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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 16, 2013Etowah County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 16, 2013, 7:13 PM CDT for Etowah County, Alabama. It was in force for 62 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: Jun 16, 2013, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2013, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

County Etowah County, AL

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 16, 6:33 PM CDT, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 6:33 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 6:46 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 4:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
441 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013

ALZ022-031-162230-
GREENE AL-PICKENS AL-
441 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN PICKENS AND NORTHWESTERN
GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT...

AT 437 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALICEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER 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...
  ALICEVILLE...
  GARDEN...
  MCMULLEN...
  BENEVOLA...
  MANTUA...

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 3327 8798 3304 8788 3300 8824 3311 8827
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 250DEG 9KT 3307 8819

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 5:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
556 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013

ALZ026-162345-
ST. CLAIR AL-
556 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ST. CLAIR COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM
CDT...

AT 555 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR BRANCHVILLE...OR NEAR ODENVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ODENVILLE...
  RAGLAND...
  ASHVILLE...
  CHULA VISTA...
  ST. CLAIR SPRINGS...

&&

LAT...LON 3373 8610 3371 8612 3371 8614 3367 8615
      3368 8617 3370 8618 3369 8621 3365 8617
      3356 8649 3368 8653 3372 8652 3373 8654
      3393 8621
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 239DEG 14KT 3366 8642

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 6:41 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 6:43 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 7:08 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 7:13 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 7:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Talladega	48 min
Jun 16, 8:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee	25 min
Jun 17, 3:54 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Randolph	111 min
Jun 17, 10:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar, Pickens	31 min
Jun 17, 11:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	29 min
Jun 17, 11:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette, Walker, Winston	61 min
Jun 17, 12:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo, Sumter	50 min
Jun 17, 12:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	17 min
Jun 17, 1:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	34 min
Jun 17, 2:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Hale, Perry	48 min
Jun 17, 2:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene	44 min
Jun 17, 2:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	38 min
Jun 17, 2:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Dallas, Perry	40 min
Jun 17, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes	42 min
Jun 17, 3:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	40 min
Jun 17, 3:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Talladega	49 min
Jun 17, 3:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	47 min
Jun 17, 3:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	46 min
Jun 17, 4:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa, Elmore	39 min
Jun 17, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Pickens	40 min
Jun 17, 4:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers, Clay, Coosa, Elmore, Lee, Macon and 4 more	61 min
Jun 17, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay	47 min
Jun 17, 5:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion, Walker, Winston	42 min
Jun 17, 5:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bullock, Chambers, Lee, Randolph, Russell	62 min
Jun 17, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Randolph	33 min
Jun 17, 6:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	41 min
Jun 17, 6:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	40 min

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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.