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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 22, 20168 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jan 22, 2016, 12:27 AM CST for 8 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 78 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jan 22, 2016, 12:27 AM CST (06:27 UTC)
Expired: Jan 22, 2016, 1:45 AM CST
In force: 78 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

Counties Calhoun County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Randolph County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Talladega County, AL

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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 Jan 21, 11:49 PM CST, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 11:49 PM CST, 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 22, 12:07 AM CST, 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 21, 7:40 PM CST, 4 hours 47 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
740 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016

ALZ030-220230-
SUMTER AL-
740 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SUMTER COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM CST...

AT 739 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
TOOMSUBA...OR NEAR LAUDERDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LIVINGSTON...YORK...CUBA...EPES...COATOPA...KINTERBISH...BLUFFPORT...
THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMA...DUG HILL...BOYD...PAYNEVILLE...
LILITA...WARD...BELMONT...DEMOPOLIS LOCK AND DAM...OLD MALLARD
AIRPORT...MCDOWELL...BELLAMY...I 20 WELCOME CENTER AT CUBA AND
WHITFIELD.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 23.

LAT...LON 3262 8838 3278 8810 3279 8808 3278 8807
      3277 8811 3272 8808 3269 8812 3269 8804
      3263 8808 3259 8806 3263 8793 3261 8784
      3260 8790 3252 8784 3252 8791 3242 8804
      3238 8804 3231 8793 3231 8842
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 236DEG 37KT 3244 8849

Local storm report, Jan 21, 11:41 PM CST, 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 22, 12:27 AM CST, 0 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
Jan 21, 7:40 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Sumter	50 min
Jan 21, 8:48 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter	4 days
Jan 22, 12:29 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Coosa, Elmore, Lee and 5 more	76 min
Jan 22, 4:50 AM CST	Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	35 hr

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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.