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Heat Advisory 8, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this heat advisory at Jul 16, 2018, 2:49 AM CDT for 9 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jul 16, 2018, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2018, 2:49 AM CDT (07:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 16, 2018, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2018, 10:14 AM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
Counties Bibb County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:52 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, 5:44 PM CDT, 9 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 5:44 PM CDT, 9 hours 5 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 4:16 AM CDT, 22 hours 33 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Birmingham AL 416 AM CDT Sun Jul 15 2018 ALZ011>015-017>050-161230- 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- 416 AM CDT Sun Jul 15 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the counties served by the National Weather Service office in Birmingham. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Heat indices will be near 105 degrees in western portions of Central Alabama today. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Heat indices will be near 105 degrees again on Monday, mainly in western and southern portions of Central Alabama. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of storm spotters and emergency management is not expected at this time.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 7:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 7:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Dallas, Elmore, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 7:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 117 min |
| Jul 15, 7:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Shelby | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Macon | 29 min |
| Jul 15, 9:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Chilton, Coosa | 116 min |
| Jul 16, 6:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Greene, Hale | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 8:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 10:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Bibb, Jefferson, Tuscaloosa | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 11:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 115 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.