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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

August 7, 2013Hale County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2013, 7:26 PM CDT for Hale County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 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: Aug 7, 2013, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2013, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

County Hale 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 Aug 7, 7:11 PM CDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 7:11 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 12:55 PM CDT, 6 hours 31 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1255 PM CDT WED AUG 7 2013

ALZ011>015-017>050-081755-
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-
1255 PM CDT WED AUG 7 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED AREAS OF DAMAGING WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MPH AND HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH 8 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE
NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.

08

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 6:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
622 PM CDT WED AUG 7 2013

ALZ024-080000-
JEFFERSON AL-
622 PM CDT WED AUG 7 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY UNTIL
700 PM CDT...

AT 618 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR MAYTOWN...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF DORA...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 5 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...
  FAIRFIELD...
  HUEYTOWN...
  GRAYSVILLE...
  CARDIFF...
  MAYTOWN...

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 3359 8675 3338 8697 3357 8719 3363 8714
      3363 8710 3366 8709 3366 8706 3368 8706
      3369 8704 3372 8704 3374 8703
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 308DEG 4KT 3359 8703

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 6:35 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
635 PM CDT WED AUG 7 2013

ALZ026-027-080015-
ST. CLAIR AL-TALLADEGA AL-
635 PM CDT WED AUG 7 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL TALLADEGA AND SOUTHERN
ST. CLAIR COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT...

AT 630 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR RIVERSIDE...OR NEAR PELL CITY...MOVING SOUTH AT 10
MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  TALLADEGA...
  COOSA ISLAND...
  ALPINE BAY RESORT...
  ALPINE...
  WINTERBORO...

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 3329 8604 3329 8607 3330 8612 3329 8612
      3327 8635 3363 8631 3364 8609
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 359DEG 7KT 3354 8620

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 6:39 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
639 PM CDT WED AUG 7 2013

ALZ019-021-027>029-080030-
CALHOUN AL-CLAY AL-CLEBURNE AL-RANDOLPH AL-TALLADEGA AL-
639 PM CDT WED AUG 7 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN TALLADEGA...NORTHERN
RANDOLPH...CLEBURNE...NORTHERN CLAY AND SOUTHERN CALHOUN COUNTIES
UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 636 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF ABERNATHY
TO 6 MILES EAST OF FORT MCCLELLAN TO BYNUM...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10
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...
  HEFLIN...
  OXFORD...
  LINEVILLE...
  WEDOWEE...
  ASHLAND...

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 3325 8607 3337 8609 3366 8609 3368 8611
      3379 8571 3372 8534 3327 8526
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 344DEG 9KT 3363 8530 3369 8568
          3361 8599

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Local storm report, Aug 7, 7:24 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 7, 7:26 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 7:26 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
Aug 7, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Randolph	41 min
Aug 7, 7:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers, Tallapoosa	42 min
Aug 7, 10:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lowndes	51 min
Aug 7, 10:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pike	40 min
Aug 8, 1:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	39 min
Aug 8, 1:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Jefferson	3 hr
Aug 8, 1:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lee	41 min
Aug 8, 3:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Montgomery	115 min
Aug 8, 3:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers	50 min
Aug 8, 5:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	24 min

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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.