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Excessive Heat Warning 2, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this excessive heat warning at Jul 21, 2023, 4:00 AM CDT for 17 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 17 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 21, 2023, 4:00 AM CDT (09:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2023, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
Counties Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pike County, AL, Russell County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:02 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 excessive heat warning 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 excessive heat warning went out at Jul 21, 3:57 AM CDT, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 3:57 AM CDT, 3 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 20, 7:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Etowah | 24 min |
| Jul 21, 3:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Coosa | 28 min |
| Jul 21, 4:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Blount | 42 min |
| Jul 21, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 52 min |
| Jul 21, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Etowah, Jefferson, St. Clair | 45 min |
| Jul 21, 4:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Etowah | 48 min |
| Jul 21, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Fayette, Pickens, Walker | 44 min |
| Jul 21, 5:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Jefferson, St. Clair | 48 min |
| Jul 21, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Etowah, St. Clair, Talladega | 39 min |
| Jul 21, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 54 min |
| Jul 21, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 50 min |
| Jul 21, 5:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pickens | 39 min |
| Jul 21, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens | 32 min |
| Jul 21, 6:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Chilton | 26 min |
| Jul 21, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby, Tuscaloosa | 44 min |
| Jul 21, 6:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Randolph | 52 min |
| Jul 21, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa | 61 min |
| Jul 21, 6:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Shelby | 38 min |
| Jul 21, 6:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tallapoosa | 48 min |
| Jul 21, 6:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marengo | 38 min |
| Jul 21, 6:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Coosa | 32 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.