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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 16, 2015Perry County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2015, 4:24 PM CDT for Perry County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 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: Jul 16, 2015, 4:24 PM CDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2015, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

County Perry County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jul 15, 6:29 PM CDT, 21 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 6:29 PM CDT, 21 hours 55 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
Jul 15, 7:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chilton	30 min
Jul 15, 7:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pike	53 min
Jul 15, 7:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas, Hale, Marengo, Sumter	31 min
Jul 15, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Hale, Marengo	47 min
Jul 15, 8:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Hale	3 hr
Jul 16, 4:55 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	BMX	Marion, Walker, Winston	6 days
Jul 16, 2:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene	34 min
Jul 16, 4:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene	53 min
Jul 16, 4:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter	3 hr
Jul 16, 4:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	31 min
Jul 16, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	30 min
Jul 16, 5:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Wilcox	28 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.