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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 8, 2017Lamar County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2017, 11:06 AM CDT for Lamar County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 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 8, 2017, 11:06 AM CDT (16:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2017, 11:30 AM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL

County Lamar County, AL

The radar

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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 8, 8:18 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 8:18 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 3:08 AM CDT, 7 hours 58 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 10:18 AM CDT, 48 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 10:40 AM CDT, 26 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 11:06 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 10:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXFayette27 min
Jul 8, 10:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXFayette50 min
Jul 8, 11:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXFayette, Lamar34 min
Jul 8, 11:34 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXFayette, Lamar116 min
Jul 8, 11:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXFayette, Pickens34 min
Jul 8, 12:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPickens, Tuscaloosa26 min
Jul 8, 12:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXGreene, Pickens23 min
Jul 8, 12:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPickens, Tuscaloosa31 min
Jul 8, 12:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXGreene17 min
Jul 8, 1:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXGreene, Hale, Sumter33 min
Jul 8, 1:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBarbour44 min
Jul 8, 1:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCalhoun23 min
Jul 8, 1:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXHale, Perry, Sumter34 min
Jul 8, 2:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTalladega45 min
Jul 8, 2:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTallapoosa43 min
Jul 8, 2:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMarengo41 min
Jul 8, 2:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXRussell39 min
Jul 8, 2:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPike33 min
Jul 8, 3:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXRussell45 min
Jul 8, 3:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPike42 min
Jul 8, 4:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBullock40 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Alabama, 2017Every special weather statement in 2017

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.