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Extreme Cold Warning 1, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 19, 202514 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this extreme cold warning at Jan 19, 2025, 2:47 AM CST for 14 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jan 20, 2025, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 11 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: Jan 19, 2025, 2:47 AM CST (08:47 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 20, 2025, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Jan 20, 2025, 11:00 AM CST
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

Counties Blount County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Marion County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:52 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 extreme cold 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 extreme cold warning went out at Jan 18, 10:41 PM CST, 4 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 18, 10:41 PM CST, 4 hours 6 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
Jan 19, 3:01 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton and 16 more	35 hr

Nearby

Extreme Cold Warnings in Alabama, 2025 Every extreme cold warning in 2025

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.