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Heat Advisory 3, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 23, 201721 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this heat advisory at Jul 23, 2017, 3:16 AM CDT for 21 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jul 23, 2017, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 23, 2017, 3:16 AM CDT (08:16 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 23, 2017, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 23, 2017, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

All 21 counties

Autauga County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Marion County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Shelby County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Jul 22, 10:54 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 10:54 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before

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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.