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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 18, 1999Etowah County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 18, 1999, 2:29 AM CST for Etowah County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 18, 1999, 2:29 AM CST (08:29 UTC)
Expired
Jan 18, 1999, 3:15 AM CST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Etowah County, AL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 18, 1:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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

Local storm report, Jan 18, 12:06 AM CST, 2 hours 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jan 18, 12:22 AM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jan 18, 1:27 AM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jan 18, 2:03 AM CST, 26 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 17, 7:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLauderdale63 min
Jan 17, 8:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLauderdale63 min
Jan 17, 11:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFranklin48 min
Jan 17, 11:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence64 min
Jan 17, 11:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar48 min
Jan 17, 11:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone46 min
Jan 17, 11:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion48 min
Jan 17, 11:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison32 min
Jan 18, 12:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson48 min
Jan 18, 12:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman50 min
Jan 18, 12:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarshall, Morgan49 min
Jan 18, 1:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston33 min
Jan 18, 1:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens32 min
Jan 18, 1:38 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb47 min
Jan 18, 1:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman50 min
Jan 18, 1:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker46 min
Jan 18, 1:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa45 min
Jan 18, 2:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount45 min
Jan 18, 2:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson47 min
Jan 18, 2:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa21 min
Jan 18, 2:38 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarshall47 min
Jan 18, 3:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.