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Heat Advisory 7, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 15, 20189 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this heat advisory at Jul 15, 2018, 3:09 AM CDT for 9 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jul 15, 2018, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 15, 2018, 3:09 AM CDT (08:09 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 15, 2018, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 15, 2018, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

Counties Fayette County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Marion County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:14 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 15, 12:32 AM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 12:32 AM CDT, 2 hours 37 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 15, 2:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	24 min
Jul 15, 3:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	36 min
Jul 15, 4:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Lamar	2 hr
Jul 15, 5:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	35 min
Jul 15, 5:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	24 min
Jul 15, 5:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Fayette	2 hr
Jul 15, 5:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker	3 hr
Jul 15, 6:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Dallas, Elmore, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery	118 min
Jul 15, 6:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Jefferson	3 hr
Jul 15, 6:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	38 min
Jul 15, 6:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Lowndes, Montgomery	88 min
Jul 15, 6:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Walker	3 hr

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.