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Heat Advisory 2, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 23, 201531 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this heat advisory at Jun 23, 2015, 5:03 AM CDT for 31 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jun 23, 2015, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 23, 2015, 5:03 AM CDT (10:03 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 23, 2015, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 24, 2015, 2:15 PM CDT
In force: 26 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

All 31 counties

Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore 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, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jun 23, 4:46 AM CDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 4:46 AM CDT, 17 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 23, 3:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pike	31 min
Jun 23, 4:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lee	27 min
Jun 23, 5:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pike	38 min
Jun 23, 6:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pike	25 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.