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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 5, 2016Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2016, 10:34 AM CDT for Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 26 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
Jul 5, 2016, 10:34 AM CDT (15:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2016, 11:00 AM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL

County Tuscaloosa 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 Jul 5, 6:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 6:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 6:46 AM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
646 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

ALZ011>015-017>050-061500-
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-
646 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

A COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY MAY SEND HEAT INDEX VALUES OVER
105 DEGREES EACH AFTERNOON FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...MAINLY
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 9:17 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 9:45 AM CDT, 49 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 10:34 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 9:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLamar33 min
Jul 4, 9:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMarion49 min
Jul 5, 9:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXWinston28 min
Jul 5, 9:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXFayette45 min
Jul 5, 11:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMacon26 min
Jul 5, 11:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXHale33 min
Jul 5, 1:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMarengo30 min
Jul 5, 1:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLowndes38 min
Jul 5, 1:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXAutauga41 min
Jul 5, 1:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMontgomery42 min
Jul 5, 2:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXWilcox34 min
Jul 5, 2:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTallapoosa33 min
Jul 5, 4:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXSumter25 min
Jul 5, 4:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXHale32 min
Jul 5, 5:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXGreene34 min
Jul 5, 5:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPickens35 min
Jul 5, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene, Tuscaloosa31 min
Jul 5, 6:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTuscaloosa26 min
Jul 5, 6:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTuscaloosa31 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.