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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 163, NWS Birmingham, AL

December 21, 1990Pickens County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 21, 1990, 10:43 PM CST for Pickens County, Alabama. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 21, 1990, 10:43 PM CST (04:43 UTC)
Expired
Dec 21, 1990, 11:15 PM CST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Pickens 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, Dec 21, 8:03 PM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes before
ALZ001>009-011-220300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
8:03 PM CST WED DEC 20 1990

   ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO LAMAR AND MARION COUNTIES...
     ....FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR LAMAR...MARION...WINSTON...
     FAYETTE...AND WALKER COUNTIES FOR TONIGHT...

AT 800 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTHWEST ALABAMA AND BACK INTO EAST CENTRAL
ZMISSISSIPPI.

THE STRONGEST STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO LAMAR AND MARION COUNTIES
WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAIN...STRONG WINDS....AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
Special weather statement, Dec 21, 10:08 PM CST, 35 minutes before
ALZ001>009-011-220510-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1007 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990

   ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA AND
     MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
     ....FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR LAMAR...MARION...WINSTON...
     FAYETTE...AND WALKER COUNTIES FOR TONIGHT...

AT 1006PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTHWEST ALABAMA AND BACK INTO EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI. THE AREA EXTENDED FROM NEAR HUNTSVILLE SOUTHWESTWARD
TO NEAR CARBON HILL IN WALKER COUNTY TO NEAR MILLPORT IN LAMAR COUNTY
AND BACK INTO EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE
OF P(RODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. MOVEMENT WAS
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING
ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL ALABAMA.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 21, 8:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion42 min
Dec 21, 8:23 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXColbert, Lauderdale4 hr
Dec 21, 8:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert, Franklin57 min
Dec 21, 10:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar42 min
Dec 22, 2:24 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXColbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan4 hr
Dec 22, 2:24 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXMadison4 hr
Dec 22, 2:34 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXLamar, Marion4 hr
Dec 22, 2:34 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXWinston4 hr
Dec 22, 6:30 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXLimestone, Madison, Morgan4 hr
Dec 22, 6:30 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence4 hr
Dec 22, 6:39 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXMarion, Winston2 hr
Dec 22, 6:39 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXLamar2 hr
Dec 22, 6:58 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXPickens32 min
Dec 22, 10:18 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXCullman, Fayette, Walker117 min
Dec 22, 10:18 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXLamar, Pickens117 min
Dec 22, 10:30 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXJackson, Madison, Marshall4 hr
Dec 22, 10:30 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence4 hr
Dec 22, 10:30 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXLimestone, Morgan4 hr
Dec 22, 12:15 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXCullman, Walker3 hr
Dec 22, 12:15 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXFayette, Lamar, Pickens3 hr
Dec 22, 1:40 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXMarion, Winston80 min
Dec 22, 2:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene29 min
Dec 22, 3:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa56 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.