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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Sep 11, 2019, 2:08 PM CDT for Shelby County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 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
- Sep 11, 2019, 2:08 PM CDT (19:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 11, 2019, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
County Shelby County, AL
The radar
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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 Sep 11, 12:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 11, 12:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Birmingham AL 336 AM CDT Wed Sep 11 2019 ALZ011>015-017>050-121145- 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- 336 AM CDT Wed Sep 11 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...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of storm spotters and emergency management is not expected at this time. 08
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 11, 1:48 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Sep 10, 7:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bullock | 28 min |
| Sep 10, 7:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Walker | 34 min |
| Sep 11, 1:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Perry | 27 min |
| Sep 11, 2:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 27 min |
| Sep 11, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Tuscaloosa | 46 min |
| Sep 11, 3:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 34 min |
| Sep 11, 3:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bibb | 32 min |
| Sep 11, 4:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | St. Clair | 28 min |
| Sep 11, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Jefferson | 37 min |
| Sep 11, 4:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Cherokee | 30 min |
| Sep 11, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Fayette | 26 min |
| Sep 11, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Winston | 35 min |
| Sep 11, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Blount | 31 min |
| Sep 11, 5:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Winston | 36 min |
| Sep 11, 6:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Blount | 32 min |
| Sep 11, 6:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | St. Clair | 24 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.