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Flash Flood Watch 7, NWS Birmingham, AL

December 27, 201435 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood watch at Dec 27, 2014, 5:00 AM CST for 35 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Dec 27, 2014, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 27, 2014, 5:00 AM CST (11:00 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 27, 2014, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Dec 28, 2014, 1:45 PM CST
In force: 26 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Flood severity: None

All 35 counties

Autauga County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Marion County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood watch went out at Dec 26, 11:37 PM CST, 5 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 26, 11:37 PM CST, 5 hours 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 27, 4:45 AM CST, 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
445 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2014

ALZ011>015-017>050-281045-
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-
445 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

RAIN WILL SPREAD WEST TO EAST ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL ALABAMA BY THIS
AFTERNOON AND GRADUALLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY. RAIN AMOUNTS AROUND 2
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE. THESE RAIN AMOUNTS MAY PRODUCE SOME FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

ADDITIONAL RAIN ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT MAY CONTINUE THE THREAT
OF FLOODING. AMOUNTS AROUND 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE THIS PERIOD WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

MINOR RIVER FLOODING WILL BECOME POSSIBLE WITH THESE RAIN
AMOUNTS...ESPECIALLY BASINS IN WESTERN ALABAMA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 27, 7:57 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo	5 days
Dec 27, 7:57 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Sumter	4 days
Dec 27, 7:58 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter	4 days

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Alabama, 2014 Every flash flood watch in 2014

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.