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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 23, 1988Perry County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 1988, 2:03 PM CDT for Perry County, Alabama. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 1988, 2:03 PM CDT (19:03 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 1988, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 57 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, May 23, 12:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 1:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 1:18 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 1:36 PM CDT, 27 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
May 22, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Pickens	66 min
May 22, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Marion	59 min
May 22, 8:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pickens	40 min
May 22, 8:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Fayette	48 min
May 22, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Pickens	63 min
May 22, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette	44 min
May 22, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Walker	54 min
May 22, 10:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Limestone, Morgan	59 min
May 22, 10:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Madison	67 min
May 23, 1:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb	34 min
May 23, 2:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton, Shelby	64 min

Nearby

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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.