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Flash Flood Watch 14, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood watch at Oct 27, 2020, 4:30 PM CDT for 24 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Oct 28, 2020, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 27, 2020, 4:30 PM CDT (21:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 28, 2020, 4:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 29, 2020, 5:07 AM CDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Flood severity
- None
All 24 counties
Autauga County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Perry County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 4:11 AM CDT | Tropical Storm Watch | BMX | Autauga, Bibb, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 24 more | 30 hr |
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.