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Heat Advisory 8, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 30, 20159 counties in Alabama

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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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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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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 7:05 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXCherokee, Etowah3 hr
Jul 30, 3:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXDallas43 min
Jul 30, 6:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPike36 min
Jul 30, 6:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPike25 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.