSSIBLE. TORNADOES ARE NOT LIKELY.

ADDITIONALLY...RIVER FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG PORTIONS OF THE
COOSA RIVER BASIN. PLEASE REFER TO RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND
STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

RIVER FLOODING IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE COOSA
RIVER BASIN THROUGH MIDWEEK...OR POSSIBLY LATER. PLEASE REFER TO
RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE
NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON TO MONITOR FOR FLOODING.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 19, 5:11 PM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
511 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

ALZ021-192300-
CLEBURNE AL-
511 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLEBURNE COUNTY
UNTIL 600 PM CDT...

AT 508 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HEFLIN TO RANBURNE...AND
MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  RANBURNE...
  TRICKEM...
  LAKE CLEBURNE...

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 3350 8535 3349 8535 3349 8553 3352 8556
      3377 8564 3378 8562 3358 8531 3351 8530
      3348 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 346DEG 6KT 3366 8554 3353 8534

GRANTHAM
Special weather statement, May 19, 5:21 PM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
521 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

ALZ019-192300-
CALHOUN AL-
521 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CALHOUN COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM
CDT...

AT 518 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR WEAVER...OR NEAR JACKSONVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
10 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  SAKS...
  JACKSONVILLE...
  FORT MCCLELLAN...
  ANNISTON...
  JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY...

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 3380 8560 3379 8560 3377 8564 3365 8564
      3363 8565 3363 8569 3361 8570 3361 8572
      3360 8573 3377 8597 3392 8585
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 305DEG 10KT 3379 8582

GRANTHAM
Special weather statement, May 19, 6:02 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 7:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChambers46 min
May 19, 7:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTalladega38 min
May 19, 8:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMacon51 min
May 19, 9:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBullock45 min

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