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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

August 25, 2019Fayette County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 25, 2019, 3:03 PM CDT for Fayette County, Alabama. It was in force for 27 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 25, 2019, 3:03 PM CDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired: Aug 25, 2019, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

County Fayette County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 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 Aug 24, 6:51 PM CDT, 20 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 6:51 PM CDT, 20 hours 12 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
Aug 24, 7:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee	38 min
Aug 24, 8:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Etowah	2 hr
Aug 25, 1:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Greene, Marengo, Sumter	113 min
Aug 25, 1:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene	24 min
Aug 25, 3:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette, Lamar	32 min
Aug 25, 3:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Fayette	3 hr
Aug 25, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pike	47 min
Aug 25, 5:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Montgomery	35 min
Aug 25, 5:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Montgomery	28 min
Aug 25, 5:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Montgomery	46 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Alabama, 2019 Every 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.