Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 489, NWS Birmingham, AL

August 19, 1999Colbert County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1999, 4:37 PM CDT for Colbert County, Alabama. It was in force for 33 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
Aug 19, 1999, 4:37 PM CDT (21:37 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 1999, 5:10 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Colbert County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRussell48 min
Aug 19, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison33 min
Aug 19, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson, Marshall36 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.