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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

August 18, 2016Lee County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 18, 2016, 1:29 PM CDT for Lee County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Aug 18, 2016, 1:29 PM CDT (18:29 UTC)
Expired: Aug 18, 2016, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

County Lee County, AL

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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 Aug 18, 12:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 12:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 18, 5:33 AM CDT, 7 hours 56 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
533 AM CDT THU AUG 18 2016

ALZ011>015-017>050-191345-
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-
533 AM CDT THU AUG 18 2016

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

.DAY ONE...OUTLOOK THROUGH TONIGHT.

HEAT INDICES WILL RISE ABOVE 100F MAINLY SOUTH OF I-20 BEGINNING
AROUND MIDDAY. ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DEMOPOLIS TO SELMA
TO PHENIX CITY, HEAT INDICES COULD REACH 105F FOR AN HOUR OR TWO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 18, 12:33 PM CDT, 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 18, 12:53 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 18, 1:29 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
129 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2016

ALZ047-181900-
LEE AL-
129 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL LEE COUNTY UNTIL
200 PM CDT...

AT 128 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
OPELIKA. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OPELIKA...BEULAH...BEANS MILL AND MOUNT JEFFERSON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3272 8512 3271 8512 3258 8531 3265 8545
      3273 8539 3273 8529 3275 8528 3275 8514
      3274 8511
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 132DEG 4KT 3266 8533

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 18, 12:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount	27 min
Aug 18, 12:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Randolph	37 min
Aug 18, 1:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	St. Clair	44 min
Aug 18, 1:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	33 min
Aug 18, 1:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Clay	33 min
Aug 18, 2:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Etowah, St. Clair	115 min
Aug 18, 2:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	38 min
Aug 18, 2:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	DeKalb	32 min
Aug 18, 2:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	34 min
Aug 18, 2:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cleburne	35 min
Aug 18, 3:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	43 min
Aug 18, 3:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Talladega	32 min
Aug 18, 3:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	35 min
Aug 18, 4:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	40 min
Aug 18, 4:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Shelby	3 hr
Aug 18, 4:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Elmore	27 min
Aug 18, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chilton	25 min
Aug 18, 5:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Jefferson	117 min
Aug 18, 6:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	32 min
Aug 18, 6:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga	52 min
Aug 18, 6:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb	49 min
Aug 18, 6:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	24 min
Aug 18, 6:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Jefferson, Walker	2 hr
Aug 18, 6:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	30 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.