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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 1992, 12:56 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 1992, 12:56 PM CDT (17:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 1992, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 1:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Jefferson, AL |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
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 27, 8:43 AM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
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ALZ010-011-012-014-017-018-271800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 1120 AM CDT THU AUG 27 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MOST OF SOUTH ALABAMA UNTIL 3 PM CDT. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY... AT 1115 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED WIDESPREAD RAIN ...ALONG WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH ALABAMA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED IN LOWNDES...BUTLER AND PIKE COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHNORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. MANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS EVEN THOUGH NOT SEVERE ARE BRINGING VERY GUSTY WINDS IN MANY PLACES ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS THAT LIMIT VISIBILITIES TO A FEW HUNDRED FEET. CONDITIONS ARE NOT LIKELY TO IMPROVE AS THE DAY CONTINUES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO INCLINED TO PRODUCE TORNADOES...THEREFORE A TORNADO WATCH IS CONTINUED THROUGH 3PM CDT FOR MOST OF SOUTH ALABAMA. SNELL
Local storm report, Aug 27, 12:07 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 6:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 41 min |
| Aug 27, 6:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens | 57 min |
| Aug 27, 7:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 55 min |
| Aug 27, 7:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens | 50 min |
| Aug 27, 7:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 69 min |
| Aug 27, 7:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 8:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 8:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 8:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 9:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 60 min |
| Aug 27, 9:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 116 min |
| Aug 27, 9:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Perry | 115 min |
| Aug 27, 9:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 10:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 65 min |
| Aug 27, 10:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Walker | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 11:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 116 min |
| Aug 27, 11:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 11:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Cullman | 117 min |
| Aug 27, 11:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 117 min |
| Aug 27, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 59 min |
| Aug 27, 12:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Chilton, Shelby | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 12:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 69 min |
| Aug 27, 1:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Talladega | 119 min |
| Aug 27, 1:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 119 min |
| Aug 27, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 66 min |
| Aug 27, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 55 min |
| Aug 27, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 66 min |
| Aug 27, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 60 min |
| Aug 27, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 65 min |
| Aug 27, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone | 66 min |
| Aug 27, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 55 min |
| Aug 27, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb, Jackson | 65 min |
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.