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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

November 18, 2015Dallas County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Nov 18, 2015, 9:39 AM CST for Dallas 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: Nov 18, 2015, 9:39 AM CST (15:39 UTC)
Expired: Nov 18, 2015, 10:15 AM CST
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

County Dallas County, AL

The radar

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The text

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 18, 3:19 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar, Marion	56 min
Nov 18, 3:24 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	66 min
Nov 18, 4:21 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar, Pickens, Sumter	69 min
Nov 18, 4:27 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Pickens, Sumter	48 min
Nov 18, 5:23 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette, Marion	67 min
Nov 18, 7:41 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	64 min
Nov 18, 8:17 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter	3 days
Nov 18, 8:25 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Sumter	4 days
Nov 18, 8:45 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Perry	45 min
Nov 18, 9:20 AM CST	Wind Advisory	BMX	Jefferson, Shelby	3 hr
Nov 18, 9:29 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Greene, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Sumter	3 hr
Nov 18, 9:34 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount	56 min
Nov 18, 9:45 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson, Shelby	45 min
Nov 18, 10:16 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chilton	44 min
Nov 18, 11:05 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	St. Clair, Talladega	40 min
Nov 18, 12:38 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery	3 hr
Nov 18, 1:15 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Clay, Coosa, Tallapoosa	3 hr

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.