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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 1986, 5:08 PM CDT for Perry County, Alabama. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 1986, 5:08 PM CDT (22:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 1986, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Perry County, AL
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 1:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 138 PM CDT SUN AUG 16 1986 A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. AT 135PM CDT...THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM REFORM IN PICKENS COUNTY, TO WINFIELD AND HACKLEBURG IN MARION COUNTY, THEN INTO THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE STATE. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 TO 30 AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH PICKENS, LAMAR, MARION AND FAYETTE COUNTIES...THEN INTO TUSCALOOSA, WALKER AND WINSTON COUNTIES BY 2 PM CDT. STRONG GUSTY WINDS, BRIEF BUT TORRENTIAL RAIN, AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. WIND GUSTS TO 48 MPH WERE RECdORDED AT COLUMBUS MS. AND 42 MPH AT TUPELO MS. AS THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH MISSISSIPPI SHORTLY AFTER NOON.
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 2:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 35 min |
| Aug 16, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker, Winston | 35 min |
| Aug 16, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 40 min |
| Aug 16, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 40 min |
| Aug 16, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 66 min |
| Aug 16, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair, Shelby | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Talladega | 52 min |
| Aug 16, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 52 min |
| Aug 16, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Randolph | 90 min |
| Aug 16, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Cleburne | 45 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.