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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 14, 2016Shelby County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 14, 2016, 3:53 AM CDT for Shelby County, Alabama. It was in force for 52 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: Jun 14, 2016, 3:53 AM CDT (08:53 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2016, 4:45 AM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

County Shelby County, AL

The radar

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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 Jun 13, 6:47 PM CDT, 9 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 6:47 PM CDT, 9 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 10:43 AM CDT, 17 hours 10 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1043 AM CDT MON JUN 13 2016

ALZ011>015-017>050-141845-
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-
1043 AM CDT MON JUN 13 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL LIKELY BE ABOVE 105 DEGREES FOR
THE AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 85. THESE HOT AND
HUMID CONDITIONS WILL ELEVATE THE RISK OF HEAT STRESS AND HEAT
RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 7:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	37 min
Jun 13, 7:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Perry	39 min
Jun 14, 3:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	24 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Alabama, 2016 Every special weather statement in 2016

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.