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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

October 12, 2014Winston County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Oct 12, 2014, 12:18 PM CDT for Winston County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 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: Oct 12, 2014, 12:18 PM CDT (17:18 UTC)
Expired: Oct 12, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

County Winston County, AL

The radar

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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 Oct 12, 10:34 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 12, 10:34 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 12, 8:59 AM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 12, 12:18 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1218 PM CDT SUN OCT 12 2014

ALZ014-121800-
WINSTON AL-
1218 PM CDT SUN OCT 12 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WINSTON COUNTY UNTIL 100 PM
CDT...

AT 1215 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR LYNN...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ARLEY...
  WINSTON FREE STATE BARN...
  DOUBLE SPRINGS...
  HOUSTON RECREATIONAL AREA...
  CORINTH REC AREA...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3430 8710 3411 8711 3400 8754 3400 8761
      3407 8764 3417 8764 3431 8727 3430 8711
TIME...MOT...LOC 1718Z 249DEG 23KT 3410 8752

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 11, 7:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	46 min
Oct 11, 7:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	30 min
Oct 12, 2:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	41 min
Oct 12, 2:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	39 min
Oct 12, 3:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Marion, Winston	9 hr
Oct 12, 3:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	37 min
Oct 12, 5:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	25 min
Oct 12, 5:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	48 min
Oct 12, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Walker	30 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.