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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2024, 2:21 PM CDT for Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 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
- Jul 16, 2024, 2:21 PM CDT (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2024, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Tuscaloosa County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Jul 16, 12:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 12:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 1:40 PM CDT, 41 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 15, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour | 29 min |
| Jul 15, 7:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Calhoun, Cleburne | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Pike | 25 min |
| Jul 15, 7:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Cleburne, Randolph | 53 min |
| Jul 15, 7:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Montgomery | 48 min |
| Jul 15, 7:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour | 24 min |
| Jul 16, 1:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Fayette | 35 min |
| Jul 16, 1:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Walker | 33 min |
| Jul 16, 1:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Elmore | 31 min |
| Jul 16, 2:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Choctaw | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 2:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Dallas | 31 min |
| Jul 16, 2:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Montgomery | 37 min |
| Jul 16, 2:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Blount | 33 min |
| Jul 16, 2:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Montgomery | 37 min |
| Jul 16, 2:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Jefferson | 35 min |
| Jul 16, 3:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pike | 38 min |
| Jul 16, 3:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Shelby | 33 min |
| Jul 16, 3:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pike | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | St. Clair | 37 min |
| Jul 16, 3:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Greene | 34 min |
| Jul 16, 3:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour | 48 min |
| Jul 16, 3:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pike | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Shelby | 27 min |
| Jul 16, 4:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Talladega | 34 min |
| Jul 16, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Coosa | 26 min |
| Jul 16, 4:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Hale | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Coosa | 49 min |
| Jul 16, 5:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Perry | 41 min |
| Jul 16, 5:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tallapoosa | 48 min |
| Jul 16, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | DeKalb | 47 min |
| Jul 16, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 38 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.