Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 460, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 1999, 3:13 PM CDT for Barbour County, Bullock County, Pike County, Alabama. It was in force for 62 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 9, 1999, 3:13 PM CDT (20:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 1999, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Pike County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 3:29 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Perote, AL | A farmer in the Corinth Community reported that trees were blown down onto power lines. |
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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa | 31 min |
| Aug 9, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga | 35 min |
| Aug 9, 4:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Pike | 2 hr |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.