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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

August 21, 2020St. Clair County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 21, 2020, 8:06 PM CDT for St. Clair County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 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 21, 2020, 8:06 PM CDT (01:06 UTC)
Expired: Aug 21, 2020, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

County St. Clair County, AL

The radar

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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 21, 7:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	36 min
Aug 21, 7:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Talladega	47 min
Aug 21, 7:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	42 min
Aug 21, 8:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Clay	41 min
Aug 21, 9:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga	29 min
Aug 21, 10:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Elmore	34 min
Aug 21, 11:12 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Elmore, Montgomery	4 hr
Aug 22, 1:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Elmore	65 min
Aug 22, 4:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Clay	56 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Alabama, 2020 Every special weather statement in 2020

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.