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County Warning Area
The National Weather Service in Birmingham
has forecast, long and short term watch/warning/advisory responsibility for central
Alabama and parts of south Alabama. This is known as a County Warning and Forecast
Area, CWFA. The graphic below shows the County Warning and Forecast Area of the
Birmingham office in red. The graphic also shows County Warning and Forecast Areas
for adjacent offices.
Watches
Watches issued by the Birmingham office
include Winter Storm, Flash Flood, and High Wind watches.
The Storm Prediction Center, or SPC, issues
Severe Thunderstorm and Tornado watches for the conterminous United States.
Warnings and Advisories
Short fuse warnings issued for our Forecast/County
Warning Area would include Severe Thunderstorm, Tornado, and Flash Flood. Examples
of long term warnings include Winter Storm, Blizzard, Ice Storm, High Wind, and
Freeze. Advisories would include Dense Fog, Wind, Windchill and Heat advisories.
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