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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 11, 2016Chambers County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 11, 2016, 3:15 PM CDT for Chambers County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 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 11, 2016, 3:15 PM CDT (20:15 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2016, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

County Chambers County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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 10, 3:22 PM CDT, 23 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 3:22 PM CDT, 23 hours 53 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 11, 1:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Montgomery	26 min
Jul 11, 1:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Clay	28 min
Jul 11, 1:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bullock, Montgomery	48 min
Jul 11, 2:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bullock, Macon	27 min
Jul 11, 2:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Elmore	37 min
Jul 11, 2:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Elmore, Macon, Montgomery	24 min
Jul 11, 2:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Macon	45 min
Jul 11, 2:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Montgomery	119 min
Jul 11, 2:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lee	49 min
Jul 11, 3:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Elmore	24 min
Jul 11, 3:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tallapoosa	51 min
Jul 11, 3:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	49 min
Jul 11, 4:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Clay	45 min
Jul 11, 4:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Hale	53 min
Jul 11, 5:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Calhoun	44 min
Jul 11, 5:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	39 min
Jul 11, 5:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Calhoun	64 min
Jul 11, 5:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	40 min
Jul 11, 6:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	33 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.