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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 6, 2016Montgomery County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2016, 3:05 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Alabama. It was in force for 55 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 6, 2016, 3:05 PM CDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2016, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

County Montgomery County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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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, 6:55 PM CDT, 20 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 6:55 PM CDT, 20 hours 10 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
Jul 5, 7:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	24 min
Jul 6, 8:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Etowah	23 min
Jul 6, 10:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cleburne	27 min
Jul 6, 10:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Randolph	49 min
Jul 6, 11:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers, Tallapoosa	56 min
Jul 6, 12:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bullock	46 min
Jul 6, 12:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bullock	39 min
Jul 6, 12:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga	40 min
Jul 6, 12:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour, Bullock	38 min
Jul 6, 1:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour, Russell	28 min
Jul 6, 1:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pike	42 min
Jul 6, 1:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lee	24 min
Jul 6, 1:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	47 min
Jul 6, 1:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Pike	25 min
Jul 6, 2:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	24 min
Jul 6, 2:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lowndes	49 min
Jul 6, 2:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lowndes, Montgomery	41 min
Jul 6, 2:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Macon	43 min
Jul 6, 2:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Lowndes	40 min
Jul 6, 2:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga	44 min
Jul 6, 2:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lee, Macon	54 min
Jul 6, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lee	20 min
Jul 6, 3:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lowndes	49 min
Jul 6, 3:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee	36 min
Jul 6, 4:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers	25 min
Jul 6, 4:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Randolph	20 min
Jul 6, 4:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Elmore	29 min
Jul 6, 4:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Randolph	28 min
Jul 6, 4:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Calhoun	50 min
Jul 6, 4:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	31 min
Jul 6, 4:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	31 min
Jul 6, 5:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb	37 min
Jul 6, 5:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	15 min
Jul 6, 5:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Randolph	18 min
Jul 6, 5:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chilton	44 min
Jul 6, 5:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Randolph	15 min
Jul 6, 6:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb	39 min
Jul 6, 6:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Sumter	35 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.