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Heat Advisory 8, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this heat advisory at Jul 30, 2015, 2:54 AM CDT for 9 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jul 30, 2015, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 30, 2015, 2:54 AM CDT (07:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 30, 2015, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2015, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
Counties Autauga County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Sumter County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:54 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 Jul 29, 6:46 PM CDT, 8 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 6:46 PM CDT, 8 hours 8 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 2:38 PM CDT, 12 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 238 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2015 ALZ011>015-017>050-302245- 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- 238 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S AND HIGH HUMIDITY VALUES WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE MAXIMUM HEAT INDICES AROUND 105 DEGREES ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON...MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 7:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Cherokee, Etowah | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 3:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Dallas | 43 min |
| Jul 30, 6:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pike | 36 min |
| Jul 30, 6:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pike | 25 min |
Nearby
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.