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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

August 3, 2019Shelby County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2019, 12:27 PM CDT for Shelby County, Alabama. It was in force for 33 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
Aug 3, 2019, 12:27 PM CDT (17:27 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL

County Shelby County, AL

The radar

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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 Aug 3, 6:01 AM CDT, 6 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 6:01 AM CDT, 6 hours 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 3:29 AM CDT, 8 hours 58 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
329 AM CDT Sat Aug 3 2019

ALZ011>015-017>050-041130-
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-
329 AM CDT Sat Aug 3 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the counties served by the
National Weather Service office in Birmingham.

.DAY ONE...Outlook through Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Activation of storm spotters and emergency management is not
expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 11:34 AM CDT, 53 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 12:25 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 12:27 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
Aug 2, 7:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPerry34 min
Aug 3, 11:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChambers26 min
Aug 3, 12:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMontgomery35 min
Aug 3, 12:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBullock42 min
Aug 3, 12:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXJefferson29 min
Aug 3, 12:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLee35 min
Aug 3, 1:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMontgomery29 min
Aug 3, 1:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPike38 min
Aug 3, 1:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXJefferson35 min
Aug 3, 1:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMacon29 min
Aug 3, 1:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXElmore31 min
Aug 3, 1:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXShelby23 min
Aug 3, 1:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTalladega36 min
Aug 3, 1:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXClay36 min
Aug 3, 2:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChilton29 min
Aug 3, 2:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCoosa25 min
Aug 3, 2:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCleburne26 min
Aug 3, 2:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXSt. Clair24 min
Aug 3, 2:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXRussell36 min
Aug 3, 2:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCoosa31 min
Aug 3, 3:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCleburne29 min
Aug 3, 3:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXSt. Clair26 min
Aug 3, 3:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBarbour39 min
Aug 3, 3:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXAutauga, Chilton38 min
Aug 3, 3:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXFayette27 min
Aug 3, 4:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTuscaloosa28 min
Aug 3, 4:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCherokee29 min
Aug 3, 4:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPickens27 min
Aug 3, 4:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLamar24 min
Aug 3, 4:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPickens32 min
Aug 3, 5:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLamar45 min

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.