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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 139, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 19, 2006Walker County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2006, 9:14 PM CDT for Walker County, Alabama. It was in force for 61 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: Apr 19, 2006, 9:14 PM CDT (02:14 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2006, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Walker County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 19, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

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, Apr 19, 8:23 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 19, 8:28 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 19, 8:34 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
834 PM CDT WED APR 19 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0755 PM     HAIL             1 NE WARRIOR            33.82N 86.80W
04/19/2006  E0.75 INCH       JEFFERSON          AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            PENNY SIZED HAIL IN NEW BETHEL.

&&

DCW

Local storm report, Apr 19, 8:41 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 19, 8:42 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
842 PM CDT WED APR 19 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0630 PM     HAIL             4 NE CHILDERSBURG       33.32N 86.30W
04/19/2006  E0.88 INCH       TALLADEGA          AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND TREES DOWN NEAR CHILDERSBURG.

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 19, 8:57 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
857 PM CDT WED APR 19 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0735 PM     HAIL             15 E TALLADEGA          33.43N 85.84W
04/19/2006  E1.75 INCH       CLAY               AL   PUBLIC

            GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL ON MOBILE HIGHWAY AND TRUMBE ROAD.

0815 PM     HAIL             HOOVER                  33.38N 86.82W
04/19/2006  E0.75 INCH       JEFFERSON          AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            DIME SIZED HAIL IN HOOVER.

&&

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 19, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	St. Clair	34 min
Apr 19, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Coosa	66 min
Apr 19, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Shelby	60 min
Apr 19, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount	60 min
Apr 19, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Walker	57 min
Apr 19, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tallapoosa	53 min
Apr 19, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Talladega	41 min
Apr 19, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson	38 min
Apr 19, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Coosa	62 min
Apr 19, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Shelby	61 min
Apr 19, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Walker	49 min
Apr 19, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson	60 min
Apr 19, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton	59 min
Apr 19, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Elmore	50 min
Apr 19, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Coosa	29 min
Apr 19, 9:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga	52 min
Apr 19, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Coosa	45 min
Apr 19, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton, Elmore	45 min
Apr 19, 10:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Montgomery	68 min
Apr 19, 11:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton	45 min
Apr 19, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Montgomery	20 min
Apr 20, 2:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Winston	35 min
Apr 20, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson	41 min
Apr 20, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount	47 min
Apr 20, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson	65 min
Apr 20, 3:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jefferson	27 min
Apr 20, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount	63 min
Apr 20, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	St. Clair	62 min
Apr 20, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Etowah	65 min
Apr 20, 4:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Jefferson	3 hr
Apr 20, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson	49 min
Apr 20, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun	60 min
Apr 20, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	St. Clair	51 min
Apr 20, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Shelby	58 min
Apr 20, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee, Cleburne	25 min
Apr 20, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson	66 min
Apr 20, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar	78 min
Apr 20, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	St. Clair	40 min
Apr 20, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar	31 min
Apr 20, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette	30 min
Apr 20, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson	53 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.