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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 13, 2021Marion County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 13, 2021, 12:54 PM CDT for Marion County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 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: Jun 13, 2021, 12:54 PM CDT (17:54 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2021, 1:30 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

County Marion County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:54 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 Jun 12, 3:41 PM CDT, 21 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 3:41 PM CDT, 21 hours 13 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
Jun 13, 12:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	24 min
Jun 13, 12:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	30 min
Jun 13, 12:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene	33 min
Jun 13, 1:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	29 min
Jun 13, 1:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette	24 min
Jun 13, 1:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	36 min
Jun 13, 1:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Marion	2 hr
Jun 13, 1:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	30 min
Jun 13, 1:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	44 min
Jun 13, 1:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Walker	24 min
Jun 13, 1:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene	38 min
Jun 13, 1:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	34 min
Jun 13, 1:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	48 min
Jun 13, 1:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Walker, Winston	34 min
Jun 13, 1:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	50 min
Jun 13, 2:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	27 min
Jun 13, 2:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	42 min
Jun 13, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Pickens	18 min
Jun 13, 3:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene, Hale	46 min
Jun 13, 3:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Hale	30 min
Jun 13, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Hale	18 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Alabama, 2021 Every special weather statement in 2021

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.