Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 291, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 23, 1999Jefferson County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 1999, 7:17 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Alabama. It was in force for 48 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 23, 1999, 7:17 PM CDT (00:17 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 1999, 8:05 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Jefferson County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 23, 7:25 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Gardendale, ALTrees were blown down on US 31 in Gardendale.

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 text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.