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Heat Advisory 4, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 26, 201623 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this heat advisory at Jun 26, 2016, 3:31 AM CDT for 23 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jun 26, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 26, 2016, 3:31 AM CDT (08:31 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 26, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 26, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

All 23 counties

Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Marion County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Pike County, AL, Shelby County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:29 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 26, 3:29 AM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 3:29 AM CDT, 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 11:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 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 25, 7:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	DeKalb	34 min
Jun 25, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee	28 min
Jun 25, 8:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Cherokee	3 hr
Jun 26, 1:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	36 min
Jun 26, 1:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	28 min
Jun 26, 2:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	27 min
Jun 26, 2:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Sumter	24 min
Jun 26, 3:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bullock, Pike	28 min
Jun 26, 3:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Elmore, Montgomery	51 min
Jun 26, 3:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Russell	30 min
Jun 26, 3:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour, Russell	22 min
Jun 26, 4:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Russell	39 min
Jun 26, 4:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pike	50 min
Jun 26, 4:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Elmore	50 min
Jun 26, 4:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chilton, Jefferson, Shelby	32 min
Jun 26, 5:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chilton	36 min
Jun 26, 5:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount, Chilton, St. Clair, Shelby	29 min
Jun 26, 5:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga, Blount, Chilton, Coosa, St. Clair, Shelby and 1 more	45 min
Jun 26, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lowndes	30 min
Jun 26, 6:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	St. Clair	50 min
Jun 26, 6:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga, Coosa, Lowndes	45 min
Jun 26, 6:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	46 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.