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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 13, 1999Etowah County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1999, 12:14 PM CDT for Etowah County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 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: May 13, 1999, 12:14 PM CDT (17:14 UTC)
Expired: May 13, 1999, 12:50 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Whole counties

County Etowah County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 13, 12:19 PM CDT	Hail 1	Ballplay, AL	Nickel to quarter size hail was reported near Ballplay and in other locations across eastern Etowah County.

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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 13, 12:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

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 13, 9:54 AM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

ALZ001>050-GAZ089-090-102-120-140235-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
FOR NORTH/CENTRAL AL AND WEST CENTRAL GA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
954 AM CDT THU MAY 13 1999

A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
THIS MORNING. THIS BOUNDARY WILL MOVE EASTWARD TODAY AND PASS THROUGH
MOST OF THE STATE BY THIS EVENING. UPPER LEVEL WINDS ARE FORECAST TO
INCREASE ABOVE THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF ALABAMA. THEREFORE...THE
STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED PART OF ALABAMA IN A SLIGHT RISK
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY.

THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM HUNTSVILLE TO
TUSCALOOSA TO MONTGOMERY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE 3/4 INCH
DIAMETER HAIL OR LARGER...DAMAGING WINDS OF AT LEAST 58 MILES AN
HOUR...AND OCCASIONAL TORNADOES.

STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD REMAIN ALERT
FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR
LOCAL TV AND RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS LATER TODAY.

THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... SEE PRODUCT
BHMSPSMOB. FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... LOOK AT MIASPSTLH.  FOR MORE
WEATHER INFORMATION VISIT OUR INTERNET SITE ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT
HTTP://WWW.ACES.EDU/NWS/

Special weather statement, May 13, 9:54 AM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

ALZ001>050-GAZ089-090-102-120-140235-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
FOR NORTH/CENTRAL AL AND WEST CENTRAL GA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
954 AM CDT THU MAY 13 1999

A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
THIS MORNING. THIS BOUNDARY WILL MOVE EASTWARD TODAY AND PASS THROUGH
MOST OF THE STATE BY THIS EVENING. UPPER LEVEL WINDS ARE FORECAST TO
INCREASE ABOVE THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF ALABAMA. THEREFORE...THE
STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED PART OF ALABAMA IN A SLIGHT RISK
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY.

THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM HUNTSVILLE TO
TUSCALOOSA TO MONTGOMERY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE 3/4 INCH
DIAMETER HAIL OR LARGER...DAMAGING WINDS OF AT LEAST 58 MILES AN
HOUR...AND OCCASIONAL TORNADOES.

STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD REMAIN ALERT
FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR
LOCAL TV AND RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS LATER TODAY.

THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... SEE PRODUCT
BHMSPSMOB. FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... LOOK AT MIASPSTLH.  FOR MORE
WEATHER INFORMATION VISIT OUR INTERNET SITE ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT
HTTP://WWW.ACES.EDU/NWS/

Local storm report, May 13, 11:58 AM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
1158 AM CDT THU MAY 13 1999

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1130 AM                              AL   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/13/99   DEKALB                         GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL FELL
                                          NEAR FORT PAYNE. REPORTED
                                          BY EMA

1135 AM                              AL   .88 INCH HAIL
05/13/99   DEKALB                         NICKEL SIZED HAIL FELL
                                          BETWEEN CROSSVILLE AND
                                          PHYFFE. REPORTED BY EMA

1147 AM    PRICEVILLE                AL   .75 INCH HAIL
05/13/99   MORGAN                         DIME SIZE HAIL FELL NEAR
                                          PRICEVILLE.  REPORTED BY
                                          EMA

Local storm report, May 13, 11:58 AM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
1158 AM CDT THU MAY 13 1999

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1130 AM                              AL   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/13/99   DEKALB                         GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL FELL
                                          NEAR FORT PAYNE. REPORTED
                                          BY EMA

1135 AM                              AL   .88 INCH HAIL
05/13/99   DEKALB                         NICKEL SIZED HAIL FELL
                                          BETWEEN CROSSVILLE AND
                                          PHYFFE. REPORTED BY EMA

1147 AM    PRICEVILLE                AL   .75 INCH HAIL
05/13/99   MORGAN                         DIME SIZE HAIL FELL NEAR
                                          PRICEVILLE.  REPORTED BY
                                          EMA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 13, 2:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Limestone, Madison	46 min
May 13, 11:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	DeKalb	35 min
May 13, 11:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee	35 min
May 13, 11:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jackson	51 min
May 13, 11:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Morgan	49 min
May 13, 11:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Madison, Marshall	62 min
May 13, 11:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Limestone	34 min
May 13, 11:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	DeKalb	66 min
May 13, 12:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee	63 min
May 13, 12:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Coosa	48 min
May 13, 12:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga	50 min
May 13, 1:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Coosa	40 min
May 13, 1:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tallapoosa	64 min
May 13, 1:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee	32 min
May 13, 1:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Coosa	35 min
May 13, 1:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay	48 min
May 13, 1:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Elmore, Tallapoosa	32 min
May 13, 1:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Madison	35 min
May 13, 1:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jackson	47 min
May 13, 1:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga	33 min
May 13, 2:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Elmore	35 min
May 13, 2:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	DeKalb	34 min
May 13, 2:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Randolph	32 min
May 13, 2:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jackson	35 min
May 13, 2:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Montgomery	49 min
May 13, 2:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tallapoosa	34 min
May 13, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton	21 min
May 13, 2:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Elmore	32 min
May 13, 2:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Coosa	48 min
May 13, 2:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Macon	46 min
May 13, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lee	46 min
May 13, 2:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tallapoosa	36 min
May 13, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Montgomery	35 min
May 13, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bullock	64 min
May 13, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Randolph	50 min
May 13, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga	36 min
May 13, 3:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lee	48 min
May 13, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Macon	32 min
May 13, 3:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Russell	33 min
May 13, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour	47 min
May 13, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lee	47 min
May 13, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bullock	51 min
May 13, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour	47 min
May 13, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Russell	51 min
May 13, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour	51 min
May 13, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Muscogee	62 min
May 13, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Quitman	49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.