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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 15, 2016, 8:11 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Walker County, Alabama. It was in force for 64 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 15, 2016, 8:11 PM CDT (01:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2016, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
Counties Jefferson County, AL, Walker County, AL
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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 15, 7:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 7:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 15, 7:53 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 15, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Cherokee, Etowah | 62 min |
| Jun 15, 7:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Calhoun, Cleburne, St. Clair | 67 min |
| Jun 15, 9:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Clay, Shelby, Talladega | 55 min |
| Jun 15, 9:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marion | 52 min |
| Jun 16, 1:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour, Bullock | 38 min |
| Jun 16, 12:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour | 29 min |
| Jun 16, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Cleburne | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 4:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Talladega | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 4:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Jefferson | 24 min |
| Jun 16, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Jefferson | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 4:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Clay, Shelby | 49 min |
| Jun 16, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Jefferson | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 5:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Chilton, Coosa, Elmore, Shelby, Tallapoosa | 58 min |
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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.