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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 322, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 29, 2006Lee County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2006, 7:37 PM CDT for Lee County, Alabama. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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Issued: Jul 29, 2006, 7:37 PM CDT (00:37 UTC)
Expired: Jul 29, 2006, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lee County, AL

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.

NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 29, 7:03 PM CDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 7:03 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 5:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
515 PM CDT SAT JUL 29 2006

ALZ011>015-017>050-302215-
AUTAUGA-BARBOUR-BIBB-BLOUNT-BULLOCK-CALHOUN-CHAMBERS-CHEROKEE-
CHILTON-CLAY-CLEBURNE-COOSA-DALLAS-ELMORE-ETOWAH-FAYETTE-GREENE-HALE-
JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY-
PICKENS-PIKE-RANDOLPH-RUSSELL-SHELBY-ST CLAIR-SUMTER-TALLADEGA-
TALLAPOOSA-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON-
515 PM CDT SAT JUL 29 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MICROBURSTS...
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20
THROUGH 10 PM CDT.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA
THIS EVENING.  WITH A WARM MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE...STRONG
TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20.
THE STORMS WILL WEAKEN BETWEEN 830 AND 10 PM CDT.

WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL:
BIRMINGHAM...LOW.
MONTGOMERY...HIGH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL AGAIN DEVELOP ON
SUNDAY BETWEEN 1 AND 10 PM CDT...MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL HAVE BEEN
ACTIVATED AND ACTIVATION CAN BE EXPECTED SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20
THROUGH 10 PM CDT.

MBS/91

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 29, 5:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
542 PM CDT SAT JUL 29 2006

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

0407 PM     TSTM WND GST     BIRMINGHAM              33.53N 86.80W
07/29/2006  M55 MPH          JEFFERSON          AL   ASOS

            ASOS MEASURED 55 MPH AT THE BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT.

&&

JONES/90

Local storm report, Jul 29, 5:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
543 PM CDT SAT JUL 29 2006

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

0407 PM     TSTM WND GST     TUSCALOOSA              33.24N 87.54W
07/29/2006  M43 MPH          TUSCALOOSA         AL   ASOS

            ASOS MEASURED 43 MPH AT THE TUSCALOOSA AIRPORT.

&&

JONES/90

Local storm report, Jul 29, 5:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
547 PM CDT SAT JUL 29 2006

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

0357 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 SW TRUSSVILLE         33.58N 86.65W
07/29/2006  M44 MPH          JEFFERSON          AL   AWOS

            AWS SITE AT BIRMINGHAM RACE COURSE REPORTED 44 MPH WIND
            GUST.

&&

JONES/90

Local storm report, Jul 29, 6:39 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 29, 6:55 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 29, 7:28 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 30, 8:49 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Chambers, Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa	3 hr
Jul 30, 2:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Walker	26 min
Jul 30, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Pickens	34 min
Jul 30, 2:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson	31 min
Jul 30, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Tuscaloosa	27 min
Jul 30, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Tuscaloosa	35 min
Jul 30, 4:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	2 hr

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2006 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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