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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 14, 2016Walker County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 14, 2016, 2:49 PM CDT for Walker County, Alabama. It was in force for 41 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 14, 2016, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2016, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

County Walker County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 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 13, 6:44 PM CDT, 20 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 6:44 PM CDT, 20 hours 5 minutes before

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    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
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        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
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      <p id="message2">
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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 14, 1:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	59 min
Jul 14, 1:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	24 min
Jul 14, 1:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	42 min
Jul 14, 1:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	41 min
Jul 14, 1:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	61 min
Jul 14, 1:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	57 min
Jul 14, 1:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	61 min
Jul 14, 2:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	49 min
Jul 14, 2:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chilton	51 min
Jul 14, 2:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	30 min
Jul 14, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Walker	25 min
Jul 14, 3:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount	55 min
Jul 14, 3:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	63 min
Jul 14, 3:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	58 min
Jul 14, 3:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	25 min
Jul 14, 3:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	31 min
Jul 14, 4:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	37 min
Jul 14, 4:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	St. Clair	34 min
Jul 14, 4:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount	26 min
Jul 14, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair	32 min
Jul 14, 4:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Elmore	29 min
Jul 14, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson	27 min
Jul 14, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Shelby	51 min
Jul 14, 4:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Calhoun	35 min
Jul 14, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	St. Clair	32 min
Jul 14, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Elmore	30 min
Jul 14, 5:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Talladega	36 min
Jul 14, 5:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	26 min
Jul 14, 5:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	32 min
Jul 14, 5:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Talladega	28 min
Jul 14, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette, Pickens	49 min
Jul 14, 6:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar, Marion	48 min
Jul 14, 6:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Calhoun	3 hr
Jul 14, 6:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette, Pickens	65 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.