Severe Thunderstorm Warning 294, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Aug 20, 2002, 3:12 PM CDT (20:12 UTC)

Expired

Aug 20, 2002, 3:45 PM CDT

In force

33 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Marshall County, AL

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
312 PM CDT TUE AUG 20 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 304 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF GUNTERSVILLE...MOVING
  SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED 
IN THE WARNED AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE TO A 
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.
DAMAGING WIND...AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. STAY INSIDE...AWAY FROM
WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

CALL 1-800-856-0758 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER.

LAT...LON 3438 8610 3452 8613 3447 8644 3423 8635

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.