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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 18, 202030 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood watch at Feb 18, 2020, 2:57 AM CST for 30 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Feb 18, 2020, 7:00 AM CST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 18, 2020, 2:57 AM CST (08:57 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 18, 2020, 7:00 AM CST
Expired: Feb 19, 2020, 1:01 AM CST
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Flood severity: None

All 30 counties

Autauga County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lee County, AL, Marion County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Feb 17, 11:00 PM CST, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 11:00 PM CST, 3 hours 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 17, 9:22 AM CST, 17 hours 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 17, 11:52 PM CST, 3 hours 5 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
Feb 17, 11:52 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	23 min
Feb 18, 6:56 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Dallas, Elmore, Lowndes and 3 more	3 hr
Feb 18, 7:03 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Chambers, Elmore, Macon, Randolph, Tallapoosa	7 hr
Feb 18, 10:40 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker, Winston	6 hr
Feb 18, 12:45 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Cherokee	48 hr
Feb 18, 1:30 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Blount, Cherokee, Etowah, St. Clair	6 hr
Feb 18, 2:52 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Jefferson, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Walker	6 hr
Feb 18, 4:23 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	52 min
Feb 18, 4:31 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker, Winston	5 hr
Feb 18, 4:45 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Calhoun, Cleburne, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega	6 hr
Feb 18, 5:43 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Shelby, Tuscaloosa	3 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.