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Heat Advisory 2, NWS Birmingham, AL

August 21, 201439 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this heat advisory at Aug 21, 2014, 5:35 AM CDT for 39 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Aug 22, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 55 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 21, 2014, 5:35 AM CDT (10:35 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 22, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired: Aug 24, 2014, 6:24 PM CDT
In force: 55 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

All 39 counties

Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Bullock 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, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell 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), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Aug 20, 6:47 PM CDT, 10 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 6:47 PM CDT, 10 hours 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 20, 12:58 PM CDT, 16 hours 37 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1258 PM CDT WED AUG 20 2014

ALZ011>015-017>050-211800-
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-
1258 PM CDT WED AUG 20 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
OF UP TO 60MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS WITH THE
BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ALONG AND EAST OF
INTERSTATE 65.

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

VERY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA ON
FRIDAY...AND LAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.
HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100 DEGREES
FOR SEVERAL LOCATIONS. HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO BE
NEAR 105 DEGREES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

JD/02

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 20, 7:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cleburne	46 min
Aug 20, 8:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cleburne	46 min
Aug 20, 8:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Cherokee	2 hr
Aug 20, 8:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Calhoun, Cleburne	3 hr
Aug 21, 2:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Calhoun	44 min
Aug 21, 2:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cleburne	46 min
Aug 21, 3:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee	50 min

Nearby

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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.