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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

August 7, 2023Pickens County, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2023, 3:28 PM CDT for Pickens County, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 77 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 7, 2023, 3:28 PM CDT (20:28 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2023, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 77 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 50

Counties Pickens County, AL, Tuscaloosa 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 6, 9:16 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton and 23 more	24 hr
Aug 7, 12:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Etowah	49 min
Aug 7, 1:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion	57 min
Aug 7, 1:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Marion	75 min
Aug 7, 1:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee, Etowah	59 min
Aug 7, 1:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Winston	53 min
Aug 7, 1:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount, Fayette, Lamar, Pickens, Walker, Winston	53 min
Aug 7, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Walker, Winston	60 min
Aug 7, 2:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee, Etowah	68 min
Aug 7, 2:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount	57 min
Aug 7, 2:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount, Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, Pickens, St. Clair and 2 more	63 min
Aug 7, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, Pickens, Tuscaloosa and 2 more	58 min
Aug 7, 2:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Cherokee, Etowah, St. Clair	70 min
Aug 7, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega	69 min
Aug 7, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cleburne	61 min
Aug 7, 3:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Blount, Cherokee, Etowah	3 hr
Aug 7, 3:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb, Clay, Shelby	31 min
Aug 7, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cleburne, Randolph	27 min
Aug 7, 4:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Randolph	64 min
Aug 7, 4:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb, Chilton	57 min
Aug 7, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers, Coosa, Tallapoosa	56 min
Aug 7, 4:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tallapoosa	65 min
Aug 7, 5:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Hale	32 min
Aug 7, 6:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Perry	53 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.