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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 7, 2019Marion County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Apr 7, 2019, 3:36 PM CDT for Marion County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 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
Apr 7, 2019, 3:36 PM CDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2019, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL

County Marion County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 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 Apr 7, 2:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 2:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 3:06 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 7, 2:44 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 7, 3:36 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene, Pickens, Sumter52 min
Apr 6, 7:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXFayette, Lamar, Marion, Pickens63 min
Apr 6, 7:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXDallas31 min
Apr 6, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion, Walker, Winston46 min
Apr 6, 7:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTuscaloosa41 min
Apr 6, 8:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXJefferson, Walker40 min
Apr 6, 8:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXWinston64 min
Apr 6, 8:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXHale41 min
Apr 6, 8:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBibb, Blount, Chilton, Jefferson, Shelby29 min
Apr 6, 8:50 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningBMXBibb, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Tuscaloosa115 min
Apr 6, 8:55 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXBibb, Chilton, Jefferson, Shelby2 hr
Apr 6, 9:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBibb, Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega61 min
Apr 6, 10:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCalhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah, Randolph56 min
Apr 6, 10:40 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXChilton2 hr
Apr 6, 11:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCoosa44 min
Apr 7, 1:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChambers40 min
Apr 7, 1:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLee39 min
Apr 7, 2:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMarion61 min
Apr 7, 3:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXFayette52 min
Apr 7, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette30 min
Apr 7, 4:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPickens45 min
Apr 7, 4:38 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXFayette2 hr
Apr 7, 4:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXFayette48 min
Apr 7, 4:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXWinston47 min
Apr 7, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPickens38 min
Apr 7, 5:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXWalker31 min
Apr 7, 5:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXWinston31 min
Apr 7, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker46 min
Apr 7, 6:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPickens53 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Alabama, 2019Every special weather statement in 2019

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.