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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 1, 2018Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2018, 5:02 PM CDT for Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 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 1, 2018, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2018, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL

County Tuscaloosa County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jun 30, 6:58 PM CDT, 22 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 6:58 PM CDT, 22 hours 4 minutes before
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    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
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        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 8:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCherokee36 min
Jun 30, 9:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXEtowah31 min
Jul 1, 3:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXHale25 min
Jul 1, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTuscaloosa32 min
Jul 1, 5:15 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXHale, Tuscaloosa2 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Alabama, 2018Every special weather statement in 2018

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.